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America’s Cup officials have promised a full investigation into the safety of their new sailing vessels after British Olympic gold medalist Andrew Simpson died Thursday amid an accident during team practice in San Francisco Bay. Simpson became trapped beneath his crew’s 72-foot catamaran for ten minutes after the boat flipped and capsized in heavy winds.…
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Missy Franklin turns 18 Friday, which means she’s accomplished more in her childhood than most of us will achieve in our entire adult lives. In honor of her birthday we thought we’d dig up 18 fun facts about her you that might not know. Then we found out that is a road well traveled. There’s…
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After months of negotiations, it seems like talks between the NHL, NHLPA, IIHF, IOC, and the rest of the alphabet are finally coming to a close, with the likely conclusion that the pros will be welcome to play in the Olympics this February. “We are proceeding under the assumption that the NHL will participate in…
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Decorated British sailor Andrew Simpson died Thursday when his 72-foot Swedish catamaran flipped in the in San Francisco Bay, trapping him beneath the boat for approximately ten minutes during an America’s Cup practice. Simpson, 36, a married father of three, was freed from beneath the boat wreckage by first responders, but was unable to be…
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Instead of moving down to the 400m for a race against Usain Bolt, Kenya’s 800m gold medalist David Rudisha is adding a couple hundred meters for a race at the Ostrava Golden Spike in June. He’ll run the 1000m as a challenge to himself. And as a chance to try something new. “When doing something…
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Rio politicians proposed a bill Wednesday that aims to remove the name of former FIFA president João Havelange from the city’s Olympic Stadium. Why? Well, because Havelange, who served from 1974-98, stepped down from his honorary post last month after a report from the the Association’s ethics committee alleged he took bribes from the ISL…
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We’re not sure why a German company is willing to help design a new sleek, lightweight, aerodynamic bobsled for the U.S. Olympic team as opposed to, say, the Germans, but we’re also not complaining. Creative director Michael Scully and his team at DesignworksUSA, owned by BMW, are building six sleds for the U.S. men’s and…
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German 1976 Olympic fencing gold medalist, and, maybe more importantly, IOC vice president Thomas Bach announced Thursday that he’ll run for the organizations’s presidency when Jacques Rogge’s term ends in September. “From my first training sessions as a young boy through to becoming Olympic champion in Montreal to my current tasks as [German Olympic Sports…
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As part of wrestling’s aim to retain its spot in the Olympics, the sport’s world governing body, FILA, is planning to add two weight classes for women into Olympics competition, according to the AP. Acting FILA president Nenad Lalovic, likely to become the actual president later this month, said that the weight classes will probably…
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Anyone expecting to be dazzled by Usain Bolt this early in the season was probably asking too much, especially after he pulled out of last week’s Kingston Invitational with a hamstring strain. But clocking 10.09-seconds in the 100m to win the Cayman Invitational was still disappointing, and barely beating young training partner Kemar Bailey-Cole in…
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Even though Mitt Romney doesn’t intend to take a “management position” in San Diego’s and Tijuana’s bi-national bid for the 2024 Olympics, the former Republican Presidential Nominee sat down with San Diego Mayor Bob Filner earlier this week to lend his consulting talents to the effort. “I had the opportunity to spend some time yesterday…
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Boston’s Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development heard testimony Tuesday from citizens and officials advocating for New England to throw its proverbial hat in the ring as they consider hosting the Games in 2024. “While security is, and will always be, a major concern in any Olympics, our first responders have proven to…
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Keeping with tradition, children from the farthest reaches of Siberia will have the pleasure of starting off this year’s Torch Relay once the Flame is lit in Greece and makes its journey to Moscow. “Children from Olympia’s twin towns carry the flame after it is lit in ancient Olympia,” Yakutsk mayor Aisen Nikolaev explained while…
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After a solid forth place showing at the Drake relays last month, 100m hurdler (and occasional bobsledder) Lolo Jones earned her first win of the season at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo after taking advantage of a misstep by London bronze medalist Kellie Wells. “We ran into a headwind…” Jones told the IAAF.…
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Tiger may have missed his chance to walk the red carpet with girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at last week’s Delete Blood Cancer gala because he was practicing, but he made sure to be on her arm at the famous Met Gala in New York Monday night for the couple’s first public appearance together. And while it’s…
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It’s been almost a year since David Boudia won his somewhat surprising 10m platform gold in London, but the two-time Olympic medalist said he’s ready to get back in the water at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix this weekend. Well, not entirely ready. “I’m probably at sixty-percent, but I’m okay with that,” Boudia confessed…
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As we continue to turn back the clock for no apparent reason on a gorgeous Monday, enjoy this 20-part video series (we would have made it 22) on Michael Phelps and the training techniques Bob Bowman used to turn him from a precocious 15-year-old swimmer to history’s greatest Olympic champion. Notable: Phelps started swimming the…
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After finishing out of the medals in London, turning 30, dealing with injuries, and only being added to the Jamaican Invitational after Usain Bolt pulled out with a hamstring strain, it’s safe to say Tyson Gay was an afterthought at the premiere track event in Kingston over the weekend. But history’s second fastest man proved…
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“In a crowd, he’s so modest and humble. He doesn’t stand out.” If I gave you nineteen guesses I’m not sure you’d come within a thousand miles of saying that quote was about brash world record holder Usain Bolt, who – and it’s a credit to his talent – spends more time posing than actually…
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Vancouver downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn has apparently “dumped” her knee brace and said Thursday that she’ll be back on the slopes in by late summer, giving her plenty of time to train for the Alpine season and Sochi in February. “I’m still in rehab, things are going really well. The knee is coming along…
