A 17-year-old just took home an Olympic gold medal for snowboarding. Her name is Chloe Kim, and the American snowboarder landed a near-perfect score of 98.25 at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang. Getting to the Olympics—let alone scoring gold—is no easy feat, especially at such a young age. Kim now has many wondering: […]
As nervous figure skaters awaited their scores at the 2018 Olympics, they were joined by their coaches – who wore badges with “Kiss and Cry” around their necks. So what’s “Kiss and Cry” and why coaches wearing badges with it? It’s a security clearance – denoting that the coaches are allowed to enter the “Kiss […]
Longtime television journalist Katie Couric found herself on thin ice after suggesting that the Netherlands is dominant in Olympic speed skating because residents there rely on skating as a form of transportation in canal-laden cities like Amsterdam. Couric’s comments came during the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The Embassy […]
If you watched the short program portion of the ice dancing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics, there’s a good chance you came away with “Despacito” stuck in your head. Three pairs opened their program during Sunday’s figure skating event in PyeongChang with versions of the smash hit by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, which […]
The internet’s debate about the true color of tennis balls just went pro. Nothing splits the internet like a good “The Dress”-like argument and it turns out the tennis ball is a polarizing piece of sports equipment. Is it yellow or green? This debate started like all of the greats with a Twitter poll. Depending […]
Alina Zagitova, an Olympic Athlete from Russia, took home the gold medal in Friday’s highly anticipated skating showdown at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, effectively edging out her teammate, Evgenia Medvedeva by a mere 1.31 points. Zagitova, 15, who earned a total score of 239.57, had a jump-filled routine to “Don Quixote” […]
Winter Olympics skier Pita Taufatofua, also known as the shirtless Tongan flag bearer, finished in 114th place during the 15-kilometer freestyle cross-country skiing event, but he’s walking away from the snow with a positive attitude. Taufatofua finished 22 minutes, 57.2 seconds behind the race’s gold medalist Dario Cologna, according to NBC. While one of his […]
The first professional transgender male boxer in U.S. history made his pro debut on Saturday— with a decisive win. Patricio Manuel, 33, defeated Mexican super-featherweight Hugo Aguilar in a bout at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reported. The judges unanimously ruled Manuel the victor. Although the bout only […]
Even before they skated their first stroke of the Olympic ice dance free skate, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, a couple off the ice, wanted their program to have a special meaning. Skating to John Lennon’s Imagine, they hoped their program would send a message of hope and togetherness that would resonate with the Olympic […]
Duke University is investigating a sexual assault allegation made Friday against a former men’s basketball player. The claims were made in a statement by the attorneys of Meredith Watson, who has also said Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax sexually assaulted her on the university’s Durham, North Carolina, campus when they were both students there in […]