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Rachael Denhollander, the first woman to publicly accuse disgraced USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, said that coming forward with her allegations cost her friends, her church and “every shred of privacy.” In a New York Times op-ed published on Jan. 26, Denhollander wrote that “absolutely nothing could have prepared me for […]
Fourteen year-old amateur golfer Atthaya Thitikul putted her way to victory in the Ladies European Thailand Championship Sunday, making her the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event. Thitikul’s win means she supplants Brooke Henderson of Canada, who won a 2012 event on the Canadian Women’s Tour aged 14 years, nine months and […]
Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta wasted no time gloating. After Donald Trump won the presidency, the 2015 Cy Young Award winner, and current world champ, needled celebrities who said they’d flee the country if Donald Trump was elected president. Other Trump supporters in the sports world were slightly more gracious in victory. UFC president Dana […]
Test cricket, the longest form of the sport and considered the ultimate test for cricketers, hits its 140th anniversary on Wednesday, and Google has rolled out a special Doodle to mark the occasion. Google’s logo blends into an illustration that imagines the first test cricketers in action in their traditional all-white attire. The letter l […]
Who are the greatest athletes of all time? This question has driven millions of debates, with participants who may or may not be inebriated, in pubs and offices and living rooms across the world. Usain Bolt, the fastest human in history and winner of nine Olympic gold medals, visited TIME’s New York City offices on […]
The February 27-March 6 issue of TIME includes a feature on James Harden, the Houston Rockets superstar who is third in the NBA in scoring and, to the surprise of many observers, leading the league in assists. Before this season, new Houston coach Mike D’Antoni made Harden the team’s point guard, a switch that was […]
Now that the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl, football fans are gearing up for game day. Hype for Super Bowl 52 is in full swing, as the game is coming up in a couple of weeks. And if you’re a football fan hoping to score tickets to […]
The Miami Dolphins lost to the Cincinnati Bengals 22-7 in Thursday’s NFL matchup, but that may not have been their biggest embarrassment of the night. After the team took the field at Paul Brown stadium, viewers almost immediately began to mock their uniforms, poking fun at the bright orange hue on Twitter. The jerseys were […]
A 17-year-old surfer in Australia survived an attack from what appeared to be a great white shark on Monday. The teen was surfing off a beach in Ballina during his first day of the summer holiday when a shark bit his board, right hip and thigh, said Ballina Mayor David Wright. Other surfers helped him […]
Daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings called off their planned merger on Thursday, less than a month after U.S. regulators sought to block the deal. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, along with attorneys general from California and D.C., filed suit in June to stop the merger because the combined firms would have controlled more […]