Nearly 2 ½ months after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, hundreds of workers still haven't been paid and are planning to sue the local organizing committee to get their money. Among those late getting paid are about 100 freelance contractors who worked as stadium announcers, show producers and DJs,...
Update: This article has been updated to include information obtained from the Clerk of the Superior Court Office in Maricopa County, Arizona. Michael Fred Phelps II and Nicole Michele Johnson were married in June in Paradise Valley, Arizona, according to a marriage license obtained by the Baltimore...
May: Become a dad. June: Become a husband. July and August: Further your Olympic legacy. October: Celebrate the year with a wedding ceremony in Cabo. It's been quite a year for Michael Phelps, who we learned last week did in fact get married in between two of the other big moments in his life. ...
After fans in Chaska, Minn., welcomed him to Hazeltine National Golf Club with chants of "23 gold!" Phelps limbered up by dropping his driver, bending over and doing his signature arm-swinging, back-slapping warmup. Then he went ahead and landed a tee shot in the middle of the fairway.
Photos from Team USA's Media Summit in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 9, 2016.
It's almost game time in Rio, but first there's the pageantry of the Olympic opening ceremony.Always splashy affairs, the parade of athletes this time around will take place Friday night at Maracana Stadium with a country-by-country show of fashion, along with speeches, flag-raising and the lighting...
Rio de Janeiro has many well-documented problems, but it also has many charms.
A look at some of the looks in store at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
It's not exactly unprecedented for nonathletic issues to dominate the runup to an Olympics. But the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro might take the cake on that front, at least among recent editions. From fears of spreading the Zika virus to global unease over terrorism to political instability in...
Olympic fencing medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad came to Morgan State University on Tuesday carrying the same message she delivered in Rio de Janeiro.
Three men have been charged in connection with a shootout police say left the 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay dead. Trinity Gay died at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital Sunday after she was shot in the neck around 4 a.m. during an exchange of gunfire between people in two parked...
In the weeks since the Rio de Janeiro Olympics ended, Connor Jaeger vacationed with his girlfriend in South America, moved his belongings halfway across the country in a rented truck, signed a lease for a new apartment, interviewed for a handful of jobs and threw out a ceremonial first pitch at...
Olympic leaders have continued to voice their displeasure with the political climate that forced Rome to suspend its bid for the 2024 Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee reiterated its concerns in a letter to the Italian Olympic Committee that was made public on Monday. “Based on...
The 15-year-old daughter of Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot in the neck, authorities and the athlete's agent said Sunday. Trinity Gay died at the University of Kentucky Medical Center, the coroner's office for Fayette County said in a statement. The athlete's agent, Mark Wetmore, confirmed...
Weightlifting — which has replaced cycling as the most drug-riddled sport in the Olympic movement — has suffered another blow with news that a bronze medalist from the 2016 Summer Games has tested positive for drugs. The sport’s international federation announced Thursday that Gabriel Sincraian...
Intel tapped Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps to star in ads for the computer processor maker, including one featuring the return of the scowling "Phelps face" popularized on the Internet during the Rio Games. Phelps and actor Jim Parsons of "The Big Bang Theory" collaborate on the spots...
Tatyana McFadden won her sixth-straight Bank of America Chicago Marathon and seventh overall in the women's wheelchair division on Sunday in 1 hour, 42 minutes, 28 seconds, becoming the most decorated athlete to ever compete in the annual event.
Ryan Lochte has gotten engaged to former Playboy model Kayla Rae Reid. The pair shared Instagram pictures Sunday night of the 25-year-old Reid sporting a big diamond ring in front of a Malibu backdrop. Reid's photo included the note, "Speechless. Absolutely beautiful. So in love with YOU." The...
The Ravens haven’t exactly found the same electricity with their pregame introductions since No. 52 retired. So on Sunday, the team called No. 52 back. But it also had another local superstar jog out of the tunnel before the Ravens kicked off against their local rivals. To show Washington Redskins...