Jockey Sonny Leon didn’t turn down an invitation to visit President Joe Biden at the White House after his Kentucky Derby win, as social...
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No person has ever correctly predicted all 63 NCAA men’s basketball tournament games in a documented bracket.
A photo of Lia Thomas and three of her competitors was taken out of context after Thomas, a transgender swimmer, won an NCAA national...
A lockout — often confused with a player strike — is when the owners prevent the players from playing. The MLB has only ever...
Black athletes in the U.S. were never barred from competing in figure skating, but Jim Crow laws that persisted into the 1960s restricted access...
Although the U.S. has never finished outside of the top three countries at the Summer Olympics, it has frequently failed to make the top...
While Richardson had a fairly standard case that proved costly because of its timing, Valieva’s case has been unusual from the beginning.
The NFL works with charity organizations to donate pre-printed Super Bowl gear to people in need around the world.
It’s not uncommon for athletes with dual citizenship to switch which country they compete for, but that switch has to be made three years...
The IOC and NBC heavily restrict broadcast materials of the Olympic Games across all media, including social media.
Artificial snow has been used at the Winter Olympics since 1980, but the Beijing Olympics will be the first to almost entirely rely on...
The International Olympic Committee says it doesn’t issue prize money for the games. Instead, each nation can decide whether it wants to compensate its...
Advocacy groups stress that human trafficking involves both labor and sex trafficking, and that it's a problem every day of the year.
The New Orleans Jazz drafted Lusia Harris in 1977, although she never actually played in a game.
Athletes who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 must quarantine for 21 days to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
The CDC recommended that high-risk sports and activities should be canceled or held virtually in areas with high community spread as early as May...
There was a lot of misinformation and some surprising truths in 2021. Here are the stories you read the most this year.
The White House announced the diplomatic boycott as a stand against China's human rights abuses, but said U.S. government officials would support Team USA...
Aaron Rodgers claimed to have an uncommon condition among COVID-19 patients, called "COVID toe," which is a discoloration and swelling in the toes.