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Follow live coverage of Day 12 of the 2024 Paris Olympics, where 21 gold medals will be awardedBow-wow-wow, yippie-yo, yippie-yay, Snoop Dogg will likely continue to grace NBC’s Olympic coverage.questioner Competitor This week, two key members of NBCUniversal’s leadership team gave a definite answer if NBCUniversal plans to ask Snoopy to return for live broadcast duties after the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games and Olympics.”Snoopy exceeded our expectations for everything he did at the Paris Olympics,” said Rick Cordella, president of NBC Sports. “He’s been enthusiastic. He’s been optimistic. I think we’d be happy to have Snoopy come back in whatever capacity…

Once an integral part of the towns they called home, dozens of National Football League fields have disappeared over the past 30 years or so. All of which have created a wealth of memories for generations of supporters.But what happened next? Competitor To find out, he traveled across the country, visiting a series of housing estates, retail parks and even the odd hospital along the way.Our four-part series kicks off every Tuesday in August with perhaps the most poignant part of the series, Bradford Parkway. Park Avenue, home to League One clubs for 62 years and county cricket for more…

The recent prisoner exchange between Russia and the U.S. — the biggest and most complex since the Cold War — was a diplomatic chess game that required patience and creativity. Mark Mazzetti, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, explains.

It’s another day, another loss for the Chicago White Sox, but there was something special about Sunday’s loss.Sunday’s 13-7 loss to the Minnesota Twins marked their 20th consecutive loss — a good number that gives this team the national stage it deserves. No team has suffered a 20-game losing streak since the Baltimore Orioles lost 21 games in a row in 1988.In Chicago, we’re used to the White Sox losing. This is their business. But 20 in a row? We’re past the point of embarrassment.In Chicago, we’ve been watching the Red Sox look on track to break the 1962 Mets’…

It’s just after 6 a.m. at a mosque in suburban Georgia, and the topic of discussion over breakfast is Kamala Harris. “Let’s see what happens, right. The South Asian community knows that they have a really pivotal role and that their turnout, their engagement could shift the election one way or another. Asian Americans are the fastest-growing voting bloc in Georgia, and South Asians make up the largest percentage of that group, totaling around 86,000 eligible voters. Joe Biden won the state by just over 11,000 votes in 2020. “The path to the White House runs right through this state.”…

Villeneuve-Dask, France – Team USA coach Cheryl Reeve is no stranger to dynasties. From 2011 to 2017, her Minnesota Lynx won the WNBA championship four times. Reeve served as an assistant coach during the 2016 Rio Olympics, where four of her players played key roles on the gold-medal squad.So for Reeve, it’s probably a very gratifying feeling to see four starters from the defending two-time WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces on the bench now in France, and In a way, a familiar feeling.It was the core from one of the most dominant WNBA teams in recent memory — go figure…

It’s certainly a striking look.South Korean pistol shooter Kim Yeji, a new internet favorite, is one of the most eye-catching stars of the Paris Olympics so far.That’s the great thing about the Olympics. Before a game, you look forward to all the things you knew before: maybe Shakari Richardson in track and field, Andy Murray’s farewell in tennis or Simone Biles in gymnastics.But there are some things you don’t know you care about until you see it. A very cool looking pistol shooter that definitely falls into this category.Kim attracted attention online after she competed in the first of two…

Olympic medalists from North Korea, South Korea and China pose for a group photo after the table tennis mixed doubles medal ceremony.The Chinese combination Sun Yingsha/Wang Chuqin defeated the North Korean combination Lee Jong-sik/Kim Jinlong in the final to win the gold medal, and the South Korean combination Lin Zhengxun/Shin Youbin defeated the Hong Kong combination of China and won the bronze medal.South Korea’s Im Jong-hoon took a group photo of all the medal winners, in which they were all smiling. This photo was taken with a Samsung phone made in South Korea.”When they were introduced as silver medalists, I…

PARIS – In a small, fluorescent-lit gymnasium north of Paris, U.S. coach Cheryl Reeve was asked about her team’s biggest strength at the Olympics.Depth, she paused. No, size.”1A, 1B,” she decided.Reeve was right. With three players taller than 6-4 and a bevy of guards in the 6-foot range, the U.S. will have a one to five height and height advantage over nearly every opponent taking the floor at this Olympics. When it comes to depth, while other countries have continued to build talented rosters over the years that may be able to compete with Team USA’s starting five for a…

Flags and other displays of national pride were common in Paris as the Summer Games got off to a fashionable start.