Topic: Sports

An Olympic Gold Medalist Is Dead After His Boat Capsized During America's Cup Training

AP

A familiar set of questions is being asked after a 72-foot catamaran belonging to Artemis Racing capsized in the San Francisco Bay, trapping a British sailor underwater for ten minutes on Thursday afternoon.

By John Hudson

Dec 9, 2009

Lightning Rod

Glenn Beck: Tiger Woods = O.J. Simpson?

The conservative shock jock asks a bizarre "Christmas question"

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By Mara Gay

Dec 8, 2009

Focus Falls on Tiger's Mistresses in Endless Scandal

What the golfer's taste in women says about his character

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 8, 2009

Anyone But the Quarterbacks for This Year's Heisman

Sports nuts favor some unexpected candidates for best college football player of the year

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By Heather Horn

Dec 8, 2009

Good Question!

What's the Price of an Affair?

Felix Salmon ponders the economics of the Tiger Woods scandal

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By Carl Franzen

Dec 7, 2009

Lightning Rod

Tiger's Wife Moves Out

Gossip blogs add to the list of transgressions, so Elin takes a hike

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By Carl Franzen

Dec 7, 2009

Breaking Ranks

Tiger Woods: Anti-Christ?

The "first church" founded in the pro-golfer's name disbands

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By Heather Horn and Katharine Rust

Dec 4, 2009

Live Reactions to the 2010 World Cup Draw

Livebloggers and Tweeters go hog-wild over America's felicitous grouping

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 3, 2009

Why the NFL's New Concussion Policy Doesn't Go Far Enough

The league is finally doing something about concussions, but is it enough?

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By Mara Gay

Dec 3, 2009

5 Things Tiger Taught Us

What Tiger Woods's crisis of "transgressions" says about the rest of us

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By Mara Gay

Dec 2, 2009

Lightning Rod

Tiger's Not-So-Private 'Transgressions'

The golfer comes clean about his affairs and pleads for privacy

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By Katharine Rust

Dec 1, 2009

Cheers And Jeers For Marion Jones's Comeback

The fallen track star returns ... to play basketball

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By Mara Gay

Dec 1, 2009

The Tiger Woods Incident: Was It Domestic Violence?

If so, pundits say the famous couple owes America an explanation--and wife Elin Nordegren should pay for the crime

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 30, 2009

What Charlie Weis's Firing Says About Notre Dame

The Fighting Irish lose a football coach, and all the blame is falling on the university

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 30, 2009

Is Serena Williams's Record-Setting Fine Too Harsh?

The tennis star gets handed punishment for her U.S. Open outburst.

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By Mara Gay

Nov 30, 2009

Lightning Rod

Tiger Woods Wants Privacy

Whether he likes it or not, the drama is public

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By Carl Franzen

Nov 28, 2009

Questions Swirl Around Tiger Woods's Car Crash

An odd early morning accident outside the pro golfer's home spurs speculation about his health

Comments | 172 Views

By Katharine Rust

Nov 24, 2009

3 Reasons to Avoid Thanksgiving Football, Though We Know You Won't

Whether in the backyard or on your TV, football may not be worth it this year.

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 19, 2009

Big Plays and Takeaways From World Cup Qualifiers

For Americans, neophytes, and soccer lovers, a recap of an epic week in the world's biggest sport

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By John Hudson

Nov 17, 2009

Lightning Rod

Bud Adams Flips the Bird

The 86-year-old Tennessee Titans owner gives the finger to foes

Comments | 40 Views

By Katharine Rust

Nov 13, 2009

Good Question!

Should Football Lose The Helmet?

The headgear may do more harm than good

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 5, 2009

Handing Out Credit for the Yankees' World Series Win

How did baseball's triumphant team make it back to the top?

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By Mara Gay

Nov 3, 2009

What It Means To Be an American Athlete

The first American to win the NYC Marathon since 1982 is an Eritrean immigrant. Is the victory any less sweet?

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By Katharine Rust

Nov 2, 2009

Lightning Rod

Alex Rodriguez's Centaur Self-Portrait

Twitter is abuzz about the Yankees slugger's two paintings

Comments | 399 Views

By Katharine Rust

Nov 1, 2009

Favre Returns To Lambeau

Brett Favre is back to play at Green Bay

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 30, 2009

Congress Butts Heads With NFL Over Player Concussions

Recapping the NFL Commissioner's Congressional testimony on brain damage.

