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Tag: the olympics
NBC is going to give Simone Biles her own Popemobile
We’re now mere days away from the Olympics, and there’s not much to add to how much of a mess they already are. The virus has already gotten within the Olympic village , it’s within those who are soon going to be at the village, and it’s already waylaid a couple of the biggest stars […]
International drama as Ugandan Olympic weightlifter breaks security bubble
Julius Ssekitoleko may not have thought this one all the way through. Read more…
Anti-boinking measures at Olympics officially surpass gold medal-level stupidity
Sex in the Olympic Village is a talking point at every Games, as if somehow it’s surprising that a bunch of young, hot, athletic people from all over the world have a habit of getting it on with members of the tiny subset of people who they can connect with over their very interesting and […]
Who should be ‘next men up’ for Team USA if more replacements are needed?
This is not what the R&R Partners meant by “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” Read more…
Both of these things can be true
It was a little bit curious when Liz Cambage did not play in the WNBA All-Star Game on Wednesday night, even though she has been in uniform and had made an agreement with Team Australia coach Sandy Brondello, to be able to leave the national team’s pre-Olympic camp and play in the exhibition. Read more…
Maybe it is still March 2020
The phrase “out of an abundance of caution” is so 2020, but here we are in 2021, seeing it again. Read more…
Are Nigeria’s D’Tigers d’sleepers in this year’s Olympics?
Nigeria, currently No . 22 in the world , is the third-lowest ranked men’s basketball club to have qualified for the Olympics, which will begin on July 23. Read more…
Gregg Popovich’s entire tenure with Team USA has been a failure
Over the past 17 years, every time the United States men’s basketball national team has been terrible, Gregg Popovich has been on the sidelines. And that’s not an opinion, either. It’s a fact. Read more…
No, you cannot hit a 100 mph fastball
The incredibly stupid debate over whether it’s harder to hit a 100 mph fastball or hit a half-court shot has been on the internet for a while, because if there’s a stupid debate to be had, it’ll happen online at some point. Read more…