Abstract: This study employs historical textual analysis and logical reasoning to conduct a cross-national close reading of modern newspapers from France, Uruguay, the United States, China, and other countries. It revisits the deliberately “omitted” narrative of radio coverage during the 1924 Paris Olympics and reassesses certain aspects of modern Chinese sports journalism history. The findings reveal that: (1) The International Olympic Committee and contemporary newspaper journalists, apprehensive of the potential influence of radio broadcasting, intentionally obstructed and obscured the fact that French radio reporter Dehorter had broadcast the football final. This confirms that Olympic radio reporting originated during the 1924 Paris Olympics; (2) The “special” coverage of the 1924 Paris Olympics football final by Radio Paradizábal in Uruguay represented the first quasi-live transcontinental transmission in Olympic history. It ignited nationwide patriotic fervor in Uruguay and indirectly contributed to the organization of the 1930 FIFA World Cup held there; (3) The earliest documented coverage of a sports event in China may be the 1903 report on the Hubei Normal School sports meet in Shanghai News (Shen Bao). The earliest coverage of the Olympics in Shanghai News likely pertained to the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, while the earliest report on the Winter Olympics may trace back to the inaugural 1924 Chamonix Winter Games.