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Here’s everything you need to know as Team USA eyes another run to the top of the Olympic podium

Basketball has been a fixture at the Olympics since 1936 when the first men’s tournament was held. Women’s basketball was added in 1976 and has been held in every Olympics since. The United States has ruled basketball at the Olympics since the sport was first introduced. The Team USA men have won 15 of the 18 tournaments they have competed…

The U.S. men’s basketball team took over on the both ends of court to advance to the semifnal.

The U.S. women’s basketball team will try and move one step closer to another gold medal, and that includes UConn legends Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each moving one step closer to their fifth gold medal. But they will have to get by a tough Australian team that struggled in its first few games in Tokyo. The U.S. women’s...

Biles is back! We were able to see Simone Biles compete one more time in Tokyo in the balance beam final. Plus, the U.S. men’s basketball team faced its toughest test yet against Spain. The GOAT of gymnastics is back. Seven days after exiting the women’s team final, Simone Biles returned to the Olympic gymnastics stage. Biles came back...

Stratford native Alyssa Naeher was injured in the semifinal against Canada and the team is now in the running for a bronze medal. Plus UConn’s contingent of stars were back on the floor to continue Team USA’s winning streak. The United States women’s soccer goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, of Stratford, was forced off the Olympic pitch on Monday after a...

A’ja Wilson dropped 22 points as the U.S. Women’s basketball team secured its 52nd straight victory.

Team USA (2-1) will play Spain (2-1) in the quarter finals after back-to-back blowout wins over Iran and Czech Republic.

Simone Biles will compete in the balance beam event at the Tokyo Olympics.

Durant is eying his third gold medal as the U.S. advances to the knockout stage of the Tokyo Olympics.

In the U.S. men’s basketball game against the Czech Republic on Saturday, Durant set the record for Olympic career points.

The U.S. women’s basketball team looks to go 2-0 in group play when it takes on Japan at 12:40 a.m. Friday.

Kevin Durant is currently 6 points behind Carmelo Anthony for the record in Olympics career points. He will likely reach the top spot in his next game on Saturday.

There are a lot of UConn basketball greats who already have an Olympic gold medal as part of their resume and Stephanie Dolson is now added to that list after the 3×3 team won in Tokyo on Wednesday. Plus two rowers from Old Lyme were back on the water trying to keep their Olympic journey alive. Team USA has won…

After losing to France in their opening game at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the USA men’s basketball team beat Iran 120-66.

Nyjah Huston couldn’t medal, Noami Osaka wasn’t the only tennis superstar to lose early and Team USA men’s basketball sputtered early in a game vs. France. These are just some of the big upsets at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics so far.

There is no other competition in sports like the Olympics. The athletes who perform at the highest level of their sports train for years to represent their country at destinations like Tokyo in 2021. Over the last 125 years of Olympic competition, U.S. Olympians have given world-record-breaking performances that have stood the test of time. Here are some of the…

After a moving Opening Ceremony that both honored the athletes competing in Tokyo this year, and reflected on what the world has endured over the past year and a half, the Olympic Games are officially underway. With the pageantry of the Opening Ceremony behind them, the athletes are now ready to focus on their competitions, with many getting started this…

The United States men’s basketball team brought its recent woes to Tokyo. The issues that surfaced in the team’s exhibition games carried into the Olympic Games as the U.S. lost its opener to France in stunning fashion, falling 83-76. It was Team USA’s first loss in the Olympics since 2004. “You have to be honest. Look at their roster....