Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was a surprise guest at the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team’s practice Tuesday, and her message was clear. “Bring back the gold,” Harris said. Harris — who flew to Las Vegas on Tuesday for campaign appearances — addressed the team briefly at the end of its fourth

SZEKESFEHERVAR, Hungary (AP) — World 200-meter champion and Olympic favorite Shericka Jackson pulled up with an apparent injury late in a race Tuesday as part of the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix. The Jamaican standout was in front and nearing the finish line when she suddenly shut it down. Jackson appeared to be in discomfort as

Taylor Knibb resigned her position on the U.S. cycling team for the road race at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and will be replaced by Kristen Faulkner, who already had been picked to compete with the American pursuit squad in the velodrome. The decision by Knibb was not entirely surprising. Her speciality is the triathlon,

Joost Luiten won the battle in a Dutch court to play in the Olympics. That wasn’t enough for the International Olympic Committee, which on Tuesday denied a request to add him to the field for men’s golf at the Paris Games. Antony Scanlan, executive director of the International Golf Federation, said Tuesday afternoon the Dutch