2016 olympics

Is the world ready for Ryan Lochte's 'new image'?

New year, new Ryan Lochte? That's what one company wants you to believe with 2016's disgraced Olympian at the center of its new advertising campaign. PowerBar made the bold decision...

Aly Raisman calls sexy SI swimsuit shoot 'empowering'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7d7IfHbkZM Hitting the balance beam in a leotard is nothing new for Aly Raisman, but rocking a two-piece for the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue was uncharted territory for the confident...

The craziest sports stories of 2016 that you probably missed

The Cubs broke a 108-year curse in epic fashion. Lebron produced "The Block" and a championship for starving Cleveland fans. UNC and Villanova put on one hell of a show....

Russia cops to Olympics doping — with one careful exception

Russian officials for the first time admitted to mass doping in the country's sports system, the New York Times reported, but dismissed suggestions the "institutional conspiracy" was state-sponsored -- meaning backed by President...

No Butts About It: The 16 Best Buns Of 2016 Film And Television

We have a present for you! Here are some of the best butts of 2016.

The story behind the most touching moment of Rio Olympics

Abbey D’Agostino toed the line before the first Olympic race of her career and felt at ease. This event, on this stage, among these people — the “epitome of athletic...

The Olympian who one-upped Ronda Rousey is coming to MMA

Two-time Olympic judo gold medalist Kayla Harrison is going to try her hand at MMA. Harrison, 26, has hinted in the past she would make the jump to MMA, but...

Bankrupt Rio is just the latest victim of the global-sports con game

Ryan “We Were Robbed” Lochte wasn’t the only one who took Brazilians for a ride with a tall tale. Three months after the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the state of...

Ryan Lochte turns down plea deal for lying about Rio 'robbery'

Disgraced Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has turned down a plea deal with Brazilian prosecutors to drop criminal charges connected to his tall tale of a gunpoint robbery, according to a...

Olympic swimmer recalls near-death drowning experience

When Cullen Jones was five years old his tube flipped and he was under water for 30 seconds.

Ryan Lochte's fiancée was the victim of a botched boob job

Being held up at gunpoint isn’t the only thing Ryan Lochte lied to NBC about during the Rio Olympics. Even though the swimmer told the network in a post-race interview...

Ryan Lochte's other lie: I had to say I was single during Olympics

Lochte and girlfriend Kayla Rae Reid got engaged in early October after 10 months of dating.

The rise and sudden fall of an Olympic sex symbol

Heading into the 2016 Rio Olympics, Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke had the world at her feet. She was one of the faces of Coca-Cola's international ad campaign, was featured on...

I bet against myself at the Olympics — and lost

If you bet against yourself and win, are you a winner or a loser? It’s a hard thing to wrap your head around, but Steven Donnelly made it possible. In...

Stripping wrestling coaches can't coach or strip for long time

Two Mongolian wrestling coaches who stripped to protest an officiating call at the Rio Olympics have been suspended for three years. According to a letter sent to the Mongolian federation...

This Olympian's diet allows him a 12-pack with no hangover

The last time I saw current Olympic record holder and gold medalist Ryan Crouser, he was barely old enough to watch R-rated movies. We were leaving the popular Brazilian churrascaria...

Two Olympic medalists, one pumped-up NYC high school

One high school. Two Olympians. It sounds like a the plot of a made-for-television movie, but it’s reality for Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens. On Tuesday morning, the...

Russian hackers target Williams sisters in Olympic drug use leak

Russian hackers broke into a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted confidential medical data of prominent American athletes online. WADA said Tuesday the attack — which targeted some female members of...

These four Paralympians would have won Olympic gold

If you didn't catch the Paralympics track meet on Monday night, you missed your chance to see the four fastest runners in the world in the men's 1,500 meters. That's right,...

Lochte feels 'hurt' by 'Dancing with the Stars' hecklers

http://www.hulu.com/watch/981802 LOS ANGELES— Ryan Lochte says he feels "a little hurt" after two men were arrested for allegedly rushing the stage following his performance on "Dancing with the Stars." The...