Timothy Takemoto / Flickr Gwen Berry Announces Plans Taking Victory Podium, Using It to 'Represent the Oppressed People' Team USA's Gwen Berry says she will stand up for 'oppressed people' if she wins a medal in the Tokyo Olympics. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 2, 2021
RONDAE Productions / Pexels Olympian Goes Overboard Celebrating Win, Forced to Withdraw After Victory Moves Leave Him with Injury The joy of winning led to the pain of losing a shot at a gold medal for an Irish boxer. He's settling for the bronze. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal August 1, 2021
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Bob Ehrlich: The Cost of Wokeness Can Now Be Seen in Our Everyday Lives 'A final note on athletics: An Olympics that includes political gesturing has further diminished an Olympiad without live crowds.' By Bob Ehrlich, The Western Journal July 30, 2021
Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport / Flickr Team USA Coach Once Said 'We Live in a Racist Country' Gregg Popovich, the head coach of the US Olympic men's basketball team, once said 'we live in a racist country.' By Michael Austin, The Western Journal July 30, 2021
Paul Weaver / Flickr 'WJ Live': Slovenia's Olympic Success Proves Why Liberal 'Team USA' Is Losing The liberal USA basketball team is losing badly at the Olympics, and it might be because its members hate their country. By Rachel Bratton, The Western Journal July 30, 2021
Campus Reform / YouTube screen shot Numerous College Students Refuse to Cheer for United States Olympic Athletes 'There used to be a time where the Olympics would unite all of us, regardless of whether you're a Republican or a Democrat.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal July 29, 2021
Pixabay US Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Tears Up as Anthem Plays After His Record-Breaking Performance An American athlete is getting lots of attention for what he did on the podium after winning a gold medal. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 29, 2021
Pixabay US Gymnast Suni Lee Steps Up in Simone Biles' Absence and Wins All-Around Gold America has a new gymnastics hero as Sunisa Lee brings home the gold medal in the women's all-around competition. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 29, 2021
'WJ Live': Video of Hunter Biden Smoking Crack Parallels Joe's 1994 Crime Law in Worst Way A devastating video of President Joe Biden appears to show that he thinks his son, Hunter, should be in jail. By Kayla Kunkel, The Western Journal July 28, 2021
@kfdias / Unsplash Olympic Boxer Disqualified After Bizarre Biting Incident 'He almost lost the plot completely there. That could have been an act of absolute madness,' one commentator said. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 27, 2021
@bt_optics / Unsplash Simone Biles Speaks Out After Pulling Out of Team Competition: 'Physically, I Feel Good' 'They were like crying, and I was like, "You guys need to relax, you're going to be fine without me,"' Biles said of her teammates' reaction. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal July 27, 2021
@ledoc / Unsplash US Suffers Stunning Gymnastics Loss After Self-Proclaimed 'Greatest of All Time' Simone Biles Pulls Out While the team announced she withdrew 'due to a medical issue,' a reporter quoted her coach as saying 'it’s a mental issue.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 27, 2021
Joshua Hoehne / Unsplash ESPN Writer Disturbed by American Flags at Olympics, Cites 'Rise of White Nationalism' 'I love the opening ceremonies, march of countries. Then I realized, you know...particularly after these last four years, I had it wrong.' By Dillon Burroughs, The Western Journal July 27, 2021
Brian Matangelo / Unsplash American High Schooler Stuns Even Herself by Coming Out of Nowhere to Win Olympic Gold Alaska is celebrating after an unheralded swimmer won a gold medal for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympic Games. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 27, 2021
Cole Keister / Unsplash Muslim Athlete Drops Out of the Olympics Rather Than Face Israeli Competitor The fact that Abdalrasool's withdrawal comes just days after Algeria's Fethi Nourine withdrew led some to suspect a political motivation. By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 26, 2021
@1stLiberty / Twitter Coach Who Was Fired for Kneeling to Pray on Field Doubles Down, Plans to Take Case to Supreme Court 'The fight has been long, but we are hopeful the Supreme Court will right the wrongs,' the First Liberty Institute said in a Twitter post. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal July 26, 2021
@kfdias / Unsplash Top Olympics Official Fired Over Joke He Made on a Comedy Show in 1998 Kentarō Kobayashi was removed from his seat on the Olympics creative team after his 23-year-old Holocaust joke resurfaced. By Taylor Penley, The Western Journal July 25, 2021
Cyclingnews.com / Twitter Olympic Cyclist Celebrates Victory as She Crosses the Finish Line, Then Learns a Gold Medal Isn't Coming One Olympian celebrated in gold medal-worthy style, not knowing that the real winner of the woman's cycling competition had already crossed the finish line. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 25, 2021
Anthony / Pexels US Secures First Medal After Rocky Start, American Swimmers Place First and Second in Event After a day in which America's athletes did not win a single Olympic medal, Team USA's swimmers struck gold. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal July 25, 2021
@emilykschrader / Twitter Olympian and Coach Withdrew from Games to Avoid Facing Israeli - Now They've Been Suspended 'We will not tolerate any discrimination, as it goes against the core values and principles of our sport.' By Andrew Jose, The Western Journal July 24, 2021
@baraida / Unsplash Women's Soccer Team Skips Representing United States at Olympic Opening Ceremony The controversial women's soccer team was not the only one missing from the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal July 23, 2021