Jeff Hart

Players sang as they stretched after their final pre-Olympic practice, an upbeat workout that showed off the joy among the U.S. women's field hockey team to be back on this international stage.

North Forsyth is coming off a second straight playoff run and will bring an experienced team into the 2024 campaign, including the majority of a defense that was ballhawkish last year, and an offense that got better as the season went along.

Sports books say they expect strong betting interest in this year’s Olympics, driven by dominant U.S. basketball and soccer teams.

Mallory Swanson scored a pair of goals just moments apart in the first half and the United States opened the Olympics with a 3-0 victory Thursday night over Zambia.

Lumpkin County lost several key cogs to graduation along the offensive line, as well as running back Mason Sullens. But they do return dynamic quarterback Cal Faulkner and plenty of playmakers on offense.

After getting off to a rocky start last year, Olympics 2024 organizers said the Paris Games have broken the record for the most number of tickets sold or allocated in the event’s history. And yet, tickets are still available.

It’s definitely one of the fastest growing sports, not just in the United States, but around the world. In fact, flag football has become so popular over the past half-dozen years that there is even an exhibit now at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

The Lightning suffered some key injuries in 2023 and then coach Bruce Miller stepped down, leaving some sizable holes in the program. But long-time assistant Joel Lulinski took over the reins in 2024.

The Lions won three of their final four games in 2023 to get into the playoffs. But this year they will have to rely on a slew of underclassmen as half of their summer roster are freshmen.

The Knights are coming off their best season 2019, snapping a long losing streak and winning four games against the same 2022 schedule. It has optimism at Billy Ellis Memorial Stadium at a high level coming into 2024 as they jump back into region play.