Paris 2024 official: Opening ceremony showed community tolerance despite furor
Paris organizers defended the Olympics opening ceremony on Sunday amid backlash over the apparent mocking of The Last Supper during the performance.
Olympic Games 2024: Simone Biles wins all-around in gymnastics qualifying
Simone Biles shook off a minor calf issue to prove once again why she's the most decorated gymnast of all time.
US, world leaders denounce Paris Olympics opening ceremony's mocking of Last Supper
Several U.S. and world lawmakers are denouncing the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, after drag queens and artists made a spectacle of the Leonardo DaVinci painting, the Last Supper, which depicts the last meal Jesus had with his apostles.
Tech company pulls Olympics advertising after opening ceremony display many deem to be anti-Christian
The 2024 Olympic Ceremony opened up the games in Paris, France on Friday night, providing spectators with a taste of French culture and blasphemous art, leading to Christians around the world being offended.
2024 Olympics opening ceremony: How to watch, other things to know
The Olympics opening ceremony is on Friday. Here’s what to know about the event, including how to watch and an attack against France's high-speed rail network.
13-year-old California swimmer qualifies for Olympic trials
At just 13 years old, prodigy Gabi Brito swam the 50-meter freestyle race in 25.42 seconds.
Salt Lake City to host 2034 Winter Olympics in first return since 2002
Salt Lake City was formally awarded the 2034 Winter Olympics following a Wednesday vote by the International Olympic Committee in Paris, giving Utah its second Games after hosting in 2002.
LeBron James chosen as Team USA's flag bearer at 2024 Paris Olympics
LeBron James becomes the third basketball player — and the first men’s player — to carry the U.S. flag at the start of an Olympics
2-time table tennis Olympian Kanak Jha hungry for 1st medal at Paris Olympics
Milpitas native Kanak Jha was the youngest male tennis player to ever qualify for the Olympics in 2016. Since then, he's become a two-time Olympian and will be the only player from the U.S. In the table tennis singles matches at the Paris Olympics.
Map: See which states have the most Summer Olympic gold medals
Some U.S. states have more Summer Olympic gold medals than others.
Tonga Olympian, 18, gearing up for Paris Games, dead in diving accident
J.J. Rice, a U.S.-born kitefoiler who was set to represent Tonga in the upcoming Paris Olympics, died in a diving accident over the weekend, his father said. He was 18.
Identical twins from the South Bay are heading to the Olympics in Badminton
As the twins prepare to head to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, what is clear is that these identical twins should not be underestimated. The 24-year-olds will compete in badminton doubles and are the first twins to compete in a U.S. Summer Olympics team since 1996.
20-year-old Walnut Creek woman heading to Olympics
An East-Bay woman is headed to the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. She'll be the youngest woman ever to represent Team USA in wrestling at the 2024 games.
LeBron James, Steph Curry on roster for U.S. Olympics basketball team
LeBron James and Steph Curry headline a star-studded roster heading to Paris in the summer. See the other players on this year’s roster.
Berkeley honors 1968 Olympics boycott athletes and inspiring professor
A crowd of admirers packed the UC Berkeley Alumni House on Friday night to honor three giants.
Santa Clara's Swim Center needs over $6.2 million in repairs, Olympic training in jeopardy
The facility has been open since 1967 and Santa Clara city officials say it has outlived its usage period, and now needs to be restored.
Two Bay Area-born figure skaters to receive Olympic gold medals after Russian team's doping scandal
Two Bay Area athletes will be receiving gold medals nearly two years after competing in the Beijing Olympics after team Russia was caught up in a doping scandal.
Oscar Pistorius released on parole after serving nearly 9 years for girlfriend's murder
The world-famous Olympic runner was convicted of killing his girlfriend, model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day 2013.
Paris Olympics: Snoop Dogg to take center stage as special correspondent for NBC's coverage
Renowned rapper Snoop Dogg is set to trade his microphone for a reporting gig as he joins NBCUniversal's coverage of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Winter Olympic host cities for 2030 and 2034 to both be chosen next year
The International Olympic Committee has declining options for Winter Games hosts amid climate change concerns, prompting the earlier selection of the 2030 and 2034 host cities.