Nearly one third of the volunteers who signed on to work the Summer Olympics in Rio have quit because of the alleged mistreatment they have experienced over the past two…
Two weeks ago, most of us had no idea who Simone Biles was. That’s how quickly an Olympic hero can become a household name, and Biles has already reached those…
At 22, Aly Raisman is the oldest member of the women’s gymnastics team and considered fairly old for the sport. But her age did not keep Raisman from having tremendous…
We typically don’t go with inappropriate headlines here at LBS, but this one was just too good to pass up. Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita was unable to clear the…
For the first time in her Olympic career, Kerri Walsh Jennings will not be winning the gold. The team of Walsh Jennings and April Ross lost in straight sets to…
The Brazilian beach volleyball team of Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas is quite the dynamic duo. Agatha and Barbara went 2-1 in pool play to advance to the…
French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie cried on the medal stand after winning silver in the pole vault in response to being booed by the Brazilian fans. Lavillenie competed with Brazil’s…
Diving ain’t easy, and we have defending gold medal Ilya Zakharov to prove it. Zakharov won gold at the London Olympics in the men’s 3m springboard, but the diver failed…
Just in case you forgot that Simone Biles is a teenager just because over her overall greatness at the Olympics, this should be a nice reminder to bring you back…
Michael Conlan lost to Russia’s Vladimir Nikitin in a bantamweight quarterfinal match at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday, and the Irishman feels he was robbed. When the judges awarded Nikitin…
