‘Kingpin': Milton Paralympian is first-ever wheelchair basketball Bobblehead
MILTON — John Boie has two Paralympic gold medals. Also in his trophy case—actually under lock and key at his residence--are other medals, eight total—including a gold medal from the 2022 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Dubai and a silver from the 2018 games in Hamburg, Germany, along with Para Pan American Games medals. Now those medals and other memorabilia Boie has earned will have company. ...
Breakdancing, DJs and Tahitian surf: Paris 2024 is going for gold in Olympic innovation
Think of the Olympic Games and for many of us it conjures images of the traditional marquee events: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics. But the games are changing – and the Paris Olympics will take it to a new level. As well as bringing back youth-oriented sports such as surfing, skateboarding, sport-climbing and BMX freestyle, these games will see breaking (or breakdancing) and kiteboarding introduced. These programme changes have been on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) agenda for many years, part of an effort to reverse a decades-long decline in younger audience numbers, particularly in the key US consumer market. But...
Here's how Hannah Aspden is doing at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris
PARIS, France — The 2024 Paralympics in Paris, France are well underway just weeks after the Olympic Games wrapped up. Athletes from across the globe are in the City of Lights to compete for medals and for their countries. Hannah Aspden, with the American team, is among them. And...