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Serbia's Strahinja Rasovic celebrates winning the men's water polo gold medal match against Croatia, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Serbia beats Croatia 13-11 for its third consecutive gold medal in men’s water polo at the Olympics

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Australian players celebrate after winning on penalty shoot out during a women's Water Polo semifinal match between Australia and USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

U.S. women’s water polo loses to Australia in Olympic semis, ending attempt for fourth title in row

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps poses in the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif., Jan. 18, 2008. Almost any Olympic athlete can tell you where the spark was lit to push them into sports. For many, it was in front of a TV set as a kid, watching the Summer Games play out in some faraway place — and often, Michael Phelps was the athlete that drew their interest. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill/File)

Olympians’ remember seeing Michael Phelps and the torch that kickstarted their careers

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Flavor Flav arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Monday, April 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Maggie Steffens asked for more support for the U.S. women's water polo team, and the captain received one particularly surprising response. From a clock-wearing rap icon.(Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Flavor Flav is showing support for U.S. women’s water polo team

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Katie Ledecky competes in the women's 800-meter freestroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 29, 2023. Given the unusual timing — a lingering fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic — many of the biggest names have decided to skip the World Aquatics Championships meet in Doha, Qatar. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

World Aquatics Championships begin in Doha, but many top swimmers are staying home

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

United States head coach Adam Krikorian directs players during a quarterfinal round win over Canada in a women's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. With the Paris Olympics coming up next year, U.S. women's water polo coach Adam Krikorian is feeling the pressure of time. No water polo team — men or women — has won four straight gold medals at the Games. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

U.S. women’s water polo swimming through choppy water in pursuit of a fourth straight Olympic gold

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are seen on the Place du Trocadero that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, Sept. 13, 2017. Organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics promised Games with a relatively modest price tag and "egalitarian" access to events, thanks to an online draw meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to next year's Olympics with prices as low as 24 euros ($26). But as the first round of ticketing winds down, many "lucky" winners chosen for the draw are feeling frustrated, angry and cheated, as their only option during the 48-hour purchasing window was paying at least 200 euros per ticket for the few remaining events on offer. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Olympic ticket sales for Paris Games gets off to rocky start

By Nicholas Garriga and Barbara Surk - Associated Press

United States' Sue Bird (6) and teammates celebrate after their win in the women's basketball semifinal game against Serbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 6, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Americans go for gold in basketball, volleyball, water polo

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

United States' Margaret Steffens (6) gets her shot away as she is defended by Evgeniya Ivanova, lower left, of the Russian Olympic Committee, during a preliminary round women's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Steffens breaks water polo scoring record as US women cruise

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Italy's Pietro Figlioli celebrates after a score against the United States during a preliminary round men's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Italy wins rematch with US in men’s Olympic water polo

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Japan's head coach Yoji Omoto talks with his team during a preliminary round men's water polo match against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Japan playing its own water polo style at Tokyo Olympics

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, May 22, 2016 file photo, United States attacker Kiley Neushul passes the ball during a women's exhibition water polo match against Australia in Los Angeles. Kiley Neushul had a plan. She was going to play for the U.S. women's water polo team in the Tokyo Olympics, and then move to Italy. Then the games were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Neushul — one of the best players in the world — had to make a decision. She chose the rest of her life. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Kiley Neushul’s retirement leaves hole on US water polo team

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

Ben Hallock, right, of the U.S. and Dmitrii Kholod of Russia fight for the ball during the men's water polo Group D third round match of the 17th FINA Swimming World Championships in Hajos Alfred National Swimming Pool in Budapest, Hungary, in this Friday, July 21, 2017, file photo. Hallock, 23, is among 18 U.S. men’s water polo players who joined professional teams in Europe after COVID-19 hampered their training in California. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP, File)

US water polo players flock to Europe to prepare for Tokyo

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 1956 file photo blood streams from the cut eye of Hungarian Ervin Zador injured during a fight with a member of the Soviet team in the closing stages of the Hungary vs. USSR water polo match in Melbourne, Australia. The Melbourne Olympics were already quite unique before they started. They were the first games held in the southern hemisphere, and ran from Nov. 22 to Dec. 8 to take in the Australian summer. (AP Photo)

“Blood in the Water:” War in the 1956 Olympic pool

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Peter Schnugg stands for a portrait along the beach Friday, July 31, 2020, in San Diego. The former waterpolo athlete missed his chance to go to the Olympics in 1980 when the U.S. decided to boycott the games to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Now he's unsure if he'll get the chance to see his niece, Maggie Steffens, try for a third consecutive gold medal with the U.S. women's water polo team. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

BOYCOTT GAMES: Former US water polo star looks back on 1980

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 22, 2016, file photo, United States attacker Kaleigh Gilchrist moves the ball during a women's exhibition water polo match against Australia, in Los Angeles. Gilchrist was among the Americans who were injured when a balcony inside a nightclub in the southern city of Gwangju, South Korea collapsed on Saturday, July 27, 2019. Two people were killed and multiple athletes who were in Gwangju to compete in the world swimming championships were injured, officials said. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

US water polo player recalls balcony accident at worlds

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

In this Monday, July 1, 2019, photo, Johnny Hooper poses for a picture during training session, in Torrance, Calif. Three years after he was one of the last cuts ahead of the 2016 Olympics, Hooper is a key attacker for the U.S. men's national team heading into a big summer. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Ultra-competitive Hooper key attacker for US water polo

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

In a September 2016 photo, Yale's women's head soccer Coach Rudy Meredith gives pointers to players during a scrimmage in Ocala, Fla. According to the federal indictments unsealed Tuesday, March 12, 2019, former Yale soccer coach Rudy Meredith put a prospective student who didn’t play soccer on a school list of recruits, doctored her supporting portfolio to indicate she was a player, and later accepted $400,000 from the head of a college placement company. (Doug Engle/Star-Banner via AP)

Bribery scandal exposes sports side door to admissions

By JIM VERTUNO - Associated Press

US appeals court reinstates water polo concussion lawsuit

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Craig, Mathewson retire from US women’s water polo team

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