SIMONE BILES

We ask our youngest, smallest athletes to be poised and perfect under unbelievable pressure. It’s too much to expect from anyone, let alone a 15-year-old.

Mikaela Shiffrin shined a revealing spotlight on some hideous negativity she’s received throughout the 2022 Winter Olympics in a provocative social media post.

The two athletes got engaged on Valentine's Day.

Legendary Team USA gymnast Simone Biles has put a bow on a whirlwind six months by announcing her engagement to Houston Texans star Jonathan Owens.

It's a yes from Simone Biles to fellow elite athlete Jonathan Owens.

Simone Biles revealed she "woke up a fianceé," sharing photos of Owens' proposal.

Mental health was the breakout star at the Tokyo Olympics.

U.S. Olympic cross country skier Rosie Brennan is turning her love of skiing into a greater mission as she heads to the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.

NBC Sports offered a full-throated defense of how it covered skier Mikaela Shiffrin's shocking Olympics flameout, which drew criticism in some circles for being cruel.

From cross-country skiing to team relay luge and beyond, AccuWeather's Jessica Pash has you covered for the weather conditions that will affect the Olympic games.

Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis won the first gold medal for Team USA at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. But star skier Mikaela Schiffrin suffered another stunning setback. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers have the day's highlights.

A group of journalists covering the Beijing Winter Olympics visited the Great Wall of China on Thursday, in what was the first opportunity for many to step out of the work frenzy around the games and see the country.

When Mikaela Shiffrin careened off the course, another expected gold medal slipping away before she hardly got started, the announcers from NBC let her have it. “One of the bigger shockers in Olympic alpine skiing history,” play-by-play man Dan Hicks bellowed. The cameras honed in on Shiffrin, who clicked out of her skies and plopped down on the artificial snow — head bowed, arms resting on bent knees — as she tried to process another unimaginable outcome in the first run of the slalom.

Mental health: It's a conversation that many athletes will tell you hasn't always been an easy one.

Mental health: It's a conversation that many athletes will tell you hasn't always been an easy one.

Fear is a foundational component of the downhill, where danger is both manifested by the rules and purified by the dynamic skill of the skiers and the exasperating inability to sufficiently convey the peril of the task.

A team of researchers has discovered the gymnastic ability of bark beetle larvae. Scientists recently recorded the larvae performing the twisting leap for the first time.

Wilt Chamberlain. Joe DiMaggio. Simone Biles. Which of their athletic achievements is most impressive?

We might not be able to claim that 2021 was *the* wildest year in recent history (2020 will likely get that credit for quite some time), but it might be a close second.

We spoke to Mikaela Shiffrin about injuries, Simone Biles, and the pressures of Olympic stardom

It was the year that mental health took a prominent position in the sports world — led by two female athletes, Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka.

In addition to the payment, the organizations have also committed to safety reforms for future athletes.

In addition to the payment, the organizations have also committed to safety reforms for future athletes.

The sexual abuse victims of national gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar have reached a settlement.

People magazine has named Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, actor Sandra Oh, country icon Dolly Parton and the nation’s teachers as its “People of the Year.”.

When U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles graced the cover of Vogue in August 2020, people were very vocal about disliking it. Not because of Biles,...

Right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk has built a well-funded and growing organization aimed at reaching the next generation of conservatives.

Gymnastics star Simone Biles is ready for a bit of a break after wrapping up a post-Olympic tour.

Biles shocked the world when she withdrew from events at the Olympics this summer, citing a phenomenon called the "twisties." In an interview Thursday, she says she's still grappling with it.

Angelina Melnikova of Russia won the women’s all-around final on Thursday to claim the first gold medal of the gymnastics world championships. Melnikova, the 2020 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, built up a solid lead with high scores on the vault and uneven bars and finished with 56.632 points. With defending champion Simone Biles and Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee of the United States not taking part, the stage was set for a new generation of gymnasts to emerge.

If you’ve been bumming since Aug. 9., the day after the 2021 Tokyo Olympics wrapped, don’t flip out — or do, just remember to stretch...

"It was too much," Biles said of enduring years of media coverage of disgraced former team doctor Larry Nassar. "But I was not going to let him take something I've worked for since I was 6 years old."

