Olympics

OpinionApr 6, 2024Read →

Watch Disaster Unfold as Diver Loses Footing During Inauguration of Olympic Pool

I don’t typically allow myself to engage in schadenfreude, that mysterious sense of pleasure fallen mankind sometimes derives from the misfortune of others. But it’s especially difficult to resist when it happens to a…

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NewsJan 26, 2024Read →

Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas Making Secret Move to Force His Way Into the Olympics: Report

Controversial male-born transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is quietly taking World Aquatics to court in an effort to get its rules changed to allow him to compete and to eventually qualify for the Olympics, according to a…

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NewsJan 5, 2024Read →

Olympic Athlete Released From Prison After Serving Nine Years for Murdering Girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee Paralympic athlete and Olympic sprinter who murdered his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison after serving nine years. South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services (DCS)…

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OpinionDec 27, 2023Read →

Unexpected: Clooney Puts Out Patriotic, Unifying Film for Holidays – ‘Boys in the Boat’ a Winner

Score a win for the George Clooney-directed film “The Boys in the Boat,” which premiered Christmas Day. Many in the audience I watched it with in Phoenix, Arizona, applauded at the end because the movie was so good. And…

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NewsAug 27, 2023Read →

Beloved Olympic Figure Skater, 31, Killed in Tragic Accident

Former Canadian Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul died last week in a multiple-vehicle crash. Her 10-month-old son, who was in the back seat of the car, survived. Paul, 31, was killed in a seven-vehicle chain…

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OpinionAug 25, 2023Read →

Team USA Star Doesn’t Consider Himself American, Wants to Play for Different Country Instead

Kyrie Irving, one of the NBA’s most controversial players, is at it again, this time saying that he doesn’t really even consider himself an American player — even though he has played for Team USA in the Olympics. In an…

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NewsJul 9, 2023Read →

Devastating Mistake Made Seconds from Finish Line Costs Leading Runner the Race

An Ethiopian runner was just yards away from winning $10,000 off the course at the Peachtree Road Race Tuesday in Atlanta, but a wrong turn cost her the money. Senbere Teferi, who has represented Ethiopia at the Rio and…

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NewsJan 4, 2023Read →

Former Olympian Dies Suddenly at Age 49 – ‘One of the Greatest Athletes to Ever Come Out’ of Small Town

Former Olympic hurdler Eric Thomas died suddenly on Friday, according to news reports. Thomas, 49, passed away in Houston, the Nacogdoches, Texas, Daily Sentinel reported. No cause of death was given, but friends said…

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NewsAug 4, 2022Read →

Olympian Lolo Jones Starts IVF Treatments, Fears She Is ‘Running Out of Time’ to Start a Family

Olympian Lolo Jones announced that she has started in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. The Olympic bobsledder and hurdler posted a video to her Instagram on Wednesday where she shows a personal look into the…

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OpinionJul 8, 2022Read →

After Trump Gave Medal of Freedom to American Heroes, Biden Just Gave One to Anthem-Hating Megan Rapinoe

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor that a civilian can earn in the United States. Based on who President Joe Biden just handed the award out to, you wouldn’t be able to tell. In a ceremony on…

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NewsJun 23, 2022Read →

Olympic Medalist Allyson Felix Provides Free Child Care for Athletes Competing in Race

11-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix is offering free child care for coaches, athletes, and staff participating in the 2022 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. Felix, who is also a mother herself to a…

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NewsMay 3, 2022Read →

Megan Rapinoe Adds to Subway’s Failure in 2021, Over 1,000 Stores Close Amid Backlash

Subway has struggled in the year since it hired soccer star and left-wing activist Megan Rapinoe as a national spokeswoman, with hundreds of stores closing across the nation. The fast-food chain — whose best-known…

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NewsMar 31, 2022Read →

Wrestler Born Without Legs Hopes to Make It to the Olympics

A wrestler born without legs is not letting it stop him from pursuing his passion. Zion Clark was born with Caudal Regression Syndrome, which is a rare condition where the lower end of the spine develops abnormally…

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OpinionMar 18, 2022Read →

China Sent Agents to Violently Harass, Stalk and Spy on US Residents

China’s intimidation and bullying tactics are reaching far beyond its own border and seem to know no limit. Recently, it has been discovered how some Chinese spies have been acting in the U.S., even tampering in the…

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NewsFeb 21, 2022Read →

Making History: Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor Wins Big in Winter Olympics

Elana Meyers Taylor has earned her spot in the history books this year at the 2022 Olympics in Bejing. Meyers Taylor won the bronze medal for Bobsledding, making her the “ most decorated Black athlete in the Winter…

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NewsFeb 9, 2022Read →

Questions Swirl as Uyghur ‘Face of the Olympics’ Vanishes After China’s PR Stunt in Opening Ceremony

The 20-year-old Uyghur woman who lit the Olympic flame during the Friday opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has avoided the media since her Saturday debut. Dilnigar Ilhamjan — transliterated in Chinese…

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NewsFeb 8, 2022Read →

American Hockey Players Set to Represent China Against US While Using Fake Names

For many athletes, playing in the Olympics has been a dream since childhood. And some North American athletes were willing to shun their own countries in order to achieve that dream. According to NBC Sports , 18 of the…

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OpinionFeb 6, 2022Read →

ESPN Panelist: US Can't Criticize China's Ongoing Genocide Because of Voter Security Laws

ESPN star J.A. Adande apparently thinks no one in America should criticize China over its outrageous human rights abuses because the U.S. is somehow just as bad. Adande, the director of sports journalism at Northwestern…

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NewsJan 23, 2022Read →

China Brings Back Anal Swab COVID Test Just Weeks Before Olympics Games Are Set to Begin

China is looking for the coronavirus in all the wrong places — according to critics who oppose the return to the use of anal swabs to test for the virus. China says it uses the test because it is more accurate than…

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NewsJan 18, 2022Read →

China Humiliated as First Images of Olympics Courses Show Hideous Landscape and Fake Snow

The Chinese government is attempting to perpetuate a snow job on the world — literally. With the Beijing Winter Olympics set to begin in less than three weeks in one of the driest parts of China, and a lack of snow has…

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