Dvora Meyers

3/11/19

Ryoyu Kobayashi Becomes First Non-European Man To Win Overall World Cup Ski Jump Title

This weekend, Japanese ski jumper Ryoyu Kobayashi broke Europe’s decades-long domination of the ski jump World Cup…

3/8/19

Residents Face Sky-Rocketing Rents As NFL Takes Over Inglewood

Earlier this week, lawmakers in Inglewood, California pushed through a rent stabilization ordinance that seeks to…

3/8/19

Japanese Government Wants Evacuees To Return To Fukushima In Time To Make Olympics Look Good

One of the few things that the Olympics do well, aside from putting cities in significant debt that can take decades…

3/7/19

This Furry With Abs Is The Creepiest Mascot In Sports

Sports team mascots are creepy as a general rule. It comes with the territory to a certain extent, but I can’t…

3/6/19

If The Olympics Want Breaking To Succeed, They Have To Get The Music Right

Last month, Paris 2024 organizers voted to include breaking in the 2024 Summer Games. If the IOC votes next year to…

3/4/19

The Obsession With Caster Semenya's Body Was Racist From The Very Beginning

A week before the 2012 Olympics, a group of researchers and academics gathered for the International Convention on…

3/1/19

President Of Gymnastics' Athletes' Commission Says Abuse Survivors Are In It For The Money

Liubou Charkashyna, the president of the International Gymnastics Federation’s athletes’ commission—which was…

2/28/19

World's Top Bridge Player Suspended For Doping With Synthetic Testosterone

The World Bridge Federation announced today that Geir Helgemo, the world’s top-ranked bridge player, has been…

2/26/19

Olympic Athletes Are Trying To Get A Seat At The Bargaining Table

Athlete representatives in the U.S. Olympic movement recently met in the basement of an airport hotel in Chicago to…

2/22/19

Japanese Scientists Are Trying To Keep 'Guerilla Rainstorms' From Ruining The Olympics

What’s worse than rain on your wedding day or on your parade? Rain during your outdoor athletic event at the…

2/21/19

2024 Olympics Set To Become Much Cooler With Inclusion Of Breaking

After its successful trial run at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires this past October, Paris 2024…

2/19/19

USA Gymnastics Hires NBA VP Li Li Leung As New CEO

Four months after Nike-hating Mary Bono stepped down as president of USA Gymnastics after about five days at the helm

2/15/19

The Cost Of The Tokyo 2020 Opening And Closing Ceremonies Has Risen 43 Percent

Another day, another report of costs increases for the Olympics. Just a few days after we learned that the Rio…

2/14/19

Despite Claims To The Contrary, The IAAF Is Still Persecuting Caster Semenya

The Times reported yesterday that the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) will argue in front…

2/13/19

Japanese Sports Official Worries That Olympic Excitement Will Decrease Because Star Swimmer Was Diagnosed With Leukemia

This week Japanese swimming star Rikako Ikee announced that she has been diagnosed with leukemia and is starting…

2/13/19

The Westminster Dog Show Is The Past And Future Of Obsessive Dog Ownership

I really don’t know anything about dogs despite having owned one for the past six years.

2/12/19

North And South Korea Want To Co-Host The Olympics, And The IOC Gets To Keep Playing Hero

In its new year’s letter, one of the key accomplishments the IOC touted was improved relationships on the Korean…