Local One person’s joy is another one’s pain Terry Bernal Daily Journal staff Aug 16, 2024 When I first read the news United States gymnastics star Jordan Chiles had been stripped of her 2024 Olympic bronze medal in the women’s floor…
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National Biles: FBI turned 'blind eye' to reports of gymnasts' abuse By MARY CLARE JALONICK, WILL GRAVES and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press Sep 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles told Congress in forceful testimony Wednesday that federal law enforcement and gymnastics…
Columnists Olympic moments By Jon MaysUpdated Aug 8, 2021 My first reaction to the news that the International Olympic Committee was considering stripping shot putter Raven Saunders of her silver meda…
National Black women, across generations, heed Biles' Olympic example BY AARON MORRISON, ASTRID GALVAN and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press Aug 4, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka. Simone Biles. Both are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few huma…
National Biles returns to Olympic competition, wins bronze on beam By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Aug 3, 2021 TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles isn't going home with a fistful of gold medals. A mental block — one brought on by exhaustion or stress or something…
National Olympic champ Biles withdraws from all-around competition By WILL GRAVES AP Sports WriterUpdated Jul 28, 2021
National Biles withdraws from gymnastics final to protect team, self By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Jul 27, 2021 TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles arrived in Tokyo as the star of the U.S. Olympic movement and perhaps the Games themselves. She convinced herself sh…
Arts & Entertainment Simone Soars: Biles named 2019 AP Female Athlete of the Year By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer Dec 26, 2019 They're called "Simone Things," a catchall phrase for the casual ease with which Simone Biles seems to soar through her sport and her life.
