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NBC Should Really Stop Using This Underwater Camera For Women's Water Polo [NSFW]
Four years ago, we noted that NBC’s coverage of live women’s water polo included some nudity. Today, they did it again. Live television, folks!...
Michael Phelps Will Eat Your Soul
Chad le Clos tried some shit with Michael Phelps before the pair’s semifinal tonight in Rio. Phelps, eh, wasn’t having it....
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Michael Phelps Earned His 19th Gold Medal With An Incredible Turn
Michael Phelps wasn’t even supposed to be here today. After winning his 18th gold medal in London four years ago, he declared his career over. He came back after the U.S. lost to France in the 4x100 freestyle relay three years ago, and his second leg in that event tonight gave his team a lead over t...
Juan Martín Del Potro Upsets Novak Djokovic, Gets Incredible Hug
Juan Martín del Potro’s years of injuries have dropped his once-top-five ranking down to #141, but the Argentine showed the skills that marked his early career in downing the world’s #1 player, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets—a result that earned del Potro a lovely embrace and some words that broug...
Williams Sisters Lose Olympic Women's Doubles Match For First Time In History
The Williams sisters have been playing as doubles partners at the Olympics since 2000, and had never lost a match together—until today, when they were eliminated in the first round in Rio by the Czech team of Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-3, 6-4....
Orlando Pace Thanks St. Louis In Hall Of Fame Speech; NFL Leaves That Part Out Of Its YouTube Upload
St. Louis football fans who hoped to see a shout-out from the Rams’ newest Hall-of-Famer Orlando Pace might have been disappointed if they watched the version of his speech uploaded to the NFL’s YouTube channel. While the other inductees’ speeches from last night’s event are presented unedited by th...
Road Race Leader Crashes Just Miles From Finish [Updates]
Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten crashed on the descent with less than seven miles remaining in the 85-mile road race. While the course was different from the one we illustrated as being difficult-to-dangerous, much of it did follow the men’s course. ...
Katinka Hosszú's Ridiculous Record-Breaking 400 IM, Visualized<em></em>
Hungarian Katinka Hosszú smashed the women’s 400 IM record last night by 2.07 seconds, the biggest leap in world record progression since East German Petra Schneider’s performance at Moscow in 1980. To illustrate just how fast Hosszú was in comparison to previous champions, we’ve matched up the prev...
Entire Russian Team Banned From Paralympics For Doping Scandal
The 2016 Paralympics begin in Rio as soon as the Olympics are over, but one of the world’s largest delegations will be absent—as the International Paralympic Committee has decided to suspend the entire Russian team for doping....
Yesterday's Best Judo Ippons, As Called By "J.R." Jim Ross
Olympics organizers can be sick people, as evidenced by their decision to schedule the single-elimination event of judo—one in which a competitor’s entire Olympics experience can be over in seconds—first thing on Day 1. Here are several of those competitors being eliminated by ippon, as called by pr...
Hunter Pence Fouls Ball Off His Own Eye, Finishes The At-Bat
You know how sometimes it’s awful to watch another person put in a contact lens? Here’s Hunter Pence fouling a ball off his own eye. He finished the at-bat afterward, incredibly, though with a strikeout....
Kip Keino's Emotional Speech And Everything Else NBC Edited Out Of Its Opening Ceremony Broadcast
NBC’s tape-delayed Opening Ceremony broadcast ran a cool 4:58:38—more than an hour longer than the event’s real-time duration—but, as usual, the Peacock Network left plenty of the show on its cutting-room floor. Here’s everything NBC excised from last night’s broadcast:...
Spectator Chases After Olympic Cyclists, Screaming
Today’s Olympics cycling road race has proven to be a danger, both due to physics and to fans chasing after the riders, screaming. That can’t be healthy for anyone, but at least he was clothed....
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Tongan Flag-Bearer Pita Taufatofua Owns The Olympics
This is Pita Taufatofua. He’s from Tonga. He competes in taekwondo. He’s self-funded. His day job is working at Sandgate House in Brisbane, Australia, where he helps homeless kids develop independent living skills. He has an Instagram....
A-Rod's Doing Just Fine, It Seems
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It's Time Again For Your Local NBC Station To Become An Olympics Expert
The Olympics are here again, which means it’s time for local NBC stations to come up with clever and unique ways to describe the Olympians NBCUniversal desperately needs you to care very, very deeply about. ...