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Monday, calling for justice in the form of a full investigation of three institutions involved with former Dr. Larry Nassar. Nassar, who treated gymnasts for years, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing patients under the guise of providing medical treatment in 2017. He kept practicing medicine for years after the abuse was first reported, in part because of missteps by the FBI, according to a recent investigation. Related: Report identifies FBI missteps that let Larry Nassar continue sexually abusing young womenRaisman, olympian Simone Biles, and others testified before congress last week as it investigated the FBI’s missteps. But on The Daily Show, Raisman called for an investigation that would fold in not just the FBI, but also USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.

Multiple gymnasts give searing testimony about how the FBI and USA Gymnastics handled the Larry Nassar case. Also, SpaceX makes history with its latest launch. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds.

An IG report says one of many failures was due to confusion whether the Indianapolis office had venue since Nassar's abuse took place in other places.

“We have been failed, and we deserve answers.”Wednesday’s hearing was part of a congressional probe into the FBI’s handling of the Nassar case following a Justice Department report that found law enforcement officials made “numerous and fundamental errors” when investigating allegations. Missed opportunities and a delayed response allowed Nassar to continue abusing victims for more than a year before his eventual arrest, according to the report. The FBI’s failure to act meant Nassar continued to have access to the young women he abused. “We will continue working with athletes and survivors now to make certain that law is effective in meeting its goals. He was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison in an Ingham County case, and 40-125 years in Eaton County.

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has told Congress that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.

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Simone Biles was recognized as one of Time's most influential people of the year for being a "shining example" of strength.

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on the FBI's mishandling of the investigation into Nassar.

Simone Biles, the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, broke down in tears during an emotional Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday regarding the FBI's bungled...

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles has told Congress that the FBI and gymnastics officials turned a “blind eye” to USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse of her and hundreds of other women.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on the Justice Department’s inspector general report on the FBI’s handling of the Larry Nassar investigation.

The Senate hearing begins Wednesday.

There were enough tennis stars inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Monday's Met Gala, it seemed, to play a tournament.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week follows a watchdog report that detailed "numerous and fundamental errors" of the FBI's handling of the Nassar case.

The officer "felt so bad" and told Biles that using "training for the Olympics" as an excuse would have worked to get her out of the ticket.

John Lee, the father of Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee, received a new wheelchair from decorated gymnast and his daughter’s teammate, Simone Biles, last week. Why he needed a wheelchair: In 2019, John fell off a ladder while trying to help a neighbor trim a tree. The accident left him with a spinal cord injury, which left him paralyzed from the chest down, as per NBC News.

Somehow, summer 2021 has come to a close (hello, sad girl fall!), so we’re going to take a look back at all the major things that happened this summer that you probably already forgot about, because this summer went by way too fast.

The tennis great says female champions of social justice movements fighting for equality for every human being should not be discriminated against because of their gender.

Ryan Blaney won for the second consecutive week when the race Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway ended under caution in overtime with a typical fiery finish.

American gymnast Simone Biles says she wouldn't change anything about her second Olympic experience.

If you're already jonesing for a taste of Olympic mastery, there's another helping just around the corner – and G.O.A.T. is on the menu. Serving...

The Summer Olympics might be over, but these little kids were inspired by the athletes they saw on TV, and they're now ready to compete in future games.

Mental health has been widely talked about in America recently with emotions surrounding the pandemic and the awareness movement led by athletes Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles. The question is: Is mental health finally being treated as a serious concern in this country, or is it impossible to improve systemic mental health conditions with America’s cultural expectations and economic pitfalls? “It’s certainly my hope that this pandemic will lead to real systemic changes, but there’s absolutely going to need to be real things that cost money and that require work by legislators and decision makers beyond encouraging awareness that I think we’ve seen.” —Anna North, VoxListen: Is America finally taking mental health seriously? Her most recent piece is titled “America’s Mental Health Moment Is Finally Here.” She says though the pandemic has been a source of grief, it’s also allowed us to open up more about our mental health. She says American society sets unrealistic pressures to succeed regardless of cost.

The president praised Team USA athletes for their "moral courage" during a Zoom call on Saturday, with special shoutouts to gymnast Simone Biles and swimmer Katie Ledecky.

NPR's team in Tokyo put together our favorite moments of the Games, where participants showed their athleticism, sportsmanship, and what motivated them to compete.

From Simone Biles to Raven Saunders, athletes modelled a more vulnerable approach to individual struggle.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics have officially come to an end.

President Joe Biden praised U.S. Olympians for navigating the difficulties of a coronavirus tarnished games with “moral courage” that made Americans’ “hearts swell” with pride.

There's been a spate of content with incorrect claims around some of the competitors in Tokyo.

NBC Universal persevered after a rough start to the Tokyo Olympics, and was rewarded with the type of picture it treasures on Saturday.

The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games finally come to a close after an exhausting, enlightening and sometimes enraging run.

Joyce Court of Monroe, 90, fondly remembers swimming in the 1948 Olympics in London.

Svetlana Romashina wins seventh gold with Russian Olympic Committee in artistic swimming team final.

The smile on full display from Simone Biles said it all: The U.S. superstar stuck the landing on her balance beam routine, her face lit up, and all at once, she embodied pure joy, a seventh Olympic medal, and likely some relief, having the weight of the world off her back, at least for a few minutes.

Therapy gave Danielle Gomez the tools she needed to navigate a particularly hard chapter in her life, after both of her parents were diagnosed with cancer within six months of one another; she suffered a miscarriage; and then got pregnant again.

"Regardless of what she decides to do, if she decides to go on to try and make the Paris Olympics ... she really is setting that bar and really just being the best role model out there," Nastia Liukin said of Simone Biles.

In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Thomas-Greenfield said the games can help build better relations among countries.

Sports psychologists examine the growing number of athletes and teams investing in mental health and what those resources look like.

Sports psychologists examine the growing number of athletes and teams investing in mental health and what those resources look like.

The made-to-watch Tokyo Games, where pandemic precautions prevent permitting spectators, have become a digital affair more than ever.

The often forgotten genre of rhythmic Olympic gymnastics is like combining its more famous cousin, artistic gymnastics, with ballet and a circus.

Biles withdrew from events last week, citing mental health concerns, but returned to capture a bronze medal in the women's balance beam on Tuesday.

"At the end of the day, people don't understand what we are going through," Biles told reporters.

"At the end of the day, people don't understand what we are going through," Biles told reporters.

The U.S. women’s gymnastics team pulled off a successful stay at the Tokyo Olympics even with Simone Biles taking a step back to focus on her mental health.

After securing a bronze medal on the balance beam in Tokyo, Simone Biles joined NBC’s Mike Tirico to shed light on her experience with “the twisties” and the pressure she was facing to perform.

Simone Biles joined NBC's Mike Tirico to discuss her experience at the Tokyo Olympics.

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Stars and athletes alike congratulated Biles on her bronze medal on beam.

Being a young Black woman in American life comes with its own built-in pressure to perform, and entails much more than meets the eye.

Watch Simone Biles' only individual performance from the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The gymnast said that her return to Olympic competition on Tuesday was something she did for herself.

"Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law," the state's attorney general Letitia James said Tuesday during a press conference.

From Simone Biles to Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi, there's an evolution happening at the Olympics.

TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles returned to the competition at the Tokyo Olympics in style, and will leave with another medal. Biles earned her seventh career Olympic medal and tied Shannon Miller for the most by an American in gymnastics. The 18-year-old Lee won three medals in Tokyo, including silver in the team final and bronze on uneven bars. The third-place finisher, Alison dos Santos of Brazil, finished in 46.72, which would’ve been a world record five weeks earlier. Duplantis missed all three times when he tried to improve on the world record mark of 6.18 meters he set at Glasgow last year.

Catch a replay of Simone Biles' last routine in Tokyo tonight on NBC.

Simone Biles returned to competition at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday and won a bronze medal in the balance beam.

Simone Biles stuck the landing and won a bronze medal.

Simone Biles returned to Olympic competition on Tuesday in Tokyo, winning a bronze medal on beam.

Day 11 of the Tokyo Olympics saw the return of Simone Biles, a vital win for the U.S, men's basketball team and a smattering of world records.

Simone Biles makes her anticipated return to the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday in the beam finals after withdrawing from her first five events.

Follow along with the final night of gymnastics event finals in Tokyo.

Simone Biles will at last return to Olympic competition Tuesday on Day 11 of the Tokyo Games.

American gymnast Jade Carey's long road to the Olympics ended with gold.

The quest for gold medals is on track for the U.S. women’s basketball and volleyball teams after finishing at the top of their groups in pool play.

Catch up on the best of Simone Biles ahead of her return to Olympic competition on Tuesday.

Watch Simone Biles' return to action on beam at 4:50 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 3.

Jade Carey nailed incredibly difficult tumbling passes to win a gold in the floor exercise final.