Former gold medalists Steve Serio and Nicky Nieves have been chosen as the United States’ flagbearers for the Paralympics opening ceremony.

Rai Benjamin has held off Letsile Tebogo on the anchor leg to give the United States men gold medal and an Olympic record in the men’s 4x400-meter relay at the Paris Games.

The tiniest patients at Wolfson Children’s Hospital are going for the gold.

Hunter Biden is set to be sentenced on felony firearms charges in November.

U.S. first lady Jill Biden visited some American athletes at an Olympic training center in Paris on Thursday, wishing rugby and track and field competitors good luck and even taking part in a stationary relay drill with runners.

The WNBA All-Star Game drew a record number of viewers with 3.44 million people watching the contest in Phoenix on Saturday night.

There is no panic in the U.S. women’s Olympic team.

The WNBA heads into its monthlong Olympic break following this weekend’s highly anticipated list of All-Star festivities.

Clay High School graduate Caeleb Dressel finished third in the 100-meter freestyle on Wednesday night at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, qualifying for his third straight Games, but this time, only in the relays.

When Team USA walks with the world’s athletes during the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony, they’ll be doing so in snappy blue blazers and blue jeans from Ralph Lauren.

The U.S. women’s basketball national team will get together for a few days in New York next month before playing in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgium.

U.S. breaking pros who hope to compete in the Paris Olympics next year have a challenge.

The two-year wait for the Ryder Cup is over.

The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed to Australia and New Zealand next month.

Team USA fielded a World Baseball Classic roster brimming with All-Star names from Trea Turner to Mookie Betts to Mike Trout.

Shohei Ohtani sparked a ninth-inning rally with a leadoff double, and Munetaka Murakami hit a walk-off, two-run double to lift Japan over Mexico 6-5 and into the World Baseball Classic final.

With poise and precision, American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the discipline with a score of 129.17.

Team USA’s opening ceremony uniforms for the Beijing Olympics include some sneaky new warming technology.

It was quite a year in the sports world, was it not?

The U.S. Olympic team’s airline partner will charter a flight from Los Angeles to Beijing to bring about half the American athletes to the Winter Olympics.

With a buffalo plaid design and a nod to sustainability, Ralph Lauren on Thursday unveiled navy blue uniforms for Team USA to wear during the closing ceremonies of the winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing.

Here are some key takeaways after the U.S.’s historic 19-9 rout of Europe during this weekend’s Ryder Cup in Wisconsin.

Brooks Koepka lost a long argument with rules officials who would not grant him relief from an awkward lie near a drain on the 15th hole at the Ryder Cup.

Tiger Woods isn’t at Whistling Straits, but several U.S. players say he helped inspire them to a big lead in the first day of the Ryder Cup.

No team in sports embraces the underdog label like Europe's Ryder Cup squads.

The Americans are running out of excuses at the Ryder Cup.

One of last year’s many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic was the Ryder Cup, which had to postpone its biannual event one year, to this fall.

U.S. athletes trying to make the Winter Olympics will have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 under a directive announced Wednesday by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

Civic-minded Wisconsinites wanted to make sure Bryson DeChambeau, who was chomping on a sandwich during a practice round Tuesday, sampled the local fare.

American and European players have arrived at Whistling Straits for the Ryder Cup.

President Joe Biden praised U.S. Olympians for navigating the difficulties of a coronavirus tarnished games with “moral courage” that made Americans’ “hearts swell” with pride.

Two of America's biggest stars begin their Tokyo Games on Sunday.

With the Olympics right around the corner, the final rosters and teams are shaping up, and that includes the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team.

It’s no secret that the United States is the most decorated country when it comes to winning medals at the Summer Olympics, with the red, white and blue taking home more than 2,600 medals, the most of any country.

With the loss, Team USA can finish no better than seventh -- making it the worst finish for the country in international tournament history. The previous worst was finishing sixth in the 2002 FIBA World Championship. It also assured the US men won't medal at a major international competition for this first time since the 2002 FIBA World Championship. But the Americans did that without many of the biggest NBA stars, as several of the top players in the league opted out of playing for the FIBA World Cup this summer. Team USA's final game in this year's World Cup will take place Saturday against either Poland or the Czech Republic in Beijing.

Halter and Team USA wrapped up their showing at the World Baseball Softball Confederation U-18 World Cup in Gijang, South Korea with a silver medal on Sunday. Chinese Taipei edged Team USA 2-1 in the final. My experiences over this summer have really opened my eyes to what can happen in this game, Halter said. Getting to meet and work with people like [Team USA manager] Jack Leggett and our other coaches is something Ill never forget. Halter emerged through rounds of tryouts and a selection process to earn one of 20 sports on Team USA on Aug. 18.

All of that changed Saturday, when Team USA lost its first game since 2006 to Australia. The Boomers, ranked 11th by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), won its first game against No. The last time Team USA lost was during the 2006 semifinals of the FIBA World Championship. The US' final exhibition is Monday against Canada in Sydney before heading to the World Cup in China. There the two-time defending World Cup champion will face the Czech Republic on September 1.

Carli Lloyd of the USA lifts the FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy following victory over the Netherlands in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France Final on July 7, 2019, in Lyon, France. (CNN) - The success of Team USA at the Women's World Cup in France is translating to more fans at soccer fields across America. It remains to be seen if these high attendance numbers will last as the season goes on. If you're feeling withdrawal from not seeing your favorite Team USA players crush it on the world's stage, look no further than the NWSL. Stop by Orlando to see Team USA co-captain Alex Morgan in action.

Team USA touched down in New York City Monday evening and has been celebrating nonstop since their historic World Cup victory Sunday in France. Fans have been gathering outside their Manhattan hotel to show their love and respect for the team after winning their fourth World Cup trophy and becoming the first womens team to do so in back-to-back tournaments. The team will also grace the cover of the upcoming Sports Illustrated, which Megan Rapinoe announced on Instagram Tuesday afternoon. The last time New York City hosted a ticker tape parade for a championship team was four years ago when the womens team won the World Cup against China. RELATED STORIESSocial Media Lights Up as U.S. Women's Team Claims 4th World Cup TitleFrench Midfielder Played in World Cup Final With Stomach Bug5-Year-Old Fighting Brain Tumor Gifted Replica World Cup

Team USA really wants you to tune into the semifinals. They've even written you an excuse note for work.