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Today, swimming has more gender mixing than ever, and most people associated with the sport embrace it. At many colleges (including my own, William and Mary), the men’s and women’s teams now compete at meets together, with the sexes alternating events. Mixed-gender relays—two men and two women—were added to the 2015 swimming world championships, and there’s talk about making them part of the Olympics. And you won’t find a sport…

Two weeks of Olympic coverage are a rare time when sustained coverage of female sports stars hits the headlines. The airwaves are full of women running, jumping, cycling and riding. Yet outside the period of major sporting festivals, evidence from the Women’s Sports and Fitness Foundation suggests that only 5% of total sports coverage relates to activities by women. Women’s sport attracts a tiny proportion of the total sponsorship and,…

Charlie Webster, a television host working with the Team GB Olympic media team, was in an induced coma in a Rio hospital on Wednesday night with a rare strain of malaria. The former Sky Sports presenter, 33, is thought to have contracted the disease on a charity bike ride. She cycled 3,000 miles from London’s Olympic Stadium to Rio to raise funds for the Jane Tomlinson Foundation, and was due to…

ENLARGE Volvo Car Corp. and ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. have signed a $300 million agreement to co-develop autonomous sport-utility vehicles that will either be used as self-driving taxis or sold to consumers. The two companies will announce the joint project Thursday, saying the Swedish auto maker will conduct much of the initial engineering on a platform for an XC90 SUV that is capable of piloting itself. At some point,…

Sports Direct is to undertake an external evaluation of its board of directors, following criticism of the retailer’s corporate governance. The company also revealed in a stock market statement on Thursday that it will publish a report into how it treats its workers before the retailer’s annual shareholder meeting next month. Mike Ashley’s retail group, which is facing a shareholder revolt over the re-appointment of its chairman, Keith Hellawell, at…

Ryan Lochte won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but he’s gained much more attention at the games for what happened out of the pool. Or at least what he says happened. Lochte claimed he and swimming teammates Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were robbed early in the morning of Aug. 14 in Rio. That is only the start of what has become a bizarre story…

Charlie Webster, a television host working with the Team GB Olympic media team, was in an induced coma in a Rio hospital on Wednesday night with a rare strain of malaria. The former Sky Sports presenter, 33, is thought to have contracted the disease on a charity bike ