Olympics

FILE - Entertainer Snoop Dogg walks on the field before an NFL football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New Orleans Saints Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. Snoop Dogg will serve as a primetime NBC correspondent for Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)

Pop culture and Paris: NBC bet on an Olympics about far more than sports

Network tries to bring Olympic stories to life with popular personalities and entertainers

 

FILE - Liu Qingyi of China, known as B-girl 671, competes against Ami Yuasa of Japan, known as B-girl Ami during the final event of the 2022 World Breaking Championship in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022. Breakdancing will make its debut as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Vancouver man among top breakdancing competitors to watch at Paris Olympics

Philip Kim secured a spot for Paris when he came out on top at last year’s Pan American Games

 

FILE - The padded hands of Diane Roy of Canada are seen as she waits to compete in the women’ 800-meter T54 heat at the 2012 Paralympics games, on Sept. 4, 2012, in London. With an assist from Paul McCartney, the Paralympic Games starts its 100-day race Monday to the opening ceremony in Paris in August. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Paul McCartney song starts Paralympics on 100-day countdown to kickoff

4,400 athletes to take part when games begin in Paris on Aug. 28

 

The Canadian women’s 3x3 basketball team is off to the quarterfinals at an Olympic qualifying tournament after defeating Czechia 17-10 on Saturday. Players of Canada prepare to compete against of Australia during a women’s 3x3 basketball final of FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament, in Utsunomiya, Japan, Sunday, May 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Shuji Kajiyama

Canadian women’s 3×3 hoops team advances to quarterfinals at Olympic qualifier

Canada went undefeated in group play after also beating Chile and Lithuania

The Canadian women’s 3x3 basketball team is off to the quarterfinals at an Olympic qualifying tournament after defeating Czechia 17-10 on Saturday. Players of Canada prepare to compete against of Australia during a women’s 3x3 basketball final of FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament, in Utsunomiya, Japan, Sunday, May 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Shuji Kajiyama
FILE - Las Vegas Aces forward Candace Parker reacts during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, May 20, 2023, in Seattle. The three-time WNBA champion has announced she’s retiring. Parker, a two-time league MVP, announced in a social media post on Sunday, April 28, 2024 that she’s ending her career after 16 seasons. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Candace Parker, WNBA champion and Olympic gold medalist, announces retirement

‘The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time,’ Parker said Sunday

FILE - Las Vegas Aces forward Candace Parker reacts during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, May 20, 2023, in Seattle. The three-time WNBA champion has announced she’s retiring. Parker, a two-time league MVP, announced in a social media post on Sunday, April 28, 2024 that she’s ending her career after 16 seasons. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

‘Brave is unbeatable’ is the theme for Canada’s Olympic team in Paris

Marketing campaign for summer’s athletic showcase unveiled

Canada’s Women’s National Basketball Team will return to Victoria for a pre-Olympic Games tune-up series. Pictured is the women’s team taking on Japan during an exhibition game at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in 2023. (Photo credit: Canadian Women’s National Basketball Team)

Victoria to host Canadian women’s basketball team’s Olympic tune-up series

Canada to play Portugal at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre ahead of Paris Summer Games

Canada’s Women’s National Basketball Team will return to Victoria for a pre-Olympic Games tune-up series. Pictured is the women’s team taking on Japan during an exhibition game at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in 2023. (Photo credit: Canadian Women’s National Basketball Team)
Philip Kim, aka B-Boy Phil Wizard, performs during the unveiling of the Team Canada Lululemon Athlete Kit for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games., in Toronto, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The company says it conducted product testing and feedback sessions with 19 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes across 14 different sports while designing the kit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Lululemon’s kit for Canada’s Paris Olympics team unveiled in Toronto

Uniforms combine red, white and other colours using ‘modern silhouettes and Canadian-inspired prints’

Philip Kim, aka B-Boy Phil Wizard, performs during the unveiling of the Team Canada Lululemon Athlete Kit for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games., in Toronto, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The company says it conducted product testing and feedback sessions with 19 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes across 14 different sports while designing the kit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Stands are under construction on the Champ-de-Mars, foreground, with the Eiffel Tower in background, Monday, April 15, 2024 in Paris. The Champ-de-Mars will host the Beach Volleyball and Blind Football at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

100 days before kickoff, Paris Olympic organizes want to rekindle the love

Organizers promise socially positive, less polluting, and less wasteful Olympics

Stands are under construction on the Champ-de-Mars, foreground, with the Eiffel Tower in background, Monday, April 15, 2024 in Paris. The Champ-de-Mars will host the Beach Volleyball and Blind Football at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
FILE - First-place finisher Mikael Kingsbury, of Canada, competes in the men’s dual moguls at the World Cup freestyle skiing competition at Deer Valley resort Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Park City, Utah. Salt Lake City’s enduring enthusiasm for hosting the Olympics will be on full display Wednesday, April 10, 2024, when members of the International Olympic Committee come to Utah for a site visit ahead of a formal announcement expected this July to name Salt Lake City the host for the 2034 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Salt Lake’s love for Olympics an increasingly rare global phenomenon

Soon-to-be 2-time host displays a zest for staging the games that few other cities are showing

