Former college athletes could get millions under NCAA settlement
Thousands of former college athletes will be eligible for payments ranging from a few dollars to more than a million under the $2.78 billion antitrust…
First Olympic athlete tests positive for doping at Paris 2024 Games with judo star, 28, banned from competing
An Iraqi male judo star has recorded the first positive doping test of the 2024 Paris Olympics.Sajjad Sehen has been suspended from competing after testing…
Olympics 2024 opening ceremony: Start time and where to watch
Paris 2024 begins Friday and the French — the people who produce the world’s most delicious cheese, finest haute couture and countless other exquisite creations…
How Allyson Felix helped push to have child care at Paris Olympics
PARIS — To the seven Olympic titles and 15 world championships won during a record-setting track career, Allyson Felix could have added one more distinction: world’s…
How can L.A. compete with the Paris Olympics local food projects?
PARIS — How do you say “locavore” en francais?When Olympic athletes and members of the press sit down to dine on the bounty of France next…
2024 Paris Olympics: A close look at the iconic venues
PARIS — Throngs of tourists flocking to the Eiffel Tower on a warm, humid afternoon cannot help but notice the 2024 Summer Olympics are close at…
Commissioner optimistic Big Ten “got a lot right” with expansion
INDIANAPOLIS — A giant, inflatable Oregon Duck mascot drifted down the White River on Tuesday, not far from where Big Ten Conference coaches, players and executives…
Snoop Dogg set as torchbearer for 2024 Paris Olympics
Snoop Dogg — rap icon, business mogul and king of brand deals — just landed a new gig: Olympic torchbearer.The 52-year-old “Drop It Like It’s…
2024 Paris Olympics: How to watch every event and opening ceremony
American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is among the favorites to win gold in the women’s 100 meters. (George Walker IV / Associated Press) Every athlete at…
Why Olympic distance runners have flocked to Flagstaff for decades
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — For centuries the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks, which tower over the high desert of northern Arizona, have held sacred meaning for more than…
Paris faces political upheaval and protests as Olympics nears
With all the tumult surrounding the 2024 Summer Olympics — problems both large and small — it isn’t entirely surprising that Parisians have threatened to…
Magic Johnson’s sports empire began in L.A. Now it’s national
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, photographed at the Los Angeles Times in El Segundo on Dec. 7. In a moment of reflection last summer, Earvin “Magic” Johnson…
Pelvic floor: Athlete mums on the importance of pelvic floor health
Hockey player Jo Pinner, rower Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne, para-equestrian rider Natasha Baker and judoka Nekoda Smythe-Davis speak to BBC Sport's Laura Scott about being new…
Woke Olympic chiefs spark row saying that an athlete shouldn’t be called a ‘sportsman’
OLYMPIC chiefs sparked a woke row — after advising that an athlete should not be called a “sportsman”. Instead, the IOC suggests the gender-neutral term…
UCLA could distribute at least $20 million a year to its more than 600 athletes
The historic House v. NCAA settlement that established $2.8 billion in back pay for lost name, image and likeness deals and established a framework for…
How UCLA’s Chase Griffin became the leading athlete voice on NIL
Faced with an unfamiliar situation, Chase Griffin relied on natural instincts. He surveyed the scene, felt the pressure and stepped up to face it. Qualities…
NCAA, conferences agree on deal that would allow athletes to be paid
The NCAA and the nation’s five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision…
Grant Fisher aims to help U.S. end its distance medal drought
When Grant Fisher stepped to the starting line for the 10,000-meter final at the Tokyo Olympics, he knew he had to cover a lot more…
Battle after transgender surfer barred from longboard competition
Sasha Jane Lowerson just wanted to surf. But when the Australian longboard surfer attempted to enter an upcoming competition in Huntington Beach, the athlete, who…
West Virginia to appeal ruling against transgender athlete ban to U.S. Supreme Court
1 of 2 | West Virginia plans to appeal a recent ruling against the state's transgender athlete ban to the U.S. Supreme Court, the state…