Calls to fire U.S. men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter had grown louder after the team's loss to Panama in this summer's Copa America tournament. Hector Vivas/Getty Images hide caption
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Emma Navarro of the United States celebrates after defeating compatriot Coco Gauff in their fourth round match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, right, celebrates on the podium after winning the British Formula One Grand Prix race at the Silverstone racetrack in Silverstone, England, on Sunday. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
The Chinese and the Olympic flag wave during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations despite positive tests for banned substances, allowing them to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Games. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption
Justice Department opens a criminal probe of the Chinese Olympic doping scandal
Seattle Kraken new assistant coach Jessica Campbell speaks during an NHL hockey press conference Wednesday in Seattle. Campbell will become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL franchise after the team hired her as an assistant coach. Jason Redmond/AP hide caption
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese (5) eyes the basket as Connecticut Sun's Brionna Jones defends during a WNBA basketball game on June 12, 2024, in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts after winning a point against Diane Parry of France during their first round match of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Coach Gregg Berhalter of the United States greets goalkeeper Matt Turner after losing 0-1 against Uruguay at the end of a Copa America Group C soccer match in Kansas City, Mo., on Monday. Reed Hoffman/AP hide caption
Minnesota Lynx players lock arms during a moment of silence in honor of Breonna Taylor before a game in July 2020. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption
Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates her win in the women's 100-meter finals during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Team Trials on Saturday in Eugene, Ore. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
Simone Biles won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials by more than five points and secured her spot on the team in Paris. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption
India's players celebrate with the winners' trophy after winning against South Africa in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final cricket match at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
Orlando Cepeda poses for a photo in 1970. Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer, has died. He was 86. AP/AP hide caption
Sha'Carri Richardson competes in the Women's 100 Meter on day 2 of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is shown arriving at federal court June 17, 2024, in Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Alex Morgan celebrates during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup semifinal. Maja Hitij/Getty Images hide caption
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, testifies Tuesday on Capitol Hill during a Congressional hearing on Oversight and Investigations. Lawmakers discussed anti-doping measures ahead of this year's Paris Summer Olympics. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption
The Florida Panthers team poses with the Stanley Cup trophy after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, on Monday in Sunrise, Fla. The Panthers defeated the Oilers 2-1. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
A bedroom of the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, photographed in February. The buildings will be cooled with a system of water pipes beneath the floor, rather than air conditioning. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
Gabrielle Rose pauses before the women's 100 breaststroke preliminary heat on June 16 at the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese looks to pass during the team's WNBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday, May 30, 2024, in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
BRONX, NY - 1968: Reggie Jackson of the Oakland Athletics poses an action portrait at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York in 1968. (Photo by Louis Requena /MLB via Getty Images) (Photo by Louis Requena /MLB via Getty Images) hide caption
Caitlin Clark. Deodorant locked up in a drugstore. Elsa/Getty Images; Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption