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While we’d wager a guess that Valentine’s Day isn’t the main focus of the athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics, some are still finding ways to feel the love this Feb. 14. That was definitely true for Adam Rippon and Madison Hubbell, who shared a dance off the ice to celebrate the holiday. Hubbell took […]
President Donald Trump hosted American athletes who competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics at the White House on Friday — but some of the PyeongChang games’ most famous faces opted to skip the ceremony. Ice skater Adam Rippon, skier Lindsey Vonn and snowboarder Chloe Kim are among the marquee names who skipped the […]
Chloe Kim, the 17-year-old American snowboarding prodigy, was the favorite to take home gold in the women’s halfpipe final at 2018 Winter Olympics, and she just showed her fans on the internet exactly why. On her first run in the event, Kim nailed a number of exquisite tricks including a 1080 spin and inverted 540. […]
While the world’s best athletes go for gold in PyeongChang, Twitter is busy reviving its favorite Winter Games pastime: the Selfie Olympics. After taking off during the 2014 Sochi Games, the viral trend made a hilarious comeback over the weekend as ingenious Twitter users began posting their most creative mirror shots in honor of the […]
One of the most prestigious soccer awards ceremonies in the world sparked outrage Monday night when the first-ever women’s soccer player of the year was asked to twerk on stage by a male presenter. Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg, 23, had just accepted her trophy when the presenter, Martin Solveig, a DJ and producer, asked her […]
Olympic ski star Bode Miller and his wife Morgan Beck Miller spoke out about the drowning death of their one-year-old child Emmy Miller on NBC’s TODAY Monday morning, with Bode Miller saying that parents must be “hyper aware” of the risk of drowning. “I’ve been to all the pediatricians’ meetings and check-ups on our kids, […]
Players for the U.S. women’s national soccer team have filed a federal gender discrimination lawsuit seeking pay equal to that of their male counterparts. The action comes just three months before the team will defend its title at the Women’s World Cup. The class-action lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Los Angeles under […]
Soccer fan Matt Benton made a promise on Twitter—if Harry Maguire, the Leicester City defender who has earned legions of new fans for his performance with the English national team in the World Cup, scored a goal against Sweden, he would get his face tattooed on his chest. In England‘s quarter final game, Maguire delivered, […]
Last year, Naomi Osaka commanded the world’s attention when she bested the U.S. Open’s defending champion Angelique Kerber in a stunning upset in the very first round. This year, the 20-year-old upstart has a shot at claiming the title herself as she challenges six-time champion Serena Williams in a historic final on Saturday. In what […]
The tweet, without question, was ill-advised. American speedskater Shani Davis, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,000-m, took to social media on Thursday to rip United States Olympic officials for naming luge athlete Erin Hamlin as Team USA’s flag bearer for the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremonies in PyeongChang instead of him. America’s eight winter […]