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Google is celebrating the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Sunday with a handful of Google Doodles. Sunday’s Doodles are three separate images depicting the 2018 World Cup Final between France and Croatia. The two teams are vying for the championship at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow at 11 a.m. E.T. The images are […]
Olympic athletes do a lot to prepare for competition: train rigorously for years, get plenty of sleep beforehand (or not) and, sometimes, draw inspiration from Britney Spears — who took the time to wish U.S. freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy luck before his appearance at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games on Sunday. “Gimme, gimme more […]
So, Mr. T, let’s get this right out of the way: do you pity the fool who pokes fun at curling? “We won’t pity them right off,” Mr. T tells TIME in a telephone interview from his home in Southern California. “We’ll forgive them, you know? They really don’t understand. It’s harder than it looks. […]
At Thursday night’s NFL Draft in Dallas, several franchises will pin their futures on finding the next Joe Montana. It’s been a quarter century quest: since Montana retired after the 1994 season, arguably only two quarterbacks — Tom Brady and Peyton Manning — have measured up to the San Francisco 49ers legend, who won four […]
While Olympic athletes can sometimes seem superhuman, at least one central figure at Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, will not be human at all. This year’s official Olympic mascot, Soohorang, is a white tiger. And, while Soohorang is new to the scene, there are centuries of history […]
President Obama’s most recent mention came from a less than likely place: ESPN. ESPN analyst Bill Walton—who played for the Portland Trail Blazers, the Los Angeles Clippers and the Boston Celtics throughout his career—told ESPN’s Dave Pasch that President Obama was the best option to coach the UCLA Bruins. Walton knows a little something about […]
Canadian ice dancer Scott Moir performed some incredible feats on the ice on his way to Olympic gold, but his greatest leap he saved for something far more important than a medal—a hug. When it became clear that Moir was taking a gold medal in Figure Skating Ice Dance Free Dance home with him to […]
No, the world does not have a new nation state. The “OAR” Olympic athletes, seen marching in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony Friday behind a flag bearing Olympic rings and successfully taking home medals in team figure skating, curling and cross-country skiing, are, in fact, Russian athletes. So why are they “OAR” athletes, […]
The gold, silver and bronze medal winners in men’s figure skating will be determined at the free skate event in the 2018 Winter Olympics, where skaters will perform in the “long program.” The free skate event is known as the long program because it lasts a challenging 4 minutes and 30 seconds — a lengthy […]
Japan suffered a devastating loss against Belgium in the knock-out round of the World Cup, after leading the game 2-0 with just 25 minutes remaining in the second half. The shocking 3-2 loss meant Japan was out of the soccer competition and headed home. Before they left, though, the heartbroken team showed an impressive display […]