All posts tagged "Olympics"
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/ 5 days agoFrom LeBron James to Alex Ovechkin, untouchable sports records and why they might never be broken
With each passing decade, elite athletes seem to become faster, stronger and, dare we say it, better. Performance improves and, consequently,...
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/ 2 weeks agoFor Mikaela Shiffrin, the Olympic season has already started
NEW YORK — It’s early afternoon Tuesday, and Mikaela Shiffrin is sitting at the bar in a midtown Manhattan hotel, sipping...
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/ 3 weeks agoAmerican Alysa Liu, after two years away from figure skating, wins gold at worlds
BOSTON — It was once prophesied how Alysa Liu would return glory to U.S. women’s figure skating. At 13 years old,...
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/ 3 weeks agoAmerican figure skating duo honors crash victims after breakthrough performance
BOSTON — Misha Mitrofanov broke his embrace of Alisa Efimova and spun her around. Let her see the crowd’s reaction to...
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/ 3 weeks agoFigure skating remembers its fallen and a dad holds it together at world championships
BOSTON — Imagine how many times Doug and Christine Lane must have beamed with pride over the years as they watched...
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/ 1 month agoHow Jordan Chiles rediscovered ‘that girl’ at UCLA after Paris Olympics medal controversy
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Time zones don’t affect Jordan Chiles. She declares this while sitting in a hotel conference room near...
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/ 1 month agoSailGP Championship: From towering catamarans racing at 60mph to $12.8m in prize money. Is this F1 on the water?
Humans have sailed the oceans for centuries. But, as a spectator sport, sailing has barely made a dent in the public...
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/ 1 month agoKi’Lolo Westerlund, 17, is America’s flag football star of the future
Ki’Lolo Westerlund knew she had a starring role in an NFL Flag 50 commercial promoting flag football that would air during...
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/ 2 months agoU.S. superstar Ilona Maher and her impact in England: ‘She wants to lift the whole sport with her’
Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR), England’s elite league for women’s 15-a-side rugby union, is still semi-professional. A large number of the players...
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/ 2 months agoIn skiing, where ‘champions pull up champions,’ U.S. women ahead of the men
Not to be too cheeky, but it’s getting a little awkward for the American men who make their living on Alpine...
