Marathon swimmer quits after realizing he was going in the wrong direction: ‘What a blow!’
A 60-year-old athlete attempting to swim 80 miles across Lake Michigan was forced to give up on the third day after realizing he was going in the wrong direction. Jim Dreyer, nicknamed “The Shark” for his underwater exploits, blamed his underwater blunder on a faulty GPS that caused him to lose control and become lost. […]
Trump, Musk Overcome Tech Issues For Marathon Interview To Over 1,000,000 Listeners
Former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s interview on Monday night was delayed by nearly 40 minutes due to technical issues, but the two continued to discuss a range of topics for more than two hours afterwards. After an initial failed launch, Twitter’s “Spaces” proceeded without any glitches, with “low listener numbers.” Musk criticized Musk […]
Sifan Hassan caps remarkable Olympics with gold in women’s marathon | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands used her famous closing kick to win the gold medal in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Hassan battled Ethiopia’s Tigest Assefa before outlasting her in the final straight to cross the line in an Olympic record time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. Hassan’s […]
Paris 2024 final day of Olympics: women’s marathon, cycling finals and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Carr’s compatriot, Lydia Ko, also showed an iron will, winning the women’s golf tournament by two strokes and going on to win every Olympic medal. Lydia Ko was overcome with emotion after winning the gold medal and the Olympic Slam. Since golf […]
PGA Tour’s exciting golf marathon for the Wyndham Championship
Welcome to Playing Through’s daily ritual, Golf Talk Today. Each day, the crew will discuss a different element of the PGA Tour, LPGA, LIV Golf and more. The PGA Tour postponed the first round until Friday, holding a golf marathon to complete the Wyndham Championship at Sedgeville Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first […]
Paris Olympics day 15: men’s marathon, golf, basketball, athletics and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Main Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Sport climbing was one of my favorite events in the upcoming Olympics, so I thoroughly enjoyed Ewan Murray’s article about British teenager Toby Roberts and his incredible gold medal effort. The article includes this great quote from Roberts: I’ve always loved climbing […]
Paris 2024 Olympics day 13: marathon swimming, athletics, taekwondo, diving and more – live | Paris Olympic Games 2024
Important Events Show only important events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Great Britain’s Matt Hudson-Smith missed out on the 400m gold medal by just 0.4 seconds yesterday, a bittersweet ending made even more so by the fact that he would have been Britain’s first 400m gold medalist since “The Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell […]
‘It’s My Show’: Joy Reid Spirals After Marathon Rant As Byron Donalds Attempts To Answer Her Question
MSNBC host Joy Reid went on a tirade during her show on Thursday, blasting Republican Rep. Byron Donald of Florida for nearly three minutes and preventing him from answering a question. Reed appeared on “The Reed Out” to discuss comments he made during a speech at an event in Philadelphia, in which he commented that […]
Coco Gauff cautions 3 a.m. French Open finishes after Novak Djokovic marathon
Novak Djokovic’s late night/early morning finish of his third round match at the French Open has caught the attention of another former champion. Coco Gauff said it was “not healthy” to play late into the night, noting that Djokovic’s win over Lorenzo Musetti didn’t finish until 3:07 a.m. local time on Sunday. The incident occurred […]
ConocoPhillips Buys Marathon Oil For $17.1B As Energy Prices Rise
A view of a Marathon gas station in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 29, 2024. US energy giant ConocoPhillips announced on May 29 that it would acquire fellow oil company Marathon Oil in an all-stock deal for $22.5 billion, with $5.4 billion in debt, a major expansion despite pressure to move away from fossil fuels. (Photo: […]