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Olympic records were being broken all over the rink at the ice dance free skate in Gangneung Ice Arena. Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir earned gold, their second Olympic title, which makes them the most decorated Olympic athletes in their discipline, earning five Olympic medals in their three appearances at the Games (in addition […]
The missive, sent from the White House at 10:37 p.m. Friday night, delivered nausea to decent people. On the week LeBron James opened his school serving disadvantaged children from his hometown of Akron, Ohio, giving the kids and their families a singular opportunity — not to mention free college tuition to all who graduate — […]
A pitcher’s Major League Baseball All-Star debut was tainted Tuesday night as years-old racist, homophobic and sexist tweets from his account surfaced and started to trend on Twitter during the game. Immediately afterwards, Josh Hader, a 24-year-old Milwaukee Brewers pitcher, apologized and told reporters he was “young, immature and stupid” when he posted the tweets. […]
Australian figure skater Harley Windsor is making history as Australia’s first indigenous Winter Olympian. The 21-year-old athlete will compete in figure skating pairs with Russian-born Ekaterina “Katia” Alexandrovskaya. Windsor, who fell into the sport by chance, overcame financial challenges and bullying to make it to the big stage in PyeongChang, South Korea. Here’s what to […]
After a back and forth between Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon and Vice President Mike Pence, the athlete’s agent has weighed in. Rippon’s agent, David Baden, said Pence’s team contacted them to set up a meeting. “That was 100 percent true. We were contacted by the appropriate channels that the vice president wanted to talk […]
The Canadian women’s hockey team just had to settle for silver, but one player couldn’t keep it around her neck. Team USA defeated its longtime archrival Canada 3-2 in a tension-packed tiebreaker shootout on Thursday. Some Canadian hockey players wept, but the loss was especially crushing for Jocelyne Larocque. After the post-game ceremony, defense powerhouse […]
Jonathan Martin, a former NFL offensive lineman, was taken into custody Friday after posting a story on Instagram with a photograph of a gun that tagged his former teammates, Richie Icognito and Mike Pouncey, as well as his high school, Harvard Westlake, ABC News and ESPN report. According to these outlets, the Instagram story featured […]
It’s the highest honor bestowed during an Olympic opening ceremony. Every four years, a competitor from the host nation is chosen to light the Olympic cauldron, the climax of the entire ceremony. For the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, the athlete chosen was figure skater Yuna Kim, a hugely popular figure known in […]
The world was not prepared for America’s men’s curling team to come from behind and capture curling gold, but capture gold medals they did. Then it came time for the medal ceremony on Saturday, and there was a little mix-up. John Shuster’s U.S. men’s curling team stepped up to the podium for the part when […]
Thousands of people from Massachusetts and beyond will be tuning in today to watch the oldest annual marathon in the world: the Boston Marathon 2018. Dating back to 1897, the sports spectacle attracts roughly 30,000 registered participants each year, hailing from countries all around the world. The first race will begin at 8.40 a.m. ET, […]