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Oh. No. Is there a rift between the UK’s two most lovable – and universally beloved – women? At the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards Sunday, Jessica Ennis, Britain’s darling heptathlete, whose London gold medal is only outdone by her lovely smile, showed-up the only British female more beloved than she: Kate Middleton. In…
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“It’s just hair…” In an act of charity this holiday season, Olympic snowboarding champ Shaun White surprised fans by cutting off his signature red hair for Locks of Love, an organization that makes wigs for children who have lost their hair due to medical conditions. “I’ve been thinking about this one for a while, but…
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Four-time gold medal cyclist Bradley Wiggins, 32, isn’t sure if he’ll stick around for Rio after becoming the first man to win the Tour de France and Olympic gold in the same summer. “We’ll see – it’s a long way away,” Wiggins told Sky Sports Tuesday. “We tend to work in very short blocks and…
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For those of you worried about when the governing bodies of baseball and softball will come up with their new joint name: don’t. That time is now. The World Baseball Softball Confederation announced its moniker Monday after the two federations agreed to join forces in a co-bid to be reinstated for the 2020 Olympics. The…
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Good news out of Sochi: If there’s a shortage of snow next winter, Olympic organizers have a battle-tested method that will ensure the Games will go on. Much has been reported about the Sochi area’s climate, which is warm at the Black Sea coast (49 degrees is the average high in February). Although it’s cooler…
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After an uncharacteristic fall on the downhill course in Switzerland this weekend, gold medalist Lindsey Vonn admitted that she’s struggling to regain her energy following intestinal illness earlier this season. Now, according to the U.S. women’s team head coach Alex Hoedlmoser, the alpine skiing star will clear her schedule for the rest of the 2012…
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Attention: Ryan Lochte is back atop the swimming world. With the retirement of his chief rival Michael Phelps, Lochte is once again the fastest man in the water. At the Short-Course World Championships, which ended Sunday in Istanbul, Turkey, Lochte won six gold medals and broke two world records. The 28-year-old also won a silver…
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Pope Benedict XVI invited Italy’s Olympians to the Vatican Monday to congratulate the team on its 28 medals and remind them (and everyone else) that drugs are the wrong road to the top of the podium. “Pressure to win good results should never prompt you to take shortcuts, as happens with doping,” the Pope said…
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Two-time Winter Olympics champ Shaun White reentered the world of snowboarding this weekend and ended up where he normally does: on top. White was in Breckenridge, Colo. for the Dew Tour superpipe, his first event after knee surgery this summer and a run in with the Nashville PD in September. But White had no problem…
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The hallowed grounds of Wimbledon gave tennis its most memorable stage at the Olympics this past year, and home-grown gold medalist Andy Murray adding to the British fervor. But as 2013 ticks closer and the Rio Games sit just three-and-a-half years away, little is known about what the first South American country to host the…
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Rugby may not be one of the Big Four American sports (or ten, fifteen, what-have-you), but sprinter turned rugby star Carlin Isles is hoping to change that perception and make the U.S. a feared opponent when the sport debuts in Rio in 2016. The Ohio native had clocked an impressive personal best of 10.24 seconds…
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Vancouver gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn has had a rough 2012-13 World Cup season, facing an illness that is still dragging her down despite sweeping all three races in Lake Louise Thanksgiving weekend. But Vonn revealed a tougher battle when she spoke with People for this week’s issue, explaining that she’s dealt with depression for…
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If the International Rugby Board has their way, the sport will debut in the Olympic Stadium during the first week of the Rio Games. IRB CEO Brett Gosper is set to go down to the Rio venues for a site visit after Christmas to convince the 2016 organizers that his sport can fill the short…
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With the Sochi Games a mere 14 months away, some of the top Olympics snow sports athletes are in Breckenridge, Colo. for the Dew Tour this week to start preparing their runs for the world’s biggest stage. Here are four events you shouldn’t miss on Friday. (And don’t worry, you can catch them from your…
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Via unanimous, albeit mail-in, vote, the International Baseball Federation officially approved a merger with softball’s governing body Thursday so the two could join forces in a joint bid that will aim at getting the sports back in the Olympics by the 2020 Games. “This is another critical step in the long-term prosperity and development of…
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Bode Miller sends his wife to the hospital after golf course accident
Dec 13, 2012, 1:33 PM EDT
It’s a good thing Bode Miller is a professional skier and not a professional golfer. Miller, who has stayed off the slopes this season to rehab a knee injury, took his wife Morgan, a professional beach volleyball player and model, out to the golf course yesterday. That ended up being a very bad idea. Miller…
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While London gold medalist Mo Farah is set to attempt the 10000m/marathon double in Rio, his friend and training partner Galen Rupp won’t join him on the road until after the Olympics. Coach Alberto Salazar said his silver medalist has a chance for gold in 2016, so he’ll stay away from the torturous 26.2-mile distance…
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With the Sochi Games a mere 14 months away, some of the top Olympics snow sports athletes are in Breckenridge, Colo. for the Dew Tour this week to start preparing their runs for the world’s biggest stage. Here are four events you shouldn’t miss on Thursday. (And don’t worry, you can catch them from your…
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While we’re edging closer to a deal that would end the NHL lockout, Commissioner Gary Bettman and the owners have yet to address whether the pros will be allowed to compete in the Olympics. An NHL executive told thefourthperiod.com that it “hasn’t been discussed,” but according to NHL Hall-of-Famer Slava Fetisov, the league may attempt…
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We’re 14 months and counting from the opening of the Sochi Games, and the city is nearing the end of a six-year construction effort that started as soon as Russia won the right to host the Olympics. Organizers are already running test events, including a figure skating Grand Prix and Ski Jumping World Cup event,…
