U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon earned a bronze medal in his Olympic debut on Monday, but his free-skating routine left some spectators wondering why he didn’t place even higher than two skaters who fell during their routines. Rippon’s performance quickly became a fan favorite among American viewers, and his song selection boosted Coldplay’s song “O” […]
American snowboard phenom Chloe Kim was in the middle of competing for a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics when she decided to tweet out an interesting life tidbit. “Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I’m getting hangry,” the 17 year old competitor wrote in […]
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut broke another record on Wednesday – chomping down 74 hot dogs (and buns) in 10 minutes – to win his 11th Nathan’s Fourth of July Hot Dog-Eating Contest on Coney Island in New York City. Miki Sudo won the women’s contest, eating 37 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Michelle Lesco took second […]
IDEAS Okung is an Offensive Tackle for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers, won Super Bowl XLVIII, has been selected to the Pro Bowl twice and is an NFL Players Association Executive Committee Member. If we have learned anything about the NFL and its surrogates in the media lately, it’s that athletes who feel empowered to […]
Corey Bellemore thought he had won last weekend’s’s 2018 Beer Mile World Classic in Vancouver, B.C. with a shockingly fast time of 4 minutes and 24 seconds. Unfortunately for Bellemore, however, who holds a 2017 record in running the fastest “beer mile” in the world — that means running a mile with four stops to […]
(ARCADIA, Calif.) — Santa Anita has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months. Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that racing won’t be held this weekend, when two major races […]
Although J.R. Smith, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ shirtless wonder, has had a rocky season so far, he went off during a game versus the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night, having one of the best games he’s had all season — something he attributes to a dog named Remi. Smith, who visited the University of North Carolina’s […]
Serena Williams competed in her 30th Grand Slam singles final at Wimbledon this weekend, in a re-match of the 2016 Wimbledon final when she defeated Angelique Kerber. While Williams didn’t win in their most recent face-off, the fact that she was in the tennis competition’s final a mere ten months after giving birth to to […]
The day after Nike announced Colin Kaepernick as the face of its new ad campaign, a Louisiana mayor reportedly banned the company’s products from booster clubs and recreation facilities. Ben Zahn, the mayor of Kenner, Louisiana, ordered the moratorium on buying or wearing Nike products in a leaked memorandum that was dated Sept. 5. “Under […]
American hockey player Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson made Olympic history on Tuesday by scoring two goals in six seconds. The forward notched the two scores in the team’s preliminary round game against Russia, in a game Team USA won 5-0. The back-to-back goals broke the Olympics record set by Sweden’s Carl-Göran Öberg, who scored two goals in […]