Image: Christopher Polk/Getty Images By Morgan Sung2018-03-27 00:23:14 UTC Aly Raisman is tired of victim-shaming over clothing choices. The U.S. Olympic gymnast tweeted on Sunday that “Leotards r not the problem,” calling out critics of the gymnastics uniform for victim-shaming and “implying survivors should feel it’s their fault.” Raisman, an…
Image: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images By Morgan Sung2018-02-24 01:08:34 UTC Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, the gold-winning figure skaters from Canada, are the Ross and Rachel of this year’s Winter Olympics. Although Moir addressed romance rumors as “none of your business” — complete with sassy snaps — their fans are still…
A man impersonating North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un caused quite the stir at the Winter Olympics.Image: YELIM LEE/AFP/Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2018-02-15 00:40:38 UTC Guess someone was going to do it. A Kim Jong-un impersonator went to greet North Korean cheerleaders at the Winter Olympics, and you can bet it…
Olympian Adam Rippon has spoken candidly about his starvation diet for the same reason he publicly came out: to start a conversation. The U.S. figure skating champion told the New York Times of his incredibly strict 2016 diet, which consisted of three pieces of bread and not much else. “It…
Competing at an Olympics is a serious affair, not that it seems to worry Fabian Bösch too much. The 20-year-old Swiss skier isn’t due to compete until next Sunday in the men’s Slopestyle event, so in the meantime he’s having a bit of fun — or you could call it…
The 2018 Pyeongchang Games are officially underway and now it’s a race to see which country scores the most golds and overall medals in the next two weeks. On Saturday, The Netherlands pulled off a medals sweep in the women’s 3,000-meter speed skating event, making them the first country to…
Go get ’em.Image: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images By Shannon Connellan2018-01-10 04:52:56 UTC Figure skater Adam Rippon will be the first openly gay man to compete for the United States in the Winter Olympics. The 28-year-old celebrated qualifying for the Games, which take place in February in South Korea, in a tweet…
Toyota plans to show of its self-driving cars at the 2020 Summer Olympic games in Tokyo, a similar timeframe to most automakers. The Japanese government is hoping to have autonomous cars driving before that time, to help with the influx of visitors to the country. Demonstrations will be held at…
Now that the Olympics has added three-on-three basketball as a medal-worthy competition, the usually street ball/playground-based game is big time, and Ice Cube is about to cash in on it. Actually, the rapper/actor announced his Big 3 league long before the Olympics added the sport to the 2020 games (in…
