There are 12 article(s) tagged 2024 Olympics:

• August 2024

  • Mississippi high jumper wins Olympic silver medal in Paris

    Shelby McEwen of Abbeville, Mississippi and world indoor champion Hamish Kerr of New Zealand battled in a jump off for the high jump title at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

    By The Associated Press August 10, 2024

  • Local pole vaulter Sam Kendricks wins silver in Paris Olympics

    The 2023 Ed Murphey Classic pole vault champion wins his second Olympic medal.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 06, 2024

  • Harrison Williams takes seventh in Paris Olympic decathlon

    The former MUS standout was in contention for a medal until the ninth of the ten events in the decathlon.

    By David Boyd August 04, 2024

  • Memphis’ Harrison Williams 8th after first day of Olympic decathlon

    Former MUS standout competes in his first Olympic games.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 03, 2024

  • Spain eliminated by Canada in Olympic men’s basketball

    Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama scores 7 points and adds 11 rebounds in Friday’s Olympic men’s basketball game against Canada.

    By The Associated Press August 02, 2024

• July 2024

  • Santi Aldama leads Spain to victory over Greece in Olympic action

    The Memphis Grizzlies forward had 19 points and 12 rebounds.

    By The Associated Press July 30, 2024

  • Germantown triathlete forced to wait on Olympic dream

    Seth Rider of Germantown will have to wait one more day to compete in the Olympics. The men’s triathlon has been postponed over concerns about water quality in Paris' Seine River, where the swimming portion of the race was supposed to take place.

    By The Associated Press July 30, 2024

  • Saint Francis NICU babies are in the spirit for Olympics

    The babies in the Saint Francis NICU celebrated the Paris Olympics by getting dressed up.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 25, 2024

  • LeBron James reacts to wearing same Team USA number as Penny Hardaway

    LeBron James, a four-time NBA champion and 20-time All-Star, shouted out Penny Hardaway in a video posted to the NBA’s X (formerly Twitter) account Thursday.

    By Parth Upadhyaya July 21, 2024

  • Olympians set to compete at Ed Murphey Classic in Memphis

    The 2024 Olympics get underway July 24 in Paris. This week, however, track and field fans can see some high-level competition — and some Olympians to boot — right here in Memphis.

    By John Varlas July 12, 2024

  • Maia McCoy’s Olympic odyssey: A lost opportunity but a newfound perspective

    Despite a pair of silver medals in high-caliber meets, the former Whitehaven standout doesn’t get the call from Liberia. 

    By John Varlas July 12, 2024

• June 2024

  • Former MUS standout set to compete for spot in Paris Games

    Harrison Williams won the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the two-day event in 2023.

    By John Varlas June 21, 2024