In Season 1 of HBO's "Somebody Somewhere," the spotlight had to find Sam (Bridget Everett), a wayward 40-something, looking for direction in her hometown of Manhattan, Kansas. In the slice-of-life ...

American Sam Watson (L) and Ukrainian Yaroslav Tkach compete during men's speed qualification seeding for sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Tuesday at Le Bourget Sport Climbing Venue in Le ...

ABOVE VIDEO: Highlights from the American men's performances at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games speed climbing semifinals, including the world record climb from Sam Watson. Can't view the above video?

Even before Tuesday’s speed climbing seeding heats at the Paris Olympics, the sport regularly produced jaw-dropping video clips. Two climbers stand at the base of a 49-foot wall and then rocket upward ...

An 18-year-old United States climbing athlete just smashed a world record — twice.Sam Watson, a Texas native, is a speed climber who wasted no time at the first World Cup of the season.During his ...

Sam Watson: The Thrill of Speed Climbing Not being too familiar with the concept, speed climbing is simply a race against time and precision. Athletes scramble a 15-meter wall to hit a top buzzer with ...

LE BOURGET, France — Sport climbing birthed an Olympic conundrum Thursday at the Paris Games. Sam Watson, an 18-year-old-American, set a new world record in the men’s speed climb when he completed the ...

Southlake’s Sam Watson has been dreaming of this moment since he was just 4-years-old. A chance to be an Olympian. That dream became a reality when he qualified for a spot on Team USA for the Paris ...

Speed sport climbing was offered at the Olympics for the first time during the Paris Games. Good thing for Team USA, as Sam Watson beat his own speed rock climbing world record—set back in April at ...