The Olympics closing ceremony is overshadowed by misery. A U.S. athlete was barred from entry despite negative COVID tests. Athletes are returning home and can speak their minds freely. One German gold winner says “she is never going back.” One former medalist from Latvia tells me his experience with the team in Beijing. This is…

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced a new policy on Wednesday requiring American athletes competing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to be fully vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. According to a statement, all staff members, athletes, and contractors have to be fully vaccinated against the CCP virus by the…

The U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team is dominating this year’s event once again and is one victory away from a seventh-straight gold medal at the Tokyo Games after the team defeated Serbia in the semi-finals. Brittney Griner of Texas and Breanna Stewart of New York had a double-double that helped Team USA in beating the Serbians…

TOKYO—Richard Torrez Jr. went into the Olympic boxing ring on Wednesday with a game plan jointly concocted over the phone by his father back home in central California and by Billy Walsh, his national team’s head coach in Tokyo. The 22-year-old super heavyweight from Tulare then executed the plan perfectly and repeatedly until his Kazakh…

The International Olympic Committee is reviewing a gesture a Team USA silver medalist made on the podium, which could violate rules the panel announced in April. Raven Saunders made an “x” above her head on Sunday in Tokyo while on the podium after winning the silver medal in shot put. Saunders told The Associated Press…