Leading up to the Olympic figure skating men’s event, Nathan Chen was a gold medal favorite. Chen’s teammate Adam Rippon, who does not perform some of the more difficult jumps that Chen does, wasn’t considered a true threat for a medal in the olympic skating men’s event, but managed to endear himself to the world […]
Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman spoke out against the new interim president and CEO of USA Gymnastics Monday. In a series of tweets, Raisman criticized USA Gymnastics for hiring Mary Bono, a former Republican congresswoman from California who was appointed Friday as interim head. Bono previously worked for Faegre Baker Daniels, a law firm that represented […]
Fabiano Caruana did not start playing chess in Brooklyn, New York when he was five years old because his mom thought he’d be a future grandmaster, or that he’d one day play for the World Chess Championship, just like fellow Brooklynite Bobby Fischer did back in the early 1970s. No, Caruana’s mom thought chess would […]
With talent and gamesmanship, the Russian women proved they deserved to be at the top of the Olympic figure skating podium. There was no doubt as to which country would claim the newest Olympic figure skating queen; the only tension surrounded which skater she would be. Entering the free skate on Thursday night, Alina Zagitova […]
College basketball, you might have heard, is beset by scandals these days. The FBI is investigating under-the-table payments handed over to high-profile recruits. Assistant coaches have been arrested. One Hall of Fame head coach lost his job. The probe could topple other high-profile head coaches, and bring down storied programs. Clearly, a dark cloud envelops […]
The Clemson University football team was invited to the White House Monday to celebrate their College Football National Championship win in a scene that was also a feast for social media users. The South Carolina team, which defeated the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide 44-16 on Jan. 7, was offered a candelabra-lit spread of takeout […]
A 25-year-old professional bull rider has died after being stomped by a bull at an event Tuesday. Mason Lowe, of Exeter, Mo., was injured at the National Western Stock Show in Denver when a bull he had been riding stepped on his chest after he had been thrown off, a witness who was at the […]
The Cleveland Cavaliers may have dropped a third straight NBA Finals game to the Golden State Warriors, but, as per usual, it wasn’t for a lack of effort from LeBron James. When all was said and done, LeBron came away with a triple-double—33 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds—in the Cavs’ 102-110 Wednesday night loss to […]
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea have entered their final week, which means the countdown to the last medal ceremonies has begun. But when do the Winter Olympics officially end? The final day of the Winter Games is Sunday, February 25, when the 2018 Olympics closing ceremony will be held. Before then, the […]
For Winter Games rookies, the differences between the sledding events – luge, bobsled (or bobsleigh) and skeleton – can get blurry, just like a luger shooting past at 90 miles an hour. The sledding events, however, are amongst the most exciting and potentially dangerous sports in the Winter Olympics, the high speeds and risks undertaken […]