Articles by Les Carpenter
Its been two years since Australian breakdancer Raygun turned her disciplines lone Olympic appearance into a global farce. Yet she has never gone away. She lives on in memes and GIFs, forever dressedοΏ½...
PHILADELPHIA The hottest game had ended early Saturday evening and after more than 90 minutes of elbows, shoves and kicks to the shin, the players on France and Paraguay were still hot. Players from οΏ½...
UFC has said Sunday nights fight card at the White House is a celebration of Americas history, not politics, but the two seemed impossible to separate as the event started to take shape Wednesday aftοΏ½...
As expected, the Washington Commanders released a collection of new uniforms for their coming season. And as expected, the teams main uniforms continue to look nearly identical to the ones the team wοΏ½...
They call it sewer ball.
Its a hacky-sack circle, basically, but played with a soccer ball, and it has become a favorite pregame warmup for NHL hockey players. So on Sunday afternoon, not long beforοΏ½...
MILAN The scoreboard in the far corner of a convention hall-turned-speed skating stadium said Dutch skater Jutta Leerdam had just set an Olympic record in the womens 1,000-meter race Monday afternoonοΏ½...
MILAN Something seemed to be troubling Ilia Malinin on Saturday night. The worlds best male figure skater had lost the short program in the Olympic skating team event by 10 points to Japans Yuma KagiοΏ½...
MILAN The start of the womens short program at the Olympic figure skating team event was drawing close Friday afternoon, but American star Alysa Liu couldnt get to the Milano Skating Arena. She and hοΏ½...
MILAN Ilia Malinin ambles past figure skatings sequined angst with the cocksure bravado of a high school quarterback. His tousled blond hair, cut just long enough, waves like straw in the wind. He doοΏ½...
