Sport
Major college sports scandals tend to fall into several categories. One involves money. Compensation for college athletes is limited to scholarships and stipends; market-based salaries and third-party sponsorships are prohibited. So benefits must slip under the table. Look no further than the potential grandaddy of all financial fracases, the FBI-led criminal investigation — made public […]
While people all over the country have been placing bets on the outcome of the NFL playoffs, one dog has been putting them all to shame. Leading up to the wild-card round of the postseason, YouTube user Jeffrey Smee began posting videos of his dog Yowie predicting the winner of each game. Since then, Yowie […]
Hope Solo, the U.S. women’s national soccer team goalkeeper, has accused former FIFA president Sepp Blatter of sexual assault. Solo said in an interview with the Portuguese newspaper Expresso that Blatter grabbed her butt during FIFA’s Ballon d’Or awards ceremony in January 2013. “I had Sepp Blatter grab my ass,” Solo said.”It was at the […]
In the ultimate test of man-versus-beast, Michael Phelps, the world’s most decorated Olympic champion, is about to swim a 100 meter race against a Great White shark. The event will be broadcast on the Discovery Channel on July 23. The contest isn’t exactly fair. Great Whites can torpedo along at speeds exceeding 25 miles per […]
At times, yes, the whole “sports-as-distraction” idea comes across as trite. But not here. Not now. A day after many Americans felt their country was losing its way, after thousands marched on airports where refugees and citizens from certain countries were detained for trying to enter the U.S, a rekindled tennis rivalry between two of […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers have a recent history of trolling, led by the master of this delicate craft, LeBron James. The internet noticed when James wore hats and shirts that appeared to have fun with the Warriors loss after the Cavs took the 2016 NBA Finals. (He eventually explained at least one wardrobe choice was coincidental.) […]
Piercing screams swallow up Lewis Hamilton as he enters an amphitheater at the Circuit of the Americas racetrack in Austin on a warm evening in late October. Hundreds of fans have been waiting for hours, pressed against a gate, in hopes of getting something, anything, autographed by the fastest driver on the planet. They shove […]
The folks behind Bad Lip Reading have consistently put all that extra footage from football games to great use, and their NFL 2017 video is no exception. The latest installment came out Wednesday, just in time for the Super Bowl. The six minutes of dubbed footage can definitely get a few laughs from serious fans […]
The second part of a major report into doping in sport has concluded that more than 1,000 Russian athletes benefited from a state-sponsored doping program from 2011 to 2015. Speaking from a hotel in the central London on Friday morning, Prof. Richard McLaren, a Canadian law professor and sports lawyer, told a news conference that […]
Professional skateboarder Dylan Rieder has died due to complications caused by Leukemia, according to a report from skateboarding news outlet The Ride Channel. He was 28. Growing up in Westminster, California, Rieder started skating at the age of nine. His skills gained him notoriety as a teenage amateur the early 2000s, when he entered into […]