Olympics
Olympics or not, BMXer Kevin Peraza is already winning
BMX had been in Kevin Peraza’s blood long before he decided it was what he would dedicate his life to. The 25-year-old Mexican American rider, who...
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/ 3 years agoAfter beating cancer, snowboarder Max Parrot is back on the mountaintop
It’s hard enough to do a cab triple cork 1620 — a snowboard trick in which the rider, with his switch...
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Olympics
/ 3 years agoLet Simone Biles celebrate her #blackgirlmagic
Social media would have loved Dominique Dawes. The three-time Olympian provided a vision the world had not seen before. She was...
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Olympics
/ 4 years ago11-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown has shred cred beyond her years
She may not have earned a medal, but she was still all smiles. After all, she had just made history. In...
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/ 4 years agoFor pro skateboarders, Olympics aren’t necessarily the pinnacle
Skateboarding, a sport all about getting air, is about to enter rarefied air. But not everyone is stoked on it. In...
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Olympics
/ 4 years agoDancing In The Streets: IOC Clears The Way For Breakdancing At Paris Games
Imagine the thought bubbles above the heads of the buttoned-down members of the International Olympic Committee back in the 1980s when...
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/ 4 years agoVonn’s Career Ends Like It Began – With A Medal And A Smile
There was something suitable about the way Lindsey Vonn barreled down that downhill in Sweden last week at the Alpine World...
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/ 4 years agoAnother Injury Has Vonn’s Career Speeding Downhill
For those who don’t head to the mountains in the wintertime, downhill skiing is somebody else’s sport. The swooshing down the...
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/ 4 years agoGym Dandy: Ohashi’s Perfect 10 Electrifies Sport In Need Of Good Spin
This has not been the best of times for USA Gymnastics. And there’s no need to recount how bad it’s been,...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoStroke Of Genius? Not If It’s Lochte
Let’s get right to the point by diving straight into the deep end of the pool. There may be no athlete...
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MLB
/ 5 years agoBreaking Through: Athletes Who Finally Won a Title
The glory of winning a championship is often the pinnacle of an athlete's career. It's the goal every athlete wants to...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoOlympic Swimmer Katie Ledecky Turns Pro, Forgoes NCAA Eligibility
Katie Ledecky still has two more years of NCAA eligibility, but the five-time Olympic gold medalist has decided to turn pro....
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoOlympian Kjetil Jansrud Claims Super-G Title at World Cup
Kjetil Jansrud continued his dominance as he claimed that Super-G discipline title at the World Cup on Sunday. It was his...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoTakagi brings Victory to Japan as she Wins All-round Skating Championship
Miho Takagi became the first Japanese woman to win the Speed Skating All-round World Championship last Saturday. She beat defending champion...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoMikaela Shiffrin Racks Up her Fifth World Slalom Title in 6 Seasons
American slalom skier Mikaela Shiffrin only had to rank 10th or above to bag her fifth world cup title but she...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoIAAF Accused of Cover-up in Parliamentary Inquiry on Russian Doping Scandal
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) was accused of trying to distance itself from the doping scandal that rocked the...
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/ 5 years agoMarcel Hirscher Wins World Cup Giant Slalom Title
Fresh from his double-gold victory at the PyeongChang Olympics, Marcel Hirscher is not slowing down, literally. The 29-year-old finished in 2...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoVictory Tour Forces US Curling Team to Miss National Championships
The first thing that the US curling team learned after taking home the Olympic gold in PyeongChang was that winning has...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoNorth Korean Officials, US First Daughter Seated Near Each Other in PyeongChang Games
The VIP box at the PyeongChang Games seated the world leaders, including US presidential daughter Ivanka Trump and senior North Korean...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoAlina Zagitova Becomes Second Youngest Olympic Gold Medalist
Fifteen-year-old figure skater Alina Zagitova has become the second youngest Olympian who captured a gold, next only to American Tara Lipinski...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoKjeld Nuis Wins Second Gold in PyeongChang Olympics
While Kjeld Nuis had the gold medal around his neck in speedskating, he should pay Mika Poutala a royalty. Nuis already...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoMiracle Team Captain Mike Eruzione’s Hockey Stick Sells for $290,000
The hockey stick that Mike Eruzione used for the winning goal against a much stronger Soviet team in the Olympics in...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoUS Women Finally Win Olympic Gold In Cross-Country Skiing After 40 Years
They were not the favorites to make some splash in cross-country skiing at the PyeongChang Olympics, but the US women’s pair...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoFrench Figure Skating Pair Pushes Through Wardrobe Malfunction to Win Silver
French figure skater Gabriella Papadakis showed the world what professionalism is all about after she still managed to finish the program...
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Olympics
/ 5 years agoCanada, Germany Teams Share Gold in 2-Man Bobsledding
On Monday, bobsled fans were treated to a scene they don’t normally see everyday—two countries sharing the gold medal. That’s just...
