The (quite futuristic looking) Torch for the 2014 Sochi Games was unveiled in Moscow Monday, along with tentative plans for what will be the longest Torch relay in Olympics history.
The IOC banned India late in 2012 after the country’s Olympic Committee failed to heed warning that government interference would be lead to sanctions, and went ahead with the appointment of corrupt official Lalit Bhanot to secretary-general.
She has four Olympic golds and a couple world records to her credit, but Missy Franklin says she was still nervous to dive in against her high school competitors at a dual meet earlier this week.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman apologized for the lockout Thursday, after the seemingly pointless 113-day lockout cost the league more than 600 games and at least a billion dollars in revenue.
World No. 1 golfer, Rory McIlroy is already threatening to sit out the 2016 Rio Games due to pressure over whether he’ll play for Ireland or Great Britain.
While most American coins feature historical heros like Abe Lincoln, George Washington, and Sacagawea, why not a modern-day hero for the supposed trillion dollar coin that lawmakers in D.C. have been kicking around?
BISCHOFSHOFEN, AUSTRIA – With the Super Bowl less than a month away, it’s nearly that time of year when the nation shifts its focus to the NFL’s championship game on that unofficial holiday.
In other figure skating news (if you read the last story): Americans John Coughlin and Caydee Denney won’t have the opportunity to defend their 2011 National Championship because Coughlin is still recovering from a Dec. 4 hip surgery.
American figure skater Isabella Tobias has been denied Lithuanian citizenship by the country’s president after a Constitutional Court said they don’t hand out citizenship based on “future merit.”
The U.S. women’s soccer team capped off an incredible year by taking home the top honors for both FIFA player and coach of the year at the Ballon d’Or gala in Zurich Monday night.
Olympic mountain biker Burry Stander, 25, was killed during training after colliding with a taxi near his home in Shelley Beach, South Africa Thursday.
Gold medalist Bode Miller is possibly months away from full recovery after his micro-fracture knee surgery, but believes, with the proper time to heal, he’ll soon be skiing as well as he every has.
USA Wrestling announced Thursday that the Kiki Cup, an international Greco-Roman meet held in Colorado Springs each year, will be renamed the Jack Pinto Cup in honor of the 6-year-old wrestler killed during the Newtown shootings last month.
