Patrick Smith / Getty ImagesCommentary Woke Politics Backfire as NBC's Olympics Coverage Hits Ratings Rock Bottom 'The Olympic spirit is a bit dampened this year,' said Patrick Murray of the Monmouth University Polling Institute. By Cameron Arcand August 9, 2021
Jason Davis / Getty Images Allie Beth Stuckey Responds to Twitter Suspending Her for Calling a Male Transgender Weightlifter a Man Twitter told Stuckey that her tweet about transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard violated the site's rules against 'hateful conduct.' By Mary Margaret Olohan August 6, 2021
Charlie Neibergall / AP US Olympic Teams Prepare to Keep Breaking Records and Going for the Gold at the Tokyo Games Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will try to lead the US women's basketball team to a seventh consecutive gold medal. By The Associated Press August 6, 2021
Francisco Seco / AP Hawaiian Athlete Makes History at Tokyo Games, First Olympics to Include Surfing as a Sport The methodical Moore found her rhythm with the ocean to deliver the kind of standout, power-surfing performance that has defined her career. By The Associated Press August 5, 2021
Yuki Iwamura / Getty Images Japan and Poland Pledge to Help Belarusian Athlete Who Refused Order from Lukashenko Regime to Return Home Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, a 24-year-old sprinter, refused to board her flight home and was seen entering Poland’s embassy in Japan. By Harry Wilmerding August 2, 2021
David Finch / Getty Images Muslim Athlete Drops Out of the Olympics Rather Than Face Israeli Competitor The fact that Abdalrasool's withdrawal comes just days after Algeria's Fethi Nourine withdrew led some to suspect a political motivation. By Andrew Jose July 26, 2021
Jamie Squire / Getty ImagesCommentary China Attacks NBC Olympics 'Dirty Tricks' - But Has One of Its Own 'We urge NBC to recognize the serious nature of this problem and take measures to correct the error,' the Chinese consulate in New York said. By C. Douglas Golden July 25, 2021
Cyclingnews.com / Twitter Olympic Cyclist Throws Her Hands up in Victory as She Crosses the Finish Line, Then Her Team Delivers the Bad News One Olympian celebrated in gold medal-worthy style, not knowing that the real winner of the woman's cycling competition had already crossed the finish line. By Jack Davis July 25, 2021
Butch Dill / AP Former Football Star and Olympian Herschel Walker Asks Protesting American Athletes 'Why Are You Here?' Walker, one of the country's greatest athletes, slammed those who protest their country in the Olympic Games. By Johnathan Jones July 23, 2021
Robb Carr - AFP / Getty Images 2020 Tokyo Olympics May Lack Some Star Power After Multiple Athletes Test Positive for COVID-19 The positive tests were reported at least one week before the opening ceremony, as coronavirus cases continue to surge in Japan. By Harry Wilmerding July 23, 2021