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The United States snatched top spot in the 2024 Olympic medal table as their women's basketball team earned a thrilling victory over hosts France to win the final gold on offer in Paris. The fearsome US team were in danger of one of the all-time Olympic upsets but won 67-66...

USA top medal table after winning thrilling last gold

Brooklyn, NY

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Team USA won a nail-biter over France in Sunday's women's basketball gold medal matchup.  Withstanding its toughest challenge of the 2024 Summer Olympics, the U.S. escaped Bercy Arena with a 67-66 victory over the hosts. Despite the atypical close call, Team USA cemented itself as the most ...

U.S. Women's Basketball Makes Olympics History With Gold Medal Win

Athlon Sports

Stephen Curry embraced many after an epic showing en route to a gold medal victory over France. But one that stuck out was 4x100 relay gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson, who was courtside throughout the matchup. Both have now won their first gold medal as United States Olympians.  Curry put ...

Stephen Curry And Sha’Carri Richardson Embrace After Gold Medal Victory

USA TODAY Sports Media Group

Team USA women’s basketball’s chaotic ending to winning another gold medal had so many iconic notes. You had incredibly clutch fourth-quarter heroics from Kahleah Copper. There was, of course, an unfortunate stroke of luck for France’s Gabby Williams, punctuated by ball-knowing confidence from Breanna Stewart. But the...

Hoops fans were so moved by Brittney Griner's tears after Team USA won gold

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In a back and forth affair, France's Gabby Williams shot is recorded as a two-pointer instead of three which held Team USA's lead at 67-66.

A'ja Wilson Leads Team USA to Eighth Straight Gold Medal

Washington State

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Incident Summary: On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, during the 3m springboard preliminaries at the Olympic Games in Paris, American diver Alison Gibson faced an unfortunate incident that led to a score of 0.0. Competing to secure a place in the semi-finals, the 25-year-old Texas-born athlete experienced a collision with the diving board that significantly impacted her performance.

Heart-Stopping Moment: Alison Gibson’s Dive Ends in Disaster at the 2024 Olympics

Benjamin drew some motivation from the words of an opponent to help the U.S. continue its dominance in the men’s 4X400-meter relay, but it was no cake walk. SAINT-DENIS, France — Rai Benjamin was sitting in the call room before Saturday’s men’s 4X400-meter relay when he heard a joke he didn’t like. He declined to be specific about the line itself or about who said it, but he said it was about Noah Lyles, the American track star who won gold in the 100 meters, then tested positive for COVID-19 and won bronze in the 200 meters a few days later.

Rai Benjamin Brushes Off ‘Mental Games’ to Anchor Team USA to Another 4X400 Win

The 2010 U.S. Open champion will miss this week's tournament at the Greenbrier and pay a $125,000 fine. Graeme McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion who plays for LIV Golf, has been suspended for this week’s event in Greenbrier and fined $125,000 because he violated the league’s anti-doping policy.

LIV Golf Suspends Graeme McDowell for Banned Substance in Medicine

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

The USA men's basketball team needed just about every minute of their semifinal game against Serbia in order to win, but they were able to earn a spot in Sunday's gold medal game. The Americans will look to win their fifth consecutive gold medal against the host nation France, and they'll open as ...

Opening Betting Line Released For USA-France Gold Medal Game

Three-time gold medalist and Paris Olympics men's basketball MVP, Lebron James, decided to continue his support for the U.S. women's team on Sunday. As they look to build off what the men did on Saturday and win the gold medal against France. However, James didn't just show up to support. He showed ...

LeBron James Turns Heads By Supporting Women's Gold Medal Match In Style

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The United States men's basketball team advanced in a thrilling 95-91 win over Serbia on Thursday, erasing what had been at one point a 17-point deficit to avoid what would have been a massive upset.The win sends them through to the finals where they will face host country France for a shot at the gold medal. The trio of LeBron James, Steph Curry and Joel Embiid helped carry them through, with James having an especially dominant showing. It also put him into a very small and exclusive club for Olympic men's basketball.James finished the game with 16 points, 12 rebounds and...

LeBron James makes Olympic history in Team USA semifinal win

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Tied with France at halftime of the women’s basketball gold medal game at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Team USA struggled to find a rhythm during the first 20 minutes of action. U.S. assistant coach Kara Lawson, who is the head coach of Duke‘s women’s basketball team, explained what went wrong for the heavy-favorited United States […]
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Kara Lawson blunt about Team USA’s struggles vs. France in Women’s Basketball gold medal game

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Los Angeles County, CA

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It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

With a myriad of NBA superstars, Team USA was almost obliged to win the gold medal. Anything short of that would’ve been considered a massive failure for Steve Kerr’s team. Notably, LeBron James knows a thing or two about that, as he was on the wrong end of...

LeBron James Reveals His Thoughts After Winning Gold Medal

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Team USA women's basketball will compete for a gold medal this morning at the Paris Olympics against France. Team USA has been on an impressive run in the Olympics, earning their 60th consecutive Olympic win in the semifinals. A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart are leading the charge and have Team USA thinking about making Olympic history with another victory in the finals.

A'ja Wilson, Team USA stars get 100% honest on Olympic gold medal game

Louisiana State

Claiborne Parish, LA

Shreveport, LA

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – When recording Civil Rights history, historians and journalists often focus on those who fought for civil rights. And the stories of civil rights heroes are crucially important to our heritage of freedom in the United States. But learning about those who fought to keep segregation...

Powerful Southern segregationist Senator was from Claiborne Parish, Louisiana

Richardson breezed past her competition to anchor the United States to relay gold. Sha'Carri Richardson finally has her Olympic gold medal. The United States took gold in the women's 4x100-meter relay thanks to an epic anchor leg from its best sprinter. Richardson took the baton from 200-meter gold medalist Gabby Thomas several meters behind her competition. No matter, she swiftly breezed by Great Britain's Daryll Neita and Germany's Rebekka Haase to take command. She was so far out in front at the end, that she had time to look around and admire just how big her lead was.

Sha'Carri Richardson Brings United States Back to Win 4x100-Meter Relay

Columbia, SC

The best player in the world, A’ja Wilson, gave a heroic performance to lead the United States to a thrilling gold medal win over France.
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South Carolina women’s basketball: A’ja Wilson leads USA to another gold medal

NBC News

PARIS — Two-time WNBA champion A'ja Wilson scored 21 points as the United States survived — by inches — and topped an inspired French team, 67-66 for America's eighth straight Olympic gold medal. In a frantic final sequence with the U.S. up, 67-64, France's Gabby Williams hoisted...

U.S. women capture eighth consecutive basketball gold medal

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A’ja Wilson, US women hold off France to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold medal

PARIS (AP) — The U.S. women’s basketball team had to overcome its greatest challenge in 32 years before extending the Americans’ unprecedented run to eight straight...

A’ja Wilson, US women hold off France to win eighth straight Olympic basketball gold medal

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