The rapper has become a self-appointed hype man and benefactor to the U.S. women’s team in Paris. He plans to keep the poolside party going into 2028. By Emmanuel Morgan Reporting from St.-Denis, ...

Ashleigh Johnson is one of the best water polo goalkeepers in the world. NPR's Juana Summers talks to her about her barrier-breaking role in the sport and her expectations for her third Olympic games.

Arriving home a world champion in the summer of 2023, Hungarian water polo player Vince Vigvári enjoyed a taste of the rock-star life. After a long-haul flight from Fukuoka, Japan, Vigvári and his ...

Mark Braly, 86, has spent the last decade playing a particularly challenging team sport. Is he good? No — but that’s not the point. Mark Braly, 86, in the blue swim cap, doing drills with a water polo ...

Water polo consists of two teams of seven players and matches are played in four eight-minute quarters. With the exception of the goalkeeper, players can only hold the ball with one hand. Possession ...

Flavor Flav connected with gold medalist captain Maggie Steffens on Instagram. Flavor Flav is sporting a new look at the Olympics, opting for a custom Team USA water polo cap and matching clock ...

Editor’s note: FollowOlympics opening ceremony live updates. PARIS — The press conference moderator said it best: "Welcome to an Olympics first: A Flavor Flav press conference." And it only got ...

The 2025 USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics has come to a close, and the Del Mar Water Polo Club (DMWPC) has achieved historic victories across multiple age divisions. Three teams brought home ...

For years, swimming and water polo have been two sports that shared a pool but little else. Yet for a growing number of athletes, the lines between these disciplines are beginning to blur.

Water polo takes up much of Irvine resident Jae Park’s time. Park is a father of two boys, ages 7 and 13, who both play water polo. They practice five days a week and play in tournaments two weekends ...

A 31-year-old transgender athlete is set to compete in a women’s water polo tournament for the second straight year, much to their opponents’ ire. Alicia Paans, a graduate student on the University of ...