The world’s most powerful man picked a busy week to go to war with America’s most popular sport. Donald Trump was navigating a nuclear standoff with North Korea when he touched down in Alabama for a political rally on Sept. 22. In Puerto Rico, millions of Americans were without water or electricity in the wake […]
It appears that the Mannequin Challenge has gone truly transatlantic, as the English soccer team celebrated a goal against Spain on Tuesday night with their own take on the viral trend. In the friendly match against Spain at London’s Wembley Stadium, Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy scored a goal putting England in the lead at 2-0. […]
Donald Trump has mocked women, disability and war heroism during this toxic presidential campaign. So it’s no huge surprise that he’s belittled another subject that deserves no scorn — brain injury — while on the stump. During a rally this Wednesday in Lakeland, Fla., Trump talked about a woman who had fainted but returned to […]
Give LaVar Ball, the outrageously outspoken father of Lonzo Ball — the former UCLA point guard who’s sure to be a top pick in June’s NBA draft — some credit. He said that if the major sneaker companies weren’t interested in partnering with his nascent startup as Lonzo prepared for his rookie season, he’d reject […]
Vice President Mike Pence slammed a report that openly gay Olympian Adam Rippon is refusing to meet with him as “fake news.” Pence took a page from President Donald Trump when he took to Twitter Thursday posting, “One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. We won’t let that […]
A new video shows Hope Solo’s reaction upon finding out she was suspended by U.S. Soccer after calling Sweden’s team “a bunch of cowards” during the 2016 Olympics. U.S. Soccer announced the goalie’s six-month suspension last week, saying Solo’s conduct was “counter to the organization’s principles.” The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the top […]
In many sports, the professional athletes who broke through the boundaries placed around them for being African-American — like Jackie Robinson or Jesse Owens — have remained famous figures of American history decades after their physical feats first made headlines. But when it comes to horse racing, the story has been somewhat reversed. The jockeys […]
After drawing a foul — but missing the and-one layup — late in the third quarter of the Cavaliers’ Monday night Game 1 against the Raptors, LeBron James was so worked up he couldn’t help but grab a beer out of the stands for a (fake) swig. The Cleveland power forward was carried to the […]
The U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Swimming have suspended Ryan Lochte for 10 months and banned him from the 2017 world swimming championships, USA Today’s Christine Brennan reports. In addition to Lochte, the USOC is expected to hand down punishments to three other swimmers for their behavior and actions at the 2016 Olympics in Rio […]
Senate candidate Roy Moore believes that professional athletes who take a knee during the national anthem are breaking the law. In an interview with TIME magazine, the Alabama Republican argued that NFL players and others who have protested police violence are violating a section of the U.S. code which outlines how people should conduct themselves […]