Tag: United States Olympic Team
US grants Cuban baseball players visas days before tourney
HAVANA — The U.S. government finally issued visas for the players and coaches of the Cuban national baseball team to compete in the Baseball...
US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom
WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials and the State Department on Monday warned Americans against travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases...
Biles makes history in return to competition at US Classic
Simone Biles and her ever-expanding array of signature skills sure look ready for the Tokyo Olympics.
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Ready or not, skateboarding takes its show to the Olympics
DES MOINES, Iowa — The hotel door opens and, fast as that, the sound of polyurethane clicking across concrete begins. The rhythmic grrrr-chk-chk-grrrr-chk-chk-grrrr-chk-chk sound...
Wieters, Frazier, Kemp on US roster for Olympic qualifying
CARY, N.C. — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay...
World champs Hurd, Memmel eye big picture at US Classic
Morgan Hurd can feel when the pressure creeps up on her.
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Swan song? Biles gearing up for one more Olympic ride
SPRING, Texas — Simone Biles hops up in a chair and lets out a small sigh.
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Williams inspires US water polo team with play, mentality
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. — Alys Williams thought she was done. She was the last cut for the best women's water polo team in the...
Record-setting sprinter, ’68 Olympic activist Lee Evans dies
LAGOS, Nigeria — Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday....
Cuba baseball squad without visas as Olympic qualifier nears
HAVANA — Just over a week before the start of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida, the Cuban team does not have visas...
