 Security will be especially tight for the opening ceremony, which for the first time will not be held in an enclosed stadium. A three-mile procession of boats will carry performers and athletes along the Seine River through the heart of Paris. There will be some 45,000 police officers and soldiers on duty. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. In women's basketball, the WNBA All-Stars beat the U.S. Olympic team 117-109 last night. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.