Where Does The IOC's Money Go?
It’s impossible to avoid money at the Olympics. It’s everywhere: sponsorships, advertising, and evidence of…
Report: Brazil Appellate Court Dismisses Charges Against Ryan Lochte
Just about 11 months after the bizarre late-night confrontation that led to Ryan Lochte being charged in Rio with…
French Gymnast Who Suffered Horrific Leg Break In Rio Is Making His Comeback
Less than a year after the Olympic Games in Rio, Samir Ait Said, the French gymnast who suffered a gruesome leg fracture
8 Months Later, The Rio Olympics Keep Finding New Ways Of Falling Apart
The Rio Olympics, which started with an “uninhabitable” athletes’ village and continued on with a creeping green death…
Electricity Turned Off At Rio's Maracanã Stadium After Olympic Organizers Can't Pay Bill
Two weeks ago we wrote about the decaying state of Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic facilities and noted that the Maracanã…
Intelligence Agencies: Russia Hacked DNC In Part Because WADA Exposed Russian Doping Scheme
United States intelligence agencies believe that Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the hacking of the Democratic…
Russians: Oh That Doping? Yeah, We Did It
Back in May, the former director of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory came forward with reports of widespread doping…
Report: Kenya's Olympic Team Was Torpedoed By Their Own Comically Corrupt Officials
Kenya finished the Rio Olympics with 13 track and field medals, second only to the United States who finished with 32.…
World Champion Pole Vaulter's Explanation For Positive Cocaine Test Totally Worked, Somehow
World champion pole vaulter Shawnacy Barber tested positive for cocaine after winning the Canadian Olympic trials in…
Irish Olympic Boxer Bet On Himself To Lose, Won
That fellow up there in the blue is Irish welterweight Steven Donnelly, after his round-of-16 win at the Rio Olympics.…
Russian Hackers Get Into WADA Data, Find Nothing Incriminating
Perhaps feeling a little bent out of shape about how much shit their country caught for running a massive, Cold…
Report: Ryan Lochte Suspended Ten Months Over Rio Gas Station Fiasco
Ryan Lochte has been suspended for ten months by the IOC and USA Swimming, per a report from TMZ Sports. This means…
Inika McPherson Represented In Rio, Continues With Flair In Zurich
U.S. high jumper Inika McPherson finished 10th in the Olympic final, finishing second for Team USA behind Chaunte Lowe.…
Dalilah Muhammad Covers Herself In Gold
In 1974, the Iranian national women’s volleyball team competed in the well-recognized volleyball ensemble—shorts and a…
Katie Ledecky Turned Bryce Harper Into A Medal Rack
Strong-as-hell swimming champion Katie Ledecky is from Washington D.C., and the Nationals invited her to come throw the…
Team Great Britain Thought It Was Being Helpful By Providing The Luggage
I have few rules of airplane travel, but they are inviolable. Get to the airport ass-early, because having to wait…
The Calculus Of Enjoying Almaz Ayana's World Record
The Olympic 10,000 meters was eyeballs out, hands down the fastest, deepest women’s 25-lap race I have ever seen. But…
Why Don't They Just Make The Whole Airplane Out Of Olympic Venues?
By now everybody knows the modern Olympic Games system—whereby competing cities bid for the right to piss the GDP of…
Actually, Horse Sports Are Good
The funny thing about bias is that it’s the necessary basis of any opinion. And now that we’ve all had our quadrennial…
NBC's Closing Ceremony Broadcast Edited Out More Than An Hour. Here's What You Missed.
As in years past, NBC went heavy on the razor blade in trimming down last night’s closing ceremony to a time that…