Olympics

Michael Phelps Engaged To Girlfriend Nicole Johnson

Michael Phelps announced over the weekend that he’s engaged to his longtime on-and-off girlfriend Nicole Johnson. Michael Phelps Engaged Phelps,…

9 years ago

Toller Cranston, Olympic Medaling Skater, Dies At 65

Toller Cranston, the Canadian skater who won an Olympic bronze medal during his career, died Saturday in Mexico. He was 65. Toller…

9 years ago

'Marathon': Indie Film Aims To Tell Story Of Vanderlei de Lima, Olympian Who Was Attacked Mid-Marathon In 2004

Loyzo Smolinsky, who has worked behind the scenes on Saturday Night Live and The Leftovers, is hoping to make his…

10 years ago

Oscar Pistorius Sentencing: Former Olympian Gets 5 Years In Prison

Oscar Pistorius, the South African double-amputee Olympic runner, has been sentenced to five years in prison for his culpable homicide…

10 years ago

Michael Phelps Arrested For DUI In Baltimore

Michael Phelps, the Olympic gold medaling swimmer, was arrested Tuesday morning on a DUI charge in Baltimore, Md. Michael Phelps…

10 years ago

Oscar Pistorius Able To Compete For South Africa In Future Olympic Games

Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa in future Olympic events despite the fact that he’s been convicted…

10 years ago

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, Former Olympian, Released From Hospital After ATV Accident

Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, Olympic medaling swimmer, as released from Craig Hospital on Thursday, two months after she was injured in…

10 years ago

Australian Olympic Swimmer Ian Thorpe Comes Out As Gay

Ian Thorpe, the Australian Olympic swimming star, came out as gay in a recent interview after years of denying his…

10 years ago

Olympian Amy Van Dyken Rouen Severed Spine In ATV Accident, Can't Feel Legs

Amy Van Dyken, the six-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer, severed her spine over the weekend in an ATV accident in…

10 years ago

Tyson Gay Receives 1-Year Ban For Failing Drug Test

Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay has been suspended from competition for failing a drug test last summer for one year –…

10 years ago

Olympian Michael Phelps Stepping Out Of Retirement

Michael Phelps, the 22-time Olympic medalist, is expected to race in the Arena Grand Prix in Mesa, Ariz., towards the…

10 years ago

Julia Mancuso Headed Back To The Slopes

American alpine skier Julia Mancuso hasn’t been home from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia for long, but she's already…

10 years ago

'Nancy & Tonya' NBC Documentary Recap: Tonya Harding Maintains Her Innocence, Nancy Kerrigan Tells Her Side

NBC aired Nancy & Tonya on Sunday, a documentary featuring interviews of ice skating stars Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding…

10 years ago

Russia Pokes Fun At Opening Ceremony Ring Fail In Closing Ceremony

Russia took advantage of the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony on Sunday, Feb. 23, to poke fun at itself by referencing…

10 years ago

Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Recap: The Giant Mechanical Bear Misha Re-emerged To Extinguish Olympic Flame

The 2014 Olympics officially came to an end Sunday night, with an impressive closing ceremony featuring the three Sochi mascots,…

10 years ago

Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Gold In Women'™s Slalom At Sochi, Talks Future Olympics

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin happily left her first Olympics with a gold medal in the women’s slalom – but plans…

10 years ago

Polina Edmunds Proves Herself In Olympic Debut At Sochi

Polina Edmunds, the 15-year-old figure skater from the U.S., may not have medaled, but she certainly left her mark on…

10 years ago

Ashley Wagner Speaks Out Against Figure Skating Scoring

Ashley Wagner, the American figure skater, believes that something needs to be done about the state of the scoring by…

10 years ago

Sarah Burke Honored By Olympic Skiers At Sochi

If it wasn’t for Sarah Burke, there might not have been a ski halfpipe event to compete in at the…

10 years ago

Russian Skater Adelina Sotnikova Wins Gold At Sochi

Adelina Sotnikova, who skated for Russia at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, stunned the skating world when she beat out…

10 years ago