David Cameron May Have Just Insulted All Of India With 'Indian Dance' Comments
The London Olympics has led to a re-examination of the role of sport in the British schools system. Some, like London Mayor (and future Prime Minister) Boris Johnson have called for 2 hours of sports...
View ArticleUsain Bolt Will Compete In The 2016 Olympics
You might wonder what there is left to prove for the man that has declared himself to be the "greatest athlete" ever. In fact, when asked what was left to prove after winning the 200 meters yesterday,...
View ArticleThe Best Olympic Sports To Watch On TV
We've watched at least 60 seconds of every Olympic sport over the last two weeks. And while our rankings of the best Olympic sports to watch on TV are undoubtedly affected by our personal biases, we...
View ArticleSPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: No Gold Medal Took Longer To Win Than Women's Soccer
When the U.S. Women's Soccer team won the gold medal over Japan, maybe the most impressive aspect was that it took them over ten hours of actually playing time across six matches, including a grueling...
View ArticleOne Of The Favorites For This Year's Heisman Was Just Kicked Off The LSU...
Les Miles, head coach at LSU, has announced today that cornerback Tyrann Mathieu, has been kicked off the football team for violating a team or school rule according to Tim Fletcher of KTBS. Mathieu,...
View ArticleEverything Good About The Olympics Captured In One Awesome Photo
In an ideal world, the Olympics are about notions of sportsmanship, courage, and diverse cultures coming together in the spirit of competition. In reality, the Games are something else entirely. But...
View ArticleTiger Woods Is Just Behind The Leader At The PGA Championship
It is still early in the second round of the PGA Championship, but once again, but Tiger Woods is atop the leaderboard. Tiger needed to sink a 15 foot putt on the first hole just to save par. He...
View Article17-Year-Old US Women's Boxing Gold Medalist Delivers The Quote Of The Olympics
Women's boxing made its debut as an Olympic medal sport this year. And one of the first gold medalists was 17-year-old American middleweight Claressa Shields. And today she was in the NBC Olympics...
View ArticleDid This Comedian Go Too Far Dressing As Joe Paterno With Two Kids Wearing...
Comedy Central hosted a roast for Roseanne Barr last weekend, but the person everybody is talking about is comedian Jeff Ross, who showed up to the show dressed Joe Paterno, which by itself is not a...
View ArticleThe 17 Best Photos From The London Olympics
We've seen some amazing images come out of the London over the last two weeks. The Olympics are filled with photogenic sports (diving, etc.) and immense passion (four years of pent-up emotion), which...
View ArticleHere's Everything You Missed From The Crazy Olympic Closing Ceremonies
Two weeks ago, London set the tone for a wild and crazy, yet breathtaking Olympics with their over-the-top opening ceremonies. So it was no surprise that last night the organizers would close out the...
View ArticleThis Missed Penalty Kick Is Both Painful And Hilarious
Yesterday, Red Bull Salzburg, of the Austrian Budesliga (not to be confused with the New York Red Bulls, who wear a similar uniform but do not play in Austria) were trailing Rapid Vienna 2-0, when...
View ArticleThis Weekend's Baseball Games Delivered A Pair Of Incredible Home Run-Robbing...
Super-rookie Mike Trout made another incredible catch this weekend, robbing yet another home run. And while Trout's last great catch may have been the play of the year in baseball, this one might not...
View ArticleLaw School Drop-Out Sends The San Diego Padres A Letter They Likely Won't Forget
A frustrated former law student had a rather graphic suggestion for the San Diego Padres after the team rejected her for jobs about 30 times. Taylor Grey Meyer, who was even rejected from a...
View ArticleThe Wild Last Lap Of This Weekend's NASCAR Race Included Spins, Bumps, And...
This week's NASCAR race, the Finger Lakes 355, was held at Watkins Glen, one of those road courses where the drivers are forced to prove that they can indeed occasionally turn right. And this year's...
View ArticleSPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: Tiger Woods Sucks On The Weekends At The Majors
While most will continue to debate whether or not Tiger Woods will ever return to the top of the golf world, his performances at the Majors this year raises questions about his health, and whether his...
View ArticleWhat The Olympics Looked Like Through The Eyes Of The Athletes
The 2012 London Games was the first Olympics ever where most of the of athletes had Twitter. As a result, we got to know these them much more closely than we have in past years. A bunch of stars...
View ArticleBoth Michael Phelps And Ryan Lochte Are Headed For Reality Shows
Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps are no longer rivals in the pool, but they may soon be able to compete for television viewers. However, Lochte may have the advantage this time, as his deal may include...
View ArticleHow One Coach Is Using Game Theory To Revolutionize MMA
Trainer Greg Jackson is bringing game theory to MMA in an attempt to organize the madness of UFC, according to a feature by Matthew Shaer in Popular Science. Jackson trains a bunch of MMA fighters,...
View ArticlePitcher Narrowly Avoids Being Hit In The Head With A Line-Drive, Makes A...
The scariest play in baseball is the line-drive right back up the middle. You are talking about a ball traveling more than 100 mph towards the helmetless head of a pitcher that is about 55 feet away...
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