Category: Olympics

Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Sunday, Aug.11. Highlights include the U.S. women’s basketball team vs. France for the gold medal (9:30 a.m. EST, USA), the U.S. women’s volleyball team vs. Italy for the gold medal (7 a.m. EST, Telemundo, Peacock, replay 1:30 p.m. EST, USA), the U.S. men’s water polo team in the bronze medal game vs. Hungary (4:30 a.m. EST, USA) and closing ceremonies (2 p.m. EST, NBC). Sunday, Aug. 11 BASKETBALL Midnight EST USA — Men’s Gold Final 5:45 a.m. EST USA — Women’s Bronze Final 9:30 a.m. EST NBC — Women’s Gold Final TELEMUNDO — Medalla de Oro –...

By JENNA FRYER PARIS (AP) — Traffic. What will you do about notorious gridlocked Los Angeles traffic? That’s the one burning question repeatedly posed to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as she prepares to receive the Olympic flag ahead of the 2028 Summer Games. “A no-car Games,” Bass said Saturday. Huh? Bass and Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA 2028 organizing committee, highlighted some of the planning already completed before Paris organizers hand the Games over to them during Sunday’s closing ceremony. Bass was preemptive about the traffic, addressing it in her opening remarks. FILE- Los...

By GRAHAM DUNBAR PARIS (AP) — The Olympics will always have Paris. Next up for the Summer Games: Los Angeles 2028. The baton will be handed from one third-time Olympic host city to another at the closing ceremony Sunday in Paris, and much will be different in four years’ time. New sports will make their Olympic debuts, picked by organizers in LA who also are bringing back others that left the program more than 100 years ago. Related Articles Olympics | Olympics TV schedule for Sunday, Aug. 11 Olympics | No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues...

Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Friday, Aug. 9. Highlights include men’s and women’s 4×100-meter relays in track and field, women’s basketball semifinals (U.S. vs. Australia 11:30 a.m. EST on Peacock) and U.S. men’s water polo vs. Serbia (8:30 a.m. EST on E!). Friday, Aug. 9 ARTISTIC SWIMMING 3:45 p.m. EST E! — Duet: Technical Routine BASKETBALL 6 a.m. EST TELEMUNDO — Baloncesto 3 p.m. EST UNIVERSO — Baloncesto 6 p.m. EST USA — Women’s Semifinal 8 p.m. EST USA — Women’s Semifinal BEACH VOLLEYBALL 3 p.m. EST USA — Women’s Bronze Final 4:30 p.m. EST NBC — Women’s Gold...

Here is the Paris Olympics TV schedule for Wednesday, Aug. 7. Highlights include the men’s 400-meter final in track and field, the U.S. women’s basketball team vs. Nigeria in the quarterfinals, the U.S. men’s water polo team vs. Australia in the quarterfinals, and beach volleyball quarterfinals including the U.S. team of Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh vs. Qatar. Wednesday, Aug. 7 ARTISTIC SWIMMING 1:30 p.m. EST UNIVERSO — Natación Artística, Acrobacía y Atletismo 1:40 p.m. EST E! — Team: Acrobatic Routine 5 p.m. EST NBC — Team: Acrobatic Routine BASKETBALL 10 a.m. EST UNIVERSO —...

By JENNA FRYER, AP National Writer PARIS (AP) — On the clay court where he won 14 French Open titles, Rafael Nadal likely bid adieu to Roland Garros on Day 3 of the Paris Olympics. Nadal was feted Monday by a rowdy crowd as he met Novak Djokovic in the second round of the men’s tennis tournament for a record 60th — and probably final — time. Related Articles Olympics | What to watch at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, July 30 Olympics | Paris Olympics: Here’s what’s on TV on Tuesday, July 30 Olympics | A record 191...