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How the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Is Managing a Grueling Olympic Format
The U.S. needed 30 extra minutes of game time to defeat Japan in the quarterfinal round.

It’s Time To Appreciate What We Just Witnessed from Simone Biles in Paris
At 27 years old, this is not the star gymnast’s first rodeo at the Olympics. And if it’s her last, we must soak up the...

How Breaking Tries to Balance Honoring Its History With Reaching a New Crowd
Breaking’s journey to Paris was a decade-long quest to reimagine the dance form, but it hasn’t been supported by all sides.

All the White Sox Do Is Lose, and They Are Past the Point of Embarrassment
Chicago has so much practice at losing that it might be the best to ever do it, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Léon Marchand Is France’s New Hero. But He’ll Never Forget Where It All Started.
The star swimmer has taken over his home Olympic Games, but his heart is in Toulouse with the club that watched him grow up.

Inside Noah Lyles’s Journey to Becoming the 100-Meter Champion
Lyles wins as Usain Bolt used to, opening up his stride and eating up ground on others before cruising past them.

We Joined a Premier League Team on Tour in the United States
How does a top-level club organize 85 people on a 12-day trip? We followed along to find out.

How Scottie Scheffler’s Gold Medal Will Stand the Test of Time
The pressure of winning at the Olympics never got to him — probably because he wasn’t thinking about what winning would mean.

Recruiting College Football Players from Hawaii Isn’t Easy, but It’s Worth It
Utah leads the way among power-conference schools with 13 signees from Hawaii over the past 10 recruiting cycles.

China Ends U.S. Men’s Undefeated Record in Olympic Medley Relay
China’s gold medal closes out a swimming slate in which its swimmers faced questions about a doping scandal from the Tokyo Games.