Lindsey Vonn, 34, won more medals than any other woman in alpine racing history, so it was fitting that she won a bronze medal in the downhill at the World Championship in Sweden in her final race before officially retiring. Vonn took third place in the downhill in Are, Sweden […]
Jared Allen may have retired from the NFL, but he’s hardly done with competitive sports. Allen and three other former Pro Bowl-level NFL players have teamed up to try and excel at an Olympic sport that typically only gets attention in the United States once every four years: curling. Allen, […]
From an outside perspective, curling can seem like a truly bizarre sport. There are people sweeping in front of a 42 pound rock, all while another player screams at them from the other end of the ice. It’s a spectacle that captures the attention of the world every four years […]
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, captured the world’s attention in February, giving viewers across the globe a chance to watch elite athletes compete for their countries in a wide range of cold weather pursuits. From popular pastimes like hockey and figure skating, to niche activities like skeleton […]
American swimming legend Missy Franklin announced on Wednesday that she was retiring from the sport, making the announcement via a letter published on ESPN.com. Franklin won five gold medals in the Olympics, including four in the 2012 London Olympics, and was twice named the FINA World Swimmer of the Year. […]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) backed off somewhat on its support for esports appearing in an Olympic program after a meeting on Saturday, calling such talk “premature.†That proclamation came after IOC officials met in Lausanne for the seventh Olympic Summit, during which many sports-related topics were discussed, including if […]
A curling team skipped by Jamie Koe was ejected from the Red Deer Curling Classic on Sunday for unsportsmanlike behavior after the team arrived for the game excessively drunk. Koe and teammates Ryan Fry, Chris Schille, and DJ Kidby were thrown out of the triple-knockout event during their fourth game, […]
Mary Bono, the former congresswoman who was chosen to become the interim president and CEO of USA Gymnastics, announced on Tuesday that she was resigning from the post in the wake of heavy criticism by Olympic gymnasts. Bono had only been on the job for four days when she decided […]
The World Hockey Championships have been perceived as the ugly step-sister of international hockey tournaments in recent years. But has a different aura about it this time around. The event has taken a backseat to the Olympics ever since since the NHL started sending its players to the Olympic Games […]
The 2018 Paralympic Winter Games are underway in Pyeongchang, South Korea, with athletes from around the world competing for medals in six different disciplines and countless events within each sport. In recent years, the profile of the Paralympic Games has increased significantly, allowing athletes with physical disabilities to show their […]
With a lighter schedule of events than the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics have a tendency to feel sparse in the final days of competition. But the final few competitions in Pyeongchang were filled with incredible drama and iconic moments that served as a capstone for this year’s celebration of […]
It didn’t matter that the US Women’s hockey team had to wait for an overtime period and a shootout to win the gold medal against Canada. That small amount of time was nothing compared to the 20 years the squad has had to endure to capture its second gold medal […]
There will be no miracle for the US Men’s Olympic Hockey team as they watched the dream end at the hands of the Czech Republic on Wednesday in Korea. The team was eliminated in a shootout in which they could not score in five chances. The Americans were underdogs against […]
Evgenia Medvedeva set a new world record in the short program of women’s speed skating on Wednesday. But it still wasn’t enough to take the top spot, as her teammate Alina Zagitova topped her just minutes later to set another record and take the lead into the free skate portion […]
When fans tune in to watch the Olympics, they expect to see the most talented athletes in the world competing for medals at the highest levels of their chosen sports. But not everyone who made it to PyeongChang quite fits that description. The story of Elizabeth Swaney has become almost […]
Canada could still earn a second gold medal in curling thanks to the strong performance of the country’s men’s team, but the Canadian women have been eliminated in a shocking result that few saw coming going into the Winter Olympics. Canada is traditionally the strongest curling nation in the world, […]
The top seeds are mostly playing to form in the men’s Olympic hockey tournament so far, setting up a quarterfinal round where the top hockey-playing nations in the world will begin to square off in a bid to make the medal rounds. Despite somewhat surprising losses by both Canada and […]
American Lindsay Vonn will seek to win her second gold medal in what could be an Olympics downhill swan song for the most successful female World Cup skier of all time. Vonn already has a gold medal in the Olympic downhill, having won the race in Vancouver back in 2010. […]
The Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) clearly have the two skaters to beat in the women’s figure skating competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics. But there are plenty of contenders who will be looking to fight for the bronze medal or sneak into an even higher position on the podium. […]
Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been charged with a doping offense by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, an offense that could lead to the loss of medals and further consequences for other athletes from Russia. Krushelnitsky won the bronze medal in mixed doubles curling along with his wife, Anastasia […]
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