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Paris 2024 Olympics: How the Games are being used to marginalize the most vulnerable

A man walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Paris City Hall in July 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) by Umer Hussain, Wilkes University; Adam...

Kelvin Kiptum: the Kenyan runner who redefined what it takes to win marathons

Kelvin Kiptum after setting a world record, running a marathon in 2 hours 35 seconds in Chicago, 2023. Michael Reaves/Getty Images by Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu,...

50-year-old muscles just can’t grow big like they used to

A couple piggyback together on the tennis court. Getty Images – the biology of how muscles change with age by Roger Fielding, Tufts University There is perhaps no...

Rising costs of climate change threaten to make skiing a less diverse, even more exclusive sport

by Brian P. McCullough, Texas A&M University and Lance Warwick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Watching skiers compete almost entirely on artificially made snow at...

What’s the IOC – and why doesn’t it do more about human rights issues related to the Olympics?

by Yannick Kluch, Virginia Commonwealth University and Eli Wolff, University of Connecticut The International Olympic Committee, a nongovernmental organization based in Switzerland that’s independent of...

Beijing Olympics may get points for boosting China’s international reputation, but Games are definitely gold for Xi Jinping’s standing at home

by David Bachman, University of Washington The 2022 Winter Games in Beijing provide many benefits for China, and really don’t have any downsides for the...

Black cancel culture and the Olympics– When is it too much?  

Jerome Crawford, director of legal operations and social equity at East Lansing-based Pleasantrees, says Black Twitter should slow down on the cancel culture.  by Sherri...

IN MEMORIAM: Olympic Champion, Humanitarian Rafer Johnson dies at 86

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Rafer Johnson, the first Black captain of a United States Olympic team, has died. He was 86. Johnson,...

Former UFC Champ-Champ Daniel Cormier recalls Hall of Fame career

Daniel Cormier was so successful in mixed martial arts, he made you forget that he wrestled for the U.S. in the 2004 and 2008...

Lo Lo Jones Says She’s Sick of Being Slandered, Slammed after Early ‘DWTS’ Exit

Lolo Jones says she felt “broken, unlovable” and “embarrassed” after she was eliminated from “Dancing with the Stars” Tuesday night and penned an emotional letter…

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