FILE - First-place finisher Mikael Kingsbury, of Canada, competes in the men’s dual moguls at the World Cup freestyle skiing competition at Deer Valley resort Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Park City, Utah. Salt Lake City’s enduring enthusiasm for hosting the Olympics will be on full display Wednesday, April 10, 2024, when members of the International Olympic Committee come to Utah for a site visit ahead of a formal announcement expected this July to name Salt Lake City the host for the 2034 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Workers build the stands for the upcoming summer Olympic Games on the Champ-de-Mars, just beside the Eiffel Tower, Friday, March 22, 2024 in Paris.The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michel Euler

Mounties Paris-bound to help police summer Olympics

Details on numbers and deployment unavailable as organizers scour globe for 2,000 extra officers

Workers build the stands for the upcoming summer Olympic Games on the Champ-de-Mars, just beside the Eiffel Tower, Friday, March 22, 2024 in Paris.The RCMP will be part of an international policing effort to keep the Olympics in Paris safe this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Michel Euler
FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. A major French union is warning of possible strikes in the public sector, including at hospitals, during the Paris Olympics. The general secretary of the CGT tells France Info media that the union will give notice of a possible strike in public services during the Games, which are held in July-August. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

To avoid strikes at Paris Olympics, French government to pay bonuses

The social situation in France remains tense, amid recent protests from teachers, police and farmers

FILE - The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sept. 14, 2017. A major French union is warning of possible strikes in the public sector, including at hospitals, during the Paris Olympics. The general secretary of the CGT tells France Info media that the union will give notice of a possible strike in public services during the Games, which are held in July-August. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Canadian athlete and surfer Sanoa Olin, poses during media day organized by the Canadian Olympic Committee in Montreal on Thursday, Dec.,14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Tofino’s Sanoa Olin confirmed for Olympic surfing event

This will be the first time Canada has had a surfer in the Olympics

Canadian athlete and surfer Sanoa Olin, poses during media day organized by the Canadian Olympic Committee in Montreal on Thursday, Dec.,14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
After winning her battle for Canadian citizenship earlier this year, teenage surfer Erin Brooks won’t be wearing the Maple Leaf at the Paris Olympics. Brooks is shown June 7, 2023, at the ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surf Canada-Dom Domic **MANDATORY CREDIT**

After winning Canadian citizenship, teenage surfer Brooks misses out on Olympics

Canadians Sanoa Dempfle-Olin and Cody Young are still in contention

After winning her battle for Canadian citizenship earlier this year, teenage surfer Erin Brooks won’t be wearing the Maple Leaf at the Paris Olympics. Brooks is shown June 7, 2023, at the ISA World Surfing Games in Surf City, El Salvador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Surf Canada-Dom Domic **MANDATORY CREDIT**
<div>Canada’s women’s basketball team will need some help to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Kayla Alexander, left, and Laeticia Amihere, right, of Canada in action against Mawuli Stephanie of Japan during the women’ basketball Olympic qualifying tournament third round match between Canada and Japan in Sopron, Hungary, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-MTI, Zsombor Toth</div>

Canada women qualify for Paris Olympics after Spain’s win in FIBA qualifier

Japan and Spain also secured their tickets to the games

<div>Canada’s women’s basketball team will need some help to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Kayla Alexander, left, and Laeticia Amihere, right, of Canada in action against Mawuli Stephanie of Japan during the women’ basketball Olympic qualifying tournament third round match between Canada and Japan in Sopron, Hungary, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-MTI, Zsombor Toth</div>
Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown watches during warm ups before the NFC Championship NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)

NFL players enthusiastic about pursuing Olympic gold when flag football debuts

Flag football is one of 5 sports added to the Olympic program for 2028

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown watches during warm ups before the NFC Championship NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
League commissioner Gary Bettman says NHL players will be able compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. NHL players haven’t competed at a Games since the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Bettman speaks during a news conference in Las Vegas, June 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher

NHL players heading back to the Olympics after 12-year absence

League commits to 2026 and 2030 after last participating in 2014

League commissioner Gary Bettman says NHL players will be able compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. NHL players haven’t competed at a Games since the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Bettman speaks during a news conference in Las Vegas, June 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-John Locher
FILE -Russian Kamila Valieva, center, and her coach Eteri Tutberidze, left, react after competing in the women’s free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2023 Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport comes almost two years after Valieva’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

No Olympic bronze for Canada despite Russian figure skating disqualification

Even without Valieva, Russian team still had enough points to finish 3rd in Beijing team event

FILE -Russian Kamila Valieva, center, and her coach Eteri Tutberidze, left, react after competing in the women’s free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2023 Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been disqualified from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport comes almost two years after Valieva’s doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
The Canadian men’s field hockey team is shown posing with the bronze medal Nov. 3, 2023, at the Pan American Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Field Hockey Canada-Yan Huckendubler

Canadian men’s field hockey team puts jobs aside in bid to make Olympics

Players sacrificing full-time jobs for shot at Paris games

The Canadian men’s field hockey team is shown posing with the bronze medal Nov. 3, 2023, at the Pan American Games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Field Hockey Canada-Yan Huckendubler
Chilliwack’s Nathan Christensen racing at the 2021 Canoe Kayak Canada Slalom Team Trials held at “The Pumphouse” Whitewater Course in Ottawa. (Sean Burges/Mundo Sport Images)

B.C. slalom kayaker eyed as Olympic-potential by talent program

Nathan Christensen kayaker earns funding at RBC Training Ground finals

Chilliwack’s Nathan Christensen racing at the 2021 Canoe Kayak Canada Slalom Team Trials held at “The Pumphouse” Whitewater Course in Ottawa. (Sean Burges/Mundo Sport Images)