Olympics

The Native American athlete from Oklahoma made his athletic mark in collegiate, Olympic and professional sports.

The Kansas City coach under the biggest spotlight right now is not Andy Reid of the Chiefs, or Mike Matheny of the Royals. It’s the coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team.

After winning a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, track star Courtney Frerichs returns to the University of Missouri - Kansas City on December 19 to address the graduating class.

Known as the “Mother of KU Women’s Athletics,” Mawson initiated athletics for women at KU in 1968.

Courtney Frerichs took home silver in her second Olympic bid, while a Canadian sprinter with Kansas ties claimed gold in the men's 200-meter sprint.

Chris Nilsen's family set their clocks to rise in the predawn hours to watch him compete in Tokyo, and say they're thrilled with his performance.

Trapshooter Derrick Mein has one more shot at an Olympic medal in Tokyo when he teams up with Kayle Browning, who won a silver medal in the women's competition. Then he has his sights set on Paris in 2024.

The road to the Olympics for the Honduran Men's soccer team came at the expense of the U.S. Men's National team, leaving Kansas Citians with Honduran connections only one team to cheer for in Tokyo.

Kara Eaker and Leanne Wong arrived in Japan as alternates on the Women's Gymnastics team, prepared to compete if one of their teammates suffered an injury or became ill. Instead, they were quarantined after Eaker tested positive for the coronavirus.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics are bringing to light the economic struggles facing host cities when producing the games, and how the climate crisis threatens the health and safety of workers.

Few Olympic host cities have come out the other side of the Games and made a profit. Why do so many communities keep volunteering when so many have lost money?

Kara Eaker tested positive at a training camp near Tokyo. Last month at the Olympic Trials, Eaker said she had been vaccinated. Her teammate, Leanne Wong, who is also from the Kansas City area is in quarantine.