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Report: NBC Asks Olympics To Reorder Parade Of Nations For Better American Ratings
I’m a consummate Olympic cynic—I think the whole damn thing should always be held on the same “Olympic Island,” so no city has to waste billions of dollars on something with no real payoff for its residents. But I genuinely like the Parade of Nations. It’s educational, like a walking Sporcle quiz, a...
Inch For Inch, Inika McPherson Might Be The Most Talented Jumper On The Planet
The three priestesses of the high jump—the American reps in Rio—are an unconventional and disparate bunch, whose ability to launch themselves over a 6'6" bar is almost less interesting than how they made it to the Olympics in the first place....
Roger Federer Will Miss The Rest Of The Season To Rehabilitate His Knee
When Roger Federer advanced to his 11th Wimbledon semi-final earlier this month, there was hope that he’d put his February knee surgery and injury plagued year behind him. But the knee is apparently still bothering him, and today Federer announced that he would miss the rest of the season, including...
Argentinian Olympics Official Alleges Sabotage In Athletes' Village
We already knew the Olympic athletes’ village in Rio was a mess, but now we’ve jumped from stories about uninhabitable rooms and failed safety inspections and into allegations of sabotage....
Only 12 Of The 31 Olympics Athletes' Village Buildings Have Passed Safety Inspection
Athletes are arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics, and have been greeted at the Athletes’ Village with gas leaks, power outages, and “a small fire.” The Australian Olympic Committee already declared the Village “uninhabitable”, and according to The Guardian, 19 of the 31 apartment towers (all...
Mario Balotelli Crashes Wedding Photoshoot
Mario Balotelli’s career may be in shambles, as one of the most talented young forwards in the world languishes alongside the teens that make up Liverpool’s reserve team as the club desperately searches for some sucker to offload him on, but hey, at least he still does funny things from time to time...
MMA Fighter Says He Was Kidnapped By Rio "Cops" & Forced To Pay Ransom
New Zealand MMA fighter Jason Lee says men in police uniforms kidnapped him in Rio de Janeiro, forcing the jiu-jitsu specialist to withdraw money from two ATMs and hand it over, or be be arrested....
Rio Olympics Athletes' Village Declared "Uninhabitable"
This week’s scheduled move-in for the Olympic athletes’ village in Brazil fell flat, as the Australian delegation refused to enter the facilities due to serious issues with plumbing and fire safety....
IOC Decides Not To Ban Entire Russian Team From Olympics
Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in Rio despite the massive, government-sponsored doping program in that country after a decision released today by the IOC that outlines the specific conditions under which athletes will be qualified to compete....
WADA Changes Its Mind, Reinstates "Non-Conforming" Rio Olympics Doping Lab
Less than a month ago, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended its accreditation of the Brazilian Doping Control Laboratory, which was supposed to handle all drug tests related to the Rio Olympics. WADA—which is as inept and corrupt a sporting body as you’ll find on this planet—cited a vague a...
Ohio State RB Bri'onte Dunn's Girlfriend Calls 911: “My Boyfriend Hit Me Really Bad"<em></em>
Ohio State running back Bri’onte Dunn was dismissed from the team on Monday for an unspecified violation of team rules. According to a report today from the Columbus Dispatch, Dunn’s dismissal followed a 911 call Sunday from his girlfriend in which she told a dispatcher that Dunn hit her in the face...
WADA Report: Russian Government Covered Up Athletes Doping With Incredibly Elaborate Scheme
When the former director of Russia’s anti-doping laboratory turned whistleblower and alleged a complex doping scheme at the Sochi Olympics that involved dozens of doped athletes and Russian officials sneaking into the sample collection room at night to swap out vials of urine, it seemed almost too u...
Tom Brady Says He'll Stop Fighting And Take The NFL's Four-Game Suspension
Tom Brady’s last option to overturn his four-game suspension was to try and take the case to the Supreme Court, but instead, he’s ending his battle against the NFL. After having his latest appeal rejected Wednesday, the Patriots quarterback said today that he will not continue to fight his punishmen...
Andre Iguodala Says The Thunder Deserved To Win The Title
The NBA last season was, functionally, a three-team race. But according to Andre Iguodala, the best of the three didn’t even make the finals....
Man Attempts To Extinguish Olympic Torch, Fails
I mean, if you’re going to go through the trouble of acquiring a fire extinguisher, you have to make your shot count. ...
Rochelle Kanuho Came To Distance Running The Hard Way
By any standard, it was warm in Eugene, Oregon on July 2, game-changingly so for the 24 women who shook their legs and jumped at the start of the Olympic Track Trials 10,000 meters. ...
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Police Report: Draymond Green Acts Like That In Real Life, Apparently [UPDATE]
Draymond Green was arrested on Sunday for an alleged assault. Details started to trickle out that Green had slapped a taunting fan, who was later rumored to be Michigan State football player Jermaine Edmondson. The incident report came out today, and it confirms that the altercation took place betwe...
Tom Brady's Latest Ballghazi Appeal Has Been Denied
The ongoing legal battle between Roger Goodell and Tom Brady over the latter’s Ballghazi suspension took one more step toward a merciful end today. ...
NBC Won't Air The Olympics Opening Ceremony Live
The Rio Olympics formally begin August 5th with the opening ceremony from the Maracanã stadium. Proceedings start at 7 p.m. Eastern Time, only you won’t be able to watch them on NBC until at least an hour later. At a press conference yesterday, NBC execs announced plans to broadcast the ceremony at ...