athletes
Alex Rodriguez Can't Throw a Football To Save His Life
Melissa Cronin · 10/18/15 01:39PMHere's the Kate Bush Song That Was Cut from the U.S. Broadcast of the London Olympics Closing Ceremony
Rich Juzwiak · 08/12/12 10:38PMEvery once in a while, Kate Bush makes an appearance in pop culture, mythical creature that she is. Tonight was not an example of one of those appearances. She did, though, needlessly rerecord her only song to go Top 40 in the U.S., "Running Up That Hill," and give it to the Olympics so people could do weird things with their bodies, recreate some of her interpretive dancing from the video and build a literal hill along to a song that's really about gender-fucking. Also, there are montages of athletes, some of them weeping in defeat. In other words, this was a solid Kate moment, despite her predictable absence. (I believe she literally lives in a castle on a hill.)
Courageous U.S. Beach Volleyball Players Will Compete in Bikinis Even Though Shorts and a T-Shirt Are Totally Allowed
Caity Weaver · 07/27/12 10:30AMThe most vivid memory that the majority of Americans have of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, apart from the awe-inspiring opening ceremonies which will no doubt be bested tonight by the appearance of over two dozen Mary Poppinses, was that odd 40-day stretch in which women's beach volleyball was the only thing on television. Not the only competition being broadcast on the NBC Olympic channels. Not the only sport on all the sports channels. Literally the only thing being shown at any time on any channel, including HBO which is not even TV, it's HBO, was women's beach volleyball.
Soccer Player Regrettably Names His Son 'Trendy'
Lauri Apple · 11/08/11 08:55AMTom Brady Wears UGGs, Haha, Loser
Hamilton Nolan · 09/09/11 08:02AMI bet the whole first half of this ad isn't even Tom Brady's feet. I bet he was like "Look, I'll do your UGG ad for a billion dollars but no way am I actually putting a pair of UGGs on my feet, even though I am the world's biggest metrosexual. That's not even manly enough for me, and look at my haircut." Also Mos Def changed his name immediately after doing the soundtrack to this ad, for obvious reasons.
Diana Nyad Ends Cuba-to-Florida Swim
Seth Abramovitch · 08/09/11 02:49AMMike Tyson Calls His Belts 'Garbage'
Lauri Apple · 05/29/11 04:23PMThe Most Amazing Jump-Rope Routine You'll Ever See
Matt Cherette · 12/01/10 02:51PMBehold the Kings Firecrackers, a jump-roping squad of teen (and pre-teen) girls from Ohio—who may get a movie deal! Here, the girls perform an astonishing eight-minute routine during a halftime show at the US Naval Academy. Watch inside.
The Dubious Tale of Mickey Mantle's Penis Picture
Maureen O'Connor · 10/11/10 11:23AMWhich Makes You a Better Athlete, Magic or Anorexia?
Hamilton Nolan · 02/04/10 05:32PMPublicist Hall of Fame: Nik Pressly, Pimp of Shaq's Supposed Sex Snitcher, for $5,000 an Anecdote
Foster Kamer · 01/30/10 04:15PMTebow's Folly: Better a Superfreak Than a Jesus Freak
Hamilton Nolan · 01/27/10 01:52PMTiger Woods, Media Equally Shady
Hamilton Nolan · 12/18/09 11:57AMAmerica Pursues Fitness Through Pseudoscience
Hamilton Nolan · 10/15/09 10:04AMWhat is Barack Obama, Some Sort of Basketball God?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/01/09 03:18PMOf course not (racist). You can trace Barack Obama's basketball style directly back to one man and one man only: