All around the city there was talk of bad weather and nervous glances toward a dour, gray sky. It seemed that nothing — not even a drenching summer storm — could stop the Paris Olympics from staging one of the most spectacular opening ceremonies ever. U.S. flagbearers Coco Gauff and Lebron James stand the the front of the Team USA …
The ceremony is underway and American audiences can watch live on NBC or Peacock. The ceremony will be hosted by NBC commentator Mike Tirico, singer Kelly Clarkson and former NFL player Peyton Manning — all three of whom are decidedly not French. Floriane Issert, an officer of the National Gendarmerie, carries the Olympic flag in Paris during the opening ceremony …
Dozens of men and women run across the field in a darkened stadium, keeping their distance from one another. The Tokyo Olympics began Friday night the only way they could have, with an occasionally somber opening ceremony acknowledging the ravages of COVID-19 that forced this global sports event to be postponed a year. With new cases surging throughout Japan and …
