Power moves: Why Raygun won the weirdest Olympics ever
The 2024 Paris Olympics will be known for a number of strange scandals. The whole event felt upside down, backwards, like a foreign festival. From extremist blasphemy to unprecedented mass AI surveillance to the unpleasant consequences of gender ideology, a dark shadow hung over the Olympics. And caught up in that whirlpool was Snoop Dogg, […]
Blind runner who won as a man should not race women in Paralympics
Valentina Petrillo is visually impaired, a fact that is obvious to everyone. The Italian sprinter, who will become the first transgender athlete to compete in the Paralympics later this month, is a powerfully built biological male who should not be competing against women on the world stage. Still, it’s a different game, but it’s the […]
Noah Lyles won bronze with 102-degree COVID fever in men’s 200-meter final, coach says
The “Noah Lyles COVID Race” broke on Friday when his coach said the runner competed in the men’s 200-meter final while running a 102-degree fever. Lyles fell short of his goal of winning gold and breaking the world record at Thursday’s meet, finishing with the bronze medal and collapsing on the track immediately after the […]
Navy football player finds out his sister won Olympic gold during practice
Clayne Lafond didn’t get to see his sister win an Olympic gold medal, but he still experienced a celebration he’ll never forget. Lafond is a defensive end for Navy, and his sister, Thea, competed for the Dominican Republic in the women’s triple jump in Paris. On Saturday, Thea won the event, giving the Caribbean island […]
Blinken says Venezuelan opposition leader won election
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election was an opposition leader, not Nicolas Maduro, the socialist successor to President Hugo Chavez. Maduro has been claiming victory since July 28 and threatening the opposition, sparking widespread protests. “Given the overwhelming evidence, it is clear to the United States, and […]
Blinken: Venezuela opposition candidate ‘won the most votes’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday denounced Venezuela’s election results, which he said were not won by the opposition candidate, as “deeply flawed.” in statementBlinken said the United States commends the 12 million Venezuelans who participated in the July 28 presidential election, but that President Nicolas Maduro is not the true winner. The National […]
Ukraine’s 1st medal of Paris Olympics won by fencer who refused to shake Russian opponent’s hand
Ukraine’s first medal at the 2024 Olympics belongs to fencer Olga Harlan, but she insists it’s not just hers. Karlan overcame a six-point deficit to beat South Korea’s Choi Se-bin 15-14 to win the bronze medal in women’s sabre fencing on Monday, a medal she later dedicated to her country as it remains at war […]
‘Pommel Horse Guy’ took a nap, won a medal, and became an Olympics gymnastics legend
The Olympics are a treasure trove of unlikely heroes, unblinking names that become legends overnight. That’s exactly what Steven Nedorosik did on Monday in the U.S. men’s artistic gymnastics competition. His masterful performance on the pommel horse earned the U.S. a bronze medal, its first men’s medal since 2008, and cemented him in the national […]
Kamala Harris manager Jen O’Malley Dillon says 2024 race will be ‘hard fought’ and won in ‘battlegrounds’
Jen O’Malley Dillon has moved from Joe Biden’s campaign to Kamala Harris’s, but no matter who her client is, her message is the same. “The election will be close,” said a veteran Democratic activist, predicting, “It will be a tough fight, but Vice President Harris is in a favorable position and will win.” Dillon said […]
Tennessee dad had no idea he won $1 million jackpot until detectives told him his winning lottery ticket was stolen
Authorities say a Tennessee father had no idea he’d won a $1 million jackpot until detectives told him his lottery tickets had been stolen. The lucky dad recently bought two scratch-off lottery tickets at a Shell gas station in Murfreesboro, and he reportedly asked the clerk to check if the $20 diamond and gold tickets […]