16 Years After 'Galling Mistake,' Snowboarder Finally Wins Gold
It took 16 years and five Olympic appearances, but Lindsey Jacobellis finally has her gold medal. NBC News reports that the world-champion snowboarder, who first competed in the Games in 2006 in Turin,...
View ArticleStar's Flunked Drug Test Delays Skaters' Medals: Reports
Updated : This file has been updated with reports of a positive drug test on the Russian team. The winners in the team figure-skating competition at the Beijing Olympics still haven't received their...
View ArticleSkater in Doping Scandal Has Disastrous Performance
It might be the biggest surprise of the Beijing Olympics: Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian skater embroiled in a doping controversy , had a disastrous free skate on Thursday and finished out of...
View Article2 Big Names Return to Gymnastics Competition
Next year's Summer Olympics in Paris could be particularly epic for fans of US gymnastics: Two huge names are returning to competition, with the Paris games in mind. Simone Biles and Sunisa Lee will...
View ArticleAhead of Paris Olympics, a Pesky Issue: 'No One Is Safe'
The Summer Olympics kick off in Paris in a little under 10 months, but France is now contending with a pesky issue it hopes it can contain before then. NPR reports on a nationwide "resurgence of...
View ArticleParis Olympics Hit a Surfing Snag
Tahiti's Teahupo'o "is one of the most powerful and deadly waves on the planet for surfing," in Surfer Today's view, a place that has only been surfed since 1985 but one that now features on the World...
View ArticleParis Just Made Your SUV a Lot Costlier
Parisians voted Sunday to muscle SUVs off the French capital's streets by making them much more expensive to park, the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for...
View ArticleAs Olympics Loom, Eyes on France's Mystery 'Invader'
For the Paris Olympics, it could almost be a new sport: Score points by hunting down mosaics that a mystery artist who calls himself "Invader" has cemented to walls across France's capital, the world,...
View ArticleNike's Track Outfits for Female Olympians Are ... Interesting
The Nike outfits set to be worn by Team USA track and field athletes during this summer's Paris Olympics were unveiled last week, but one version isn't going over too well. The New York Times reports...
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