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Because the British have a notoriously elegant sense of humor, they've been quite taken with the names of Olympians like luger Semen Pavlichenko and ski jumper Andreas Wank. Wait 'til they get a load of this guy.

The first measured ski jump was explicitly a show of manhood. In 1809, the story goes, a lieutenant in the Norwegian military launched himself 9.5 meters through the air "to show his soldiers what a courageous fellow he ...

[Figure skater and NBC commentator Johnny Weir enters his fourth straight day of Olympic sartorial heroism with what can only be a tribute to the games' most important story, lead announcer Bob Costas' conjunctivitis.]

Manchester United did not lose on Sunday, but few defeats in David Moyes' managerial career will have tasted worse than the draw against Premier League basement-dwellers Fulham at Old Trafford.

Rush Limbaugh had a variety of strange reactions to the news that Michael Sam could be the NFL's first gay player. Many people were happy when Sam came out. Limbaugh, though, wanted to make a series of other rambling poi...

Ever watch the Olympics and wish you could compete in bobsledding? Or wonder what it feels like to whip around a track at very high speeds? While 230 American athletes are experiencing the Olympics firsthand in Sochi, y...

Tear-jerking video with Olympic skier. MUST-WATCH, NOW.

Turkish former Amateur and IABA World Series Of Boxing star Onder Ozgul is set to make his professional debut next month, when he features on the Dave Murphy Acourtier Events, double WBU European title headed, WARZONE ev...

Missouri defensive end and 2014 NFL draft prospect Michael Sam made headlines on Sunday when he announced that he was gay.  On Monday, Anderson Cooper 360 featured interviews with NFL linebacker Jonathan Vilma and forme...

When Julia Mancuso isn't winning medals at the Olympics or talking about her long-time "rivalry" with Lindsey Vonn, she is surfing, diving and swimming with dolphins in Maui. The twenty-nine year old trains in Hawaii dur...

Michael Sam of Missouri could become the first openly gay player in the NFL. Current pros say the main concern will be how well he plays.While politicians and others heaped praise Monday on NFL prospect Michael Sam for a...

When Mavericks, the famous big wave surf break in California, begins pumping 20 to 25 foot waves, surfers who dare challenge the wave can expect some nerve-racking intensity. Welp, as the clip below shows, Australian big...

A winter storm warning has convinced U.S. soccer officials to postpone the U.S. women's exhibition game against Russia from Wednesday to Thursday at the Georgia Dome.

Los Angeles Angels slugger Albert Pujols dropped a defamation lawsuit against Jack Clark on Monday after Clark issued a statement retracting his previous comments alleging that Pujols had used performance-enhancing drugs...

Trankov and Volosozhar seek to restore Russian dominance in pairs figure skating     

SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- The Dutch have taken their domination at the Olympic speedskating oval to a new level. They aren't just hoarding most of the medals. Now, they're keeping it in the family. Michel Mulder led another ...

By Ken Woods: Various fans and boxing pundits alike are clamoring for a mega fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. Everyone, followers and media members alike, should forget about the fight because it's not ...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) -- For years, Julia Mancuso's skiing accomplishments -- and there were many -- were overshadowed by Lindsey Vonn's. When it comes to Olympic Alpine events, though, no American woman comes cl...

Russia and former Soviet Union won pairs gold every Olympics from 1964 through 2006.

The true level of homophobia in the NFL will be unequivocally revealed at the 2014 NFL Draft. Michael Sam of the University of Missouri is the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year in the SEC. The SEC is universally acknowle...

Joe Harris hasn't had to score as much this season for No. 17 Virginia as he did a year ago. When the Cavaliers had their hands full with Maryland on…

Similar to what The New York Times did for the 100m dash in 2012, The Wall Street Journal has developed a great graphic to show just how much faster the top speed skaters have gotten over the years. The still above is pa...