The 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics are now two years away, and things are already taking shape from the West Coast to Texas.<\/p>\n
Dallas Wings All-Star Paige Bueckers is a 2028 Team USA hopeful. Bueckers has played for the Junior national team and made her Senior team debut earlier this year. She also competed with the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 3×3 basketball team. The women’s team is seeking its ninth straight Gold Medal – a streak that started at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. This is the first Summer Olympics hosted by the United States since ’96.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe U.S. women\u2019s basketball team won gold in Paris, beating France by just one point.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The USWNT won their first Gold Medal at the ’96 Olympics. They’re seeking their sixth Gold overall; they also won in Paris in 2024. Frisco’s Jaedyn Shaw was on the<\/a> team and is expected to be in 2028.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUSWNT star Trinity Rodman shares her take on the U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup chances, the women’s team’s growth heading into the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil, and what it was like teaming up with Jake from State Farm.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Six-time medalist Suni Lee, 23, recently announced her return<\/a> to gymnastics. Lee competed at the 2020 Olympics, winning the all-around Gold Medal, and the ’24 Olympics.<\/p>\n Discussions for major leaguers to play in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics baseball tournament<\/a> remain in the early stages, with players used to top hotels wanting to be assured of accommodations. Major League Baseball has envisioned an extended 11-day All-Star break. The last regular-season games before the break would be on July 9, followed by the All-Star Game on July 11, likely at San Francisco, and the Olympic tournament at Dodger Stadium from July 13-19. The season would resume July 21.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHere are three Olympic sports, other than baseball, that Dodgers\u2019 two-way star Shoehei Ohtani would dominate and why.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The United States qualified automatically as host, and the Dominican Republic and Venezuela earned berths based on their finish in this year\u2019s World Baseball Classic. Asia and Europe\/Oceania will have one spot each, and the sixth nation will be determined during a final qualifying tournament.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKenny Beecham and the \u201cNumbers on the Board\u201d crew create their perfect roster for Team USA Basketball at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n MLB wants player participation to be mandatory for those chosen, along with those picked for future All-Star Games.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Ninja Warrior-style obstacle course will replace equestrian show jumping as the fifth event in the modern pentathlon at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. A Plano native and American Ninja Warrior competitor says the change could help grow the sport and inspire a new generation of athletes. NBC 5\u2019s Laura Harris has more.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Flag football<\/a> and an American Ninja Warrior-style course will make their Olympic debuts<\/a> in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles too. The NFL is even launching a pro flag football league<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNFL owners voted to pass a resolution on Tuesday that will allow NFL players to participate in flag football\u2019s Olympic debut in Los Angeles.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n