Ryan Murphy

After receiving criticism for not reaching out to the families of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims, “Dahmer” creator Ryan Murphy is pushing back at the accusation.

American backstroke Olympian Ryan Murphy explains why he thinks there’s doping in swimming.

Gold medalist Ryan Murphy said he would like other countries to be more forthcoming about when their athletes are tested for doping. “We want transparency,” he said. “The U.S. is one of, if not the only country, where you can see exactly how many times a person has been tested in a year, and that’s kind of what we’re looking...

The U.S. men’s swimming team picked up a gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay.

After winning a silver medal in the men’s 200m backstroke, U.S. swimmer Ryan Murphy said he wasn’t sure the race was “100 percent clean.” Murphy came in just behind Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov. Murphy said he did congratulate Rylov and was not making any allegations.

American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sport and he wonders if all his competitors are clean.

The 2016 champion earned a silver medal in Tokyo, and Luke Greenbank of Great Britain won bronze.

Ryan Murphy, Lilly King and Annie Lazor took home medals for U.S. Swimming at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.

Ryan Murphy finished third in the men’s 100m backstroke, taking home the bronze medal.

On a night the U.S. swim team had two defending Olympic champions competing, it was 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby who took home the lone gold for Team USA. The Americans claimed four more medals at the Tokyo Aquatics Center on Monday night, with Jacoby winning gold and Lilly King taking bronze in the women’s 100m breaststroke, Regan Smith capturing bronze...

Team USA’s Regan Smith set an Olympic record with a time of 57.86 during the semifinal of the women’s 100m backstroke, earning her way into the final, where she will be joined by teammate Rhyan White. The other swimming semifinals in Tokyo included: The men’s 200m freestyle semifinals, in which Kieran Smithmade the final; USA’s Townley Haas did not...

From Tokyo gold to their favorite pets, Team USA had a lot of creative responses when we asked them to write haiku. We teamed up with NBC Sports’ Peter King, NBC’s resident haiku expert and Olympic Games enthusiast, to figure out which Olympic athlete wrote each of the haikus.

“Get that kid out of there!” is what the swimmer remembers hearing.

We asked Peter King, who writes a haiku every week for his NBC Sports column, to commentate on and award medals for poems written on the spot by athletes headed to Tokyo.

Ryan Murphy may now be a three-time Olympic gold medalist, but before he was dominating in the backstroke, he had to learn to overcome a particularly disgusting habit that somehow calmed his nerves.

When he’s not breaking records in the pool, three-time Olympic gold medalist Ryan Murphy is committed to teaching everyone about the importance of drowning prevention.

The three-time gold medalist highlights the importance of his family’s support. “Everything adds up at this level.”

The big flashy red carpet has made its return to New York City — albeit in a massive socially distant manner — with the premiere of the third and final season of the FX series, “Pose.”

The cast and crew of “Pose” is receiving some much deserved recognition. Ryan Murphy and Steven Canal’s FX series received six nominations, marking a big breakthrough for transgender representation on TV.

What’s the television industry’s top summer destination? A hotel in which 200-plus U.S. and Canadian entertainment reporters and critics gather for an early look at next season’s shows and the chance to question the actors, writers and producers who create them.