Sports France's high-speed train lines are sabotaged hours before Olympic opening ceremony Just hours before the Olympic opening ceremony in the French capital, rail networks around the country were brought to a standstill Friday by a series of arson attacks on train lines in what officials called “coordinated acts of malice.” Fatima Al-Kassab
Sports The Opening Ceremony for the Summer Olympics will officially kick off the Games The Olympics opening ceremony gets underway Friday on the River Seine. NPR's Michel Martin talks to the mayor of Paris’s central district about how the event is transforming the city. Michel Martin
Sports A preview of tomorrow's unique opening of the Paris Summer Olympic Games The Olympic games begin Friday. For the first time in the modern era, the opening ceremony won't be in a stadium. The Games will kick off with a parade through Paris in boats along the river Seine. Eleanor Beardsley
Sports Olympics kick off Friday after spy drone drama Canada was caught trying to spy on the New Zealand women's soccer team, and Team USA picked tennis star Coco Gauff as a flagbearer in the opening ceremonies.
National Cardboard beds have returned to the Olympics. What do they do? Cardboard beds are one of the Olympics' latest green innovations. But not all the athletes are fans. Alana Wise Maquita Peters
Sports Eli Dershwitz, 2023 world champion in sabre, aims to make Olympic history At the Paris Summer Olympics, an athlete from Massachusetts could do something no other American has done before: win a gold medal in the sport of sabre. Eli Dershwitz is the reigning world champion. Craig LeMoult
Sports NBA, WNBA sign media rights deals with Disney, NBC and Amazon, leaving TNT out The leagues secured deals that will bring in $76 billion over the next 11 years, ushering in a new era of streaming. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Isabella Simonetti. Michel Martin
Arts & Life NBA signs media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon, leaving TNT behind The NBA signed its 11-year media rights deal with Disney, NBC and Amazon Prime Video after saying it was not accepting Warner Bros. Discovery’s offer to continue its longtime relationship with the league.
Sports Tennis player Coco Gauff is named as USA flag bearer for Olympics Coco Gauff the 23-year-old tennis player seemed floored today when she learned she'll be the first tennis player to have the honor of being flag bearer for the American team at the Paris Olympics. Gus Contreras Justine Kenin
Sports Why Olympic surfing events are in Tahiti, thousands of miles from Paris Olympic surfing events are taking place in Teahupo’o, a small village nearly 9,800 miles from the host city of Paris. The path to Tahiti has been years in the making, and not without controversy. Rachel Treisman
