We might have been too harsh on American swimmer golfer Michael Phelps after he and partner Paul Casey finished day one of the Alfred Dunhill Links pro-am in 160th place (out of 168) after shooting a par 72.
Short track speed skating world champ Simon Cho announced at a press conference in Salt Lake City Friday that rumors and allegations he was asked to tamper with a rival’s skates last year by suspended coach Jae Su Chun are true.
When Russia hosted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, they were part of a Soviet Union waging a war in Afghanistan that later inspired “Rambo III” (and arguably sewed the seeds for other international conflicts).
Puerto Rican featherweight Orlando Cruz (18-2-1, 9 KOs) became the first openly gay pro male boxer Thursday when he announced in a statement that he was tired of hiding who he really was and wanted to be “true to myself” as his career ascends.
Michael Phelps didn’t punch Bob Barker, but that’s probably the best thing you can say about his performance at the Alfred Dunhill Links pro-am in Scotland Thursday.
It is one of the enduring images from the London 2012 Games: Morgan Uceny crouched on her knees on the track inside Olympic Stadium, pounding the pavement in anguish and frustration.
Having spent his time since London schmoozing at Fashion Week, acting on the sets of “90210” and “30 Rock,” and signing as many autographs as humanly possible, Ryan Lochte has recently been busy doing just about everything you can imagine that doesn’t involve racing in a pool.
Snowboard World Cup tour organizers have been forced to cancel a Nov. 17 Big Air event in Stockholm “due to economical reasons” according to the International Ski Federation.
An arbitration hearing regarding allegations against U.S. short track coach Jae Su Chun has been rescheduled from next week to Nov. 1 according to the Salt Lake Tribune, meaning the accusing skaters won’t be able to air their grievances before the World Cup season starts Oct. 19 in Calgary.
German swimmer Britta Steffen held off two male competitors during the anchor leg of the first 4x50m co-ed medley relay in Dubai on Tuesday to help her team win the event’s World Cup debut.
We’re guessing not too many Americans want to chat golf after last weekend’s Ryder Cup tumble, but fans of the sport (read: us) are already getting excited for its glorious return to the Olympics in Rio after a 108-year absence from the Games.
After a successful debut in London, especially for gold medal American Claressa Shields and Ireland’s Katie Taylor, women’s boxing is officially being added to the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland according to the event’s organizers.
FINA, swimming’s governing body, is apparently throwing a 4x50m coed medley relay onto the schedule at its World Cup meet in Dubai this week, and maybe seven other events later this year.
It’ll be a while before we see how the Olympics will fully impact the British economy, be it for good or bad, but the U.K.’s cycling dominance this summer is already yielding returns for the sport.
Usain Bolt may be the “world’s fastest man,” but if we could put money down on just one Olympic athlete to win his event it would be Kenyan 800 meters runner David Rudisha, who took gold this summer in world record fashion.
British discus champ Lawrence Okoye, who finished 12th in London, says he’s turned down offers from NFL teams so he can pursue his dream of winning gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The NHL collective bargaining talks between owners and players resume Friday (somehow devoid of financial details), but International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel said he definitely expects the pros to show up in Sochi in 16 months.
Far be it from us to suggest that the Winter Olympics take place in a city where winter actually exists, but after organizers were forced to truck in snow for the better part of the 2010 Vancouver Games, it seems short-sighted to have the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, a city dubbed the “Russian Riviera” for its Mediterranean climate.
