R.I.P. Leon Spinks
Olympic Gold Medalist and former Heavyweight boxing champion Leon Spinks died in Las Vegas on February 5th, 2021. Spinks had been battling prostate cancer in recent years. He was 67...
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Galen Rupp and Aliphine Tuliamuk Win U.S. Olympic Trial Marathons
Galen Rupp, the Bronze Medalist in the men’s Marathon at the 2016 Olympics, will compete again in the event at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Rupp repeated as the...
Dalilah Muhammad Sets World Record in 400 Meter Hurdles at U.S. Track and Field Championships
We are a year away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and it’s time to start getting acquainted or reacquainted with the athletes who may be participating at the games. One...
Lindsey Vonn Closes Out Career With Bronze Medal in the Downhill at World Championships
Lindsey Vonn, whose 82 World Cup victories are the most by a female skier in history, ended her career with one more trip to the podium. Vonn took the Bronze...
Cross Country Gold Medalist Jessie Diggins Will Carry U.S. Flag at Olympic Closing Ceremony
The United States Olympic athletes have elected Jessie Diggins to be the flag bearer at the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Diggins and teammate Kikkan Randall did something no one...
U.S. Women Win the Gold in Olympic Hockey
If you stayed up until the wee hours of February 22nd to watch the U.S. women’s hockey team play Canada in the Gold Medal game at the PyeongChang Olympics, you...
Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Giant Slalom at Olympics
After a few days of delays due to weather, U.S. alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin made her much anticipated 2018 PyeongChang Olympic debut February 14th (in the U.S). It was worth...
Skiier Julia Mancuso Retires Ahead of Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics are just a couple of weeks away, but these games will be without the United States’ women’s all time leader in Olympic alpine skiing medals. Julia...
Usain Bolt Ends Career With Third Place Finish in 100 Meters at World Championships
Last year after Usain Bolt won an unprecedented third Olympic Gold Medal in the 100 meters (and 200 meters as well) in the 2016 Rio Olympics, the fastest man ever...
Coaching Staff in Place for 2018 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
For the first time since 1994, the 2018 Olympic hockey teams will not have current NHL players as the stakeholders could not reach an agreement . While it’s possible that...
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