New York City shows the love for Scruggs after fencing gold
New York City Hall was lit up in red, white and blue after New York native Lauren Scruggs helped her team win a gold medal in women’s team foil.
Scruggs and Lee Kiefer, Jackie Dubrovich and Maia Weintraub beat the Italian team for the top Olympic honor. Scruggs, 21, is from Queens.
The U.S. women's gold is the first U.S. team gold in the history of the Olympic sport. The U.S. women won silver at the Beijing Games in 2008.
Cuban wrestler Mijaín López on a quest for fifth Olympic gold
Cuban wrestler Mijaín López began his Olympic journey in 2004 in Athens, where finished fifth. Now, 20 years later in Paris, López hopes to earn his fifth Olympic gold.
Flavor Flav and Reddit's Alexis Ohanian help cover Olympian Veronica Fraley's rent
Ahead of her Olympics debut, track and field athlete Veronica Fraley had a more pressing concern on her mind than the Games: paying her rent on time.
Fraley, 24, lamented her situation on social media today as she prepared for her women’s discus throw qualification round in Paris.
“I compete in the Olympic Games TOMORROW and can’t even pay my rent” Fraley, the 2024 NCAA discus champion, wrote on X. “my school only sent about 75% of my rent while they pay football players (who haven’t won anything) enough to buy new cars and houses”
Her post quickly drew the attention of rapper Flavor Flav and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who both responded online pledging to help by sending Fraley some money directly.
Simon Biles and Suni Lee, who won gold and bronze in the women’s gymnastics all-around, are inspiring the next generations of young gymnasts.
They include a group who watched them perform from Biles’ gym in Spring, Texas.
Despite missing Jimmer Fredette, the U.S. men’s 3x3 basketball team came agonizingly close to an upset of Latvia, but the defending gold medalists scored six unanswered points to snatch a 21-19 win.
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh's journey to the Olympics was affected by the ongoing war in her home country.
Swimming: Douglass now has a complete set of Olympic medals
With her gold medal swim in the 200-meter breaststroke, Kate Douglass has rounded out her Olympic collection.
She now has a medal in every color.
She collected a silver in Paris as part of the 4X100 freestyle relay and scored bronze in the 200-meter medley in Tokyo.
But just because she has one in every color doesn't mean she's done hunting for gold. She competes again Saturday in the 200-meter individual medley.
Breanna Stewart was pivotal in helping the U.S. women’s basketball team pull away late from Belgium, scoring a team-high 26 points and adding seven rebounds and five assists.
Defending all-around Olympic champion Suni Lee dazzled with her uneven bars routine as she chased a second consecutive medal in the women’s all-around gymnastics event.
Snoop's love of the Olympics goes way back
One man having a ball in Paris is none other than Snoop Dogg, the hip-hop great who’s a special NBC Olympics correspondent during the Paris Games.
It turns out his love of the Olympics goes way back.