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When British triathlete Alistair Brownlee rounded a corner to find his brother Jonny struggling to complete the final leg of Sunday’s World Triathlon Series race in Cozumel, Mexico, he immediately stopped to help. Sacrificing his chance to win, Alistair pulled his brother’s arm over his shoulder before hauling them both across the finish line, where […]
That Tom Brady guy lives a charmed life, no? On Feb. 5, the New England Patriots quarterback will play in his record seventh Super Bowl. With a win over the Atlanta Falcons, he’ll set another record: a fifth win, the most Super Bowl titles for a starting quarterback. He’s married to one of the most […]
Philadelphia Eagles fans went wild after their team made history Sunday night with its first-ever Super Bowl victory. Eagles fans celebrated the historic win by pouring into the streets to cheer, cry, set off fireworks, scale street poles and break hotel awnings. By Monday morning, plants and street signs were uprooted and cars were flipped […]
A norovirus outbreak is sweeping through venues for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea – sidelining some 1,200 security guards and forcing the government to deploy the military ahead of the Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday. Officials said 41 security guards were hospitalized with the virulent norovirus, with symptoms that include vomiting and […]
Businesses were closed across the grief-stricken Brazilian city of Chapecó on Tuesday as residents struggled to process the devastating tragedy that had befallen their beloved soccer team Chapecoense. Almost every member of a team described as the “Cinderella story” of Brazilian soccer was killed when its chartered plane crashed in mountainous terrain near the Colombian […]
Michael Phelps had already revealed the true story behind his viral game face, but it seems people are still interested in the iconic 2016 Olympics moment. During his appearance on Thursday’s episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the host couldn’t resist bringing up the U.S. swimmer’s epic stare, producing a life-size version of […]
Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach, who pleaded guilty to driving under the influence earlier this year, said she long struggled with alcohol and drug abuse until her high-profile arrest in April “humiliated” her enough to change. The 36-year-old Olympic gold medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion told the Associated Press that she was […]
It’s a few minutes before practice, and helmets and pads are heaped on an Astroturf field hard by Beijing’s smog-choked Fourth Ring Road. The sound of pre-training hip-hop from a nearby boombox merges with whirring angle grinders from the metalwork shop next door. Duane Brooks, wide receiver for the newly minted Guangzhou Power, is showing […]
The Chicago Cubs broke more than a century-long drought this week to win the World Series, and Friday morning they’ll get the parade over a hundred years in the making. The parade starts at noon ET (11 a.m. CT) as the team works its way from Wrigley Field to Grant Park for a rally. The […]
Just in time for Super Bowl LI, Jimmy Kimmel has recruited some of the NFL’s biggest stars to read mean tweets about themselves on national television. During Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host aired a football-inspired edition of his infamous “Mean Tweets” segment that featured players such as Russell Wilson, Demarco Murray, and […]