Mo Farah repeats as Olympic 10k champion
Some people say the hardest thing to do in sports is to win when you’re expected to win. Right now in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, there are a handful of […]
Some people say the hardest thing to do in sports is to win when you’re expected to win. Right now in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, there are a handful of […]
Day 7 of the Rio Olympics marked the beginning of track and field competition, which included a teeming entry pool of 80 women in the 100-meter dash. Two of those […]
At just 18 years old, Sara Ahmed of Egypt already owns a piece of Olympic history. Ahmed won the bronze medal in the 69-kilogram (152-pound) division of the women’s weightlifting […]
As the months leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympics turned into weeks, and as the weeks turned into days, Ibtihaj Muhammad‘s popularity as an athlete and celebrity continued to […]
Think about the typical advertising campaign for the Olympic Games. More often than not, the focus is on finishing: Sticking the landing, crossing the finish line, scoring the gold-medal-winning goal, […]
Far from the spotlight of American media and politics — where debates rage on about racism, gun violence, immigration, poverty, LGBT equality and a struggling bipartisan government — a harsh […]
On August 6, the women’s basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics will tip off in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with 12 teams representing 12 countries vying for the 12 […]
At 29 years old, Moeen Ali is by most accounts still in his athletic prime. And just one year removed from being voted one of England’s top five “Cricketers of […]
Eid al-Fitr is the annual celebration marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. As a convert to Islam who grew up in the U.S., I would […]
I wasn’t going to write this. When three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away on June 3 at the age of 74, surrounded by his family in Scottsdale, […]