Comments | 163 Views

By Katharine Rust

Oct 28, 2009

5 Reasons Why The Yankees Will Win The World Series

With 26 championships under their belt, here's why the winningest team in baseball is prepared to win...again

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 28, 2009

Screed

'Andre Agassi Was a Tweaker'

Sports writer Ray Ratto hates on tennis star's meth habit, athletes

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By Katharine Rust

Oct 27, 2009

Two Takes on the NBA's Age Limit

Basketball lovers offer solutions to the problems with professional basketball's age limit

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By Mara Gay

Oct 26, 2009

Screed

'A Little Off-the-Books Nookie'

A Fox Sports writer says women in the workplace have ruined monogamy. Is he joking?

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By John Hudson

Oct 23, 2009

Spatwatch

Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas Sweat it Out

Two basketball legends sling insults

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 22, 2009

Previews of the Phillies World Series

Greased poles, unruly fans, first-class sluggers and more

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By Mara Gay

Oct 21, 2009

Violence in Rio Revives Concerns Over 2016 Games

Columnists greet news of brutal violence with temperance

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By John Hudson

Oct 16, 2009

Cliché Watch

Cheerleading Is Not a Sport

USA Today takes a middle school cliché and runs with it

Comments | 303 Views

By Max Fisher

Oct 15, 2009

Who Won the Day?

Rick Moran on Limbaugh's Football Bid

When did the NFL became a bastion of political correctness?

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 15, 2009

Rush Limbaugh's St. Louis Rams Bid Gets Benched

Left-wing laughter erupts as the St. Louis Rams reject Rush Limbaugh's bid

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By John Hudson

Oct 9, 2009

Should Golf Be an Olympic Sport?

After a century-long break, golf rejoins the Olympics, delighting some of the sport's best players

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By Carl Franzen

Oct 7, 2009

Booing Rush Limbaugh's Play for the St. Louis Rams

Rush Limbaugh's bid to become the owner of the NFL's most woebegone team finds few fans

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By John Hudson

Oct 6, 2009

Cliché Watch

NFL's Most Valuable Clichés

Bob Costas surveys the most infuriating clichés covered by sports journalists

Comments | 345 Views

By Mara Gay

Oct 6, 2009

Good Question!

Do Marathons Make You Healthy?

A blogger bashfully admits that racing didn't grant him a lifetime of fitness

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 2, 2009

Who Won the Day?

Steve Clemons on Brazil's Olympic Win

Why everyone wins when Rio de Janeiro hosts the games

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Oct 2, 2009

Why Chicago's Olympic Elimination Is a Good Thing

Five reasons that the decision to reject the Windy City's bid is for the best

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Sep 28, 2009

Obama Goes Stumping for Chicago's 2016 Olympic Bid

Ambivalence greets the president's push to bring the 2016 games to his adopted hometown of Chicago

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By Carl Franzen

Sep 18, 2009

Handicapping Chicago's Olympic Bid

The President sends his better half to make the case for the Windy City, but not everyone agrees it should get the games

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By Benjamin F. Carlson

Sep 15, 2009

Cliché Watch

'It Was What It Was, I'm Just Moving On'

The New York Times calls out Serena Williams for falling back on the hoariest clichés in the arrogant athlete's book

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By Mara Gay

Sep 14, 2009

By Katharine Rust

Sep 10, 2009

Are You Ready for Some Football?

The NFL kicks off its season tonight and season predictions are in

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 9, 2009

Lightning Rod

Worst Sports Column Ever?

A California journalist tries and fails to recap highlights from the last two decades

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 8, 2009

Tennis Upstart Draws Raves

Melanie Oudin, the 17-year-old Georgia phenom, has stolen Roger Federer's spotlight and commentators' hearts at the U.S. Open

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By Katharine Rust

Sep 1, 2009

What the Williams Sisters Mean to Tennis

Will the sport ever be the same? Could they be even greater?

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By Katharine Rust

Aug 28, 2009

Redeeming Pete Rose

Legendary third-baseman Mike Schmidt pens an op-ed asking: why is gambling a worse crime for baseball than steroids?

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