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The world was introduced to Olympian Sydney McLaughlin on Monday at the Summer Games in Rio. McLaughlin is somewhat of a prodigy in that she just turned 17 last week and is competing for the U.S. track and field team. She’s the youngest track …
Shaunae Miller captured the gold medal in the women’s 400m on Monday and she did so with maximum effort. The 22-year-old from Bahamas was running side-by-side with Allyson Felix of the United States for the last portion of the race. As the two …
After an early round judo match in the Rio Olympics between Islam El Shehaby of Egypt and Israel’s Or Sasson, El Shehaby found himself in the news for backing away and not shaking the hand of his opponent, as is customary in the sport. You can …
A Brazilian synchronized diving team is breaking up over a number of problems, including a report that one member of the team sexiled the other the night before the finals of their event. Brazilian website iG reported last week that the diving team …
American pole vaulter Jenn Suhr will be battling a serious illness when she competes at the Olympics in Rio on Tuesday. Suhr, the defending gold medal winner in the pole vault at the Olympics, contracted a virus while in Rio and has been ill, her …
Don’t wear Pittsburgh Steelers gear to a Michael Phelps press conference unless you want to get called out. That’s exactly what happened to one reporter on Sunday, when he dared ask the Maryland native a question with some black and …
US women’s water polo coach Adam Krikorian got a little aggressive with one of his players during the third quarter of his team’s 13-3 win over Brazil at the Rio Olympics on Monday. As 17-year-old Makenzie Fischer exited the pool late in …
Somewhere in another universe, perhaps Kris Humphries is right up there with Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte as America’s finest swimmers. What could I possibly be talking about? Well, KL Chouinard of NBA.com dug up the results of a series of …
Point guard extraordinaire Milos Teodosic has once again captivated international basketball audiences with his flashy playmaking and ball-handling wizardry for his native Serbia at the Rio Olympics this summer. Now we know just how close Teodosic …
When Michael Phelps won his first gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Katie Ledecky was just 7 years old. Two years later, Ledecky scored an autograph from her inspiration. Now that Ledecky is 19 and has won five gold medals of her own, roles …
Usain Bolt made history on Sunday night by winning his third consecutive 100m sprint at the Olympics. He may have also caused a major scare at John F. Kennedy International Airport while he was at it. Police received a report of gunfire at JFK at …
Usain Bolt made history by winning the 100m at the Olympics for the third straight time, becoming the first person to ever do so. This time around, though, the race was pretty close. Bolt won with a time of 9.81, just .08 seconds faster than Justin …
Usain Bolt has done it again! The Jamaican sprinter made history at the Rio Olympics on Sunday when he won gold in the 100m sprint, becoming the first athlete to ever win gold in the 100m in three straight Olympics. Bolt won with a time of 9.81. He …
On Saturday, Monica Puig became the first athlete representing Puerto Rico to win an Olympic gold medal and the first woman participating on behalf her country to win an Olympic medal of any kind. Among those to watch her history making victory was …
Nadine Visser is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in two events at the Olympics. The adidas sponsored athlete competed in the women’s heptathlon where she finished 19th, and she will also run in the 100m hurdles. In the heptathlon, …
Having already accomplished virtually everything that there is to accomplish at the individual level, Michael Phelps is now trying to use his platform to bring some much-needed reform to the sport of swimming. Phelps, who won five gold medals at the …
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