With balls capable of whizzing across the tennis court at more than 150 miles per hour, you’re probably paying much more attention to that action than to the people darting around picking up the strays. But while working as a ball boy or ball girl may be no star turn, it does have its perks—namely, […]
After 15 years of pro tennis, world No. 14 Madison Keys knows a thing or two about rolling with the punches. Less than two months after a leg injury ended her 2024 Wimbledon run, Keys, 29, is already back to fight for her next title: She’s taking on the US Open—the final major of the […]
The other day, I was mindlessly scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video of an athlete gliding through the water to the sound of Dory’s “Just Keep Swimming” from Finding Nemo. I didn’t think much of it until the athlete slammed his head against the pool wall to a cartoon-like sound effect. Then […]
I don’t know about you, but watching the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony felt like waking up from a two week-long trance during which I became a boxing buff, canoeing connoisseur, and Ilona Maher super fan. I laughed, I cried, and then cried some more as I watched so many dreams come true for tons of […]
We’ll admit to nursing a little bit of an Olympic hangover these past couple of days. This post on X/Twitter by @stokaljona on Sunday may have put it best: “Can’t believe that tomorrow we’re meant to wake up and there will be no Olympics all day. How can this possibly be acceptable.” We wish there […]
There were tons of moments to remember from Paris 2024, but one thing that stuck out to us? Women athletes were doing some really amazing things at these Games. Case in point: Out of the 126 total Olympic medals won by Team USA athletes, more than half of them—67—were earned by female athletes. In fact, […]
The 2024 Paris Games kicked off with a rainy boat ride down the (sorta-safe?) Seine River and an emotional performance by Celine Dion—her first since being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome. And it wrapped up with the women’s marathoners grinding out 26.2 miles along a grueling course, where throngs of fans saved their loudest cheers […]
The issue of trans athletes competing in sport has remained, frustratingly, a heated debate. But Nikki Hiltz, a Team USA middle-distance runner, is sprinting through—quite literally—alllll that noise: On August 10, they became the first openly trans or nonbinary person to compete in the women’s 1,500-meter final, as USA Today reports, as well as in […]
It’s been a while since the Olympics have been, well, this fun. Whatever is in the air (we won’t talk about what’s in the water—specifically in the Seine), we’d like to bottle it up. Snoop Dogg in full equestrian garb, dancing with a horse? Yes, please. Ilona Maher looking for love in the Olympic Village […]
You’ve probably heard of famous celeb alter egos like Beyonce’s Sasha Fierce, Eminem’s Slim Shady, and David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, but what about the Hulk? We don’t mean Marvel’s Bruce Banner—we’re talking about Olympian shot putter Raven Saunders, whose transformation was on full display at the qualifiers in Paris on August 8. Saunders, a 28-year-old […]