The best sports photos of 2017
Sports give us some of the most defining moments of each year.Looking back through photos serves as a reminder not only of events forgotten, but of the range of emotions that come with them.From...
View ArticleDozen of Russian athletes withdrew from a competition when drug testers...
As many as 36 Russian athletes withdrew from the Siberian indoor championship meet after the arrival of drug testers.Many of the athletes cited illnesses.The Russian track and field federation has...
View ArticleThe mind-blowing diets of the world's best shot-putters are so wild they...
Two of the world's best shot putters, Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs, explained their wild diets to The New York Times.Both men are forced to eat a bunch of heavy meals per day, even when they're no...
View ArticleA teenager from Texas nicknamed 'The Boogie Man' just ran 100 meters in 9.98...
A teenager nicknamed "The Boogie Man" wowed crowds with a 9.98-second finish in the 100 meters at the Challenger Columbia Stadium in Texas on Saturday.Though wind-assisted, Matthew Boling's time would...
View ArticleCourt rules that barring women with high testosterone from some international...
Caster Semenya has lost her appeal and will be forced to medicate to suppress her naturally high level of testosterone.The court ruled that the limitations on certain women in specific events is...
View ArticleTexas A&M runner goes full Superman as he dives across the finish line to win...
Texas A&M's Infinite Tucker won the SEC title in the 400-meter hurdle.Nearing the finish line, Tucker dived across the line in a full Superman pose, narrowly beating out his teammate.Texas...
View ArticleTeenager known as 'White Lightning' ran the fastest 100 meters in high-school...
In April, Matthew Boling became the first high schooler to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds, running a wind-aided 9.98 seconds.At the Texas 6A state championship on Saturday, he officially broke...
View ArticleHigh-school track sensation Matthew Boling has received unwanted attention...
Matthew Boling is the 18-year-old high-school sprinter whose impressive races have gone viral in recent weeks.As Boling's star was rising, he was bestowed with the nickname "White Lightning" in some...
View ArticleA high school track team asked Delta for help on Twitter after their flight...
Members of Ocean City High School's track-and-field team were left stranded in Philadelphia airport after their Frontier flight to Orlando was canceled.They took to Twitter, asking Delta to help them...
View ArticleA once-Olympic hopeful says her male running coach at Nike told her to lose...
Middle-distance runner Mary Cain says her male running coaches at Nike were so focused on her losing weight that her body broke down. Now she says there needs to be more education about women's health...
View ArticleOlympic runner Allyson Felix says she didn't think she'd be at her 'top...
Olympic sprinter Allyson Felix feared she wouldn't run at her 'top level' after giving birth to her daughter Camryn in November 2018. She returned to the international stage in September 2019, at 10...
View ArticleThe oldest relay race in the world just took place in 'Minecraft' on UPenn's...
Students at the University of Pennsylvania recreated their campus on "Minecraft" after COVID-19 ended their semester early.On Friday, the annual Penn Relays, the oldest track event in the US, was held...
View ArticleHere's how steeplechase — the wackiest event in track and field — came to get...
Summary List PlacementThe second week of the Olympics are underway in Rio, meaning swimming and gymnastics have given way to track and field ("athletics" to most non-Americans). And while most track...
View ArticleSha'Carri Richardson's Olympics ban for marijuana is dumb, archaic, and immoral
Summary List PlacementI can't believe this needs to be said in 2021, but an Olympic athlete shouldn't be banned from competition for using marijuana.Cannabis is legal in 18 states, and there are bills...
View ArticleUsain Bolt advises you to save 60 cents of every dollar you make
Summary List PlacementUsain Bolt has said that the most valuable personal finance lesson he's learned is to save more than half of his pay."Then you can spend the rest and pay bills," he told CNBC Make...
View ArticleTokyo Olympic coaches explain how to best manage high-performers
Summary List PlacementManaging high-performers, whether on the playing field or in the office, can be challenging. Olympic coaches David Nainkin and Rose Monday told Insider how they help their...
View ArticleOlympic coaches share how athletes and employees can cope with setbacks in...
Summary List PlacementOver 10,000 athletes are expected to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, but only 339 medals are set be awarded. That leaves at least 9,661 athletes off the podium and out of the...
View ArticleHow to watch track and field at the Tokyo Olympics — the 100-meter finals...
Summary List PlacementTable of Contents: Masthead StickyTV (small)(Free Plan) (small)Track and field events are now underway at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with dozens of competitions scheduled through...
View ArticleAthletes wearing 'super spikes' are dominating Olympic track and field, and...
Summary List PlacementDuring the Olympic trials in June, US sprinter Sydney McLaughlin broke the world record in the women's 400-meter hurdle event, finishing in less than 52 seconds. Then on...
View ArticleRunners wearing Nike 'super shoes' dominated in the Olympics, taking more...
Summary List PlacementWith the Olympics over, countries are boasting about their total medal counts. In Tokyo, the US came out on top. But in track and field, a closer examination of who stood on the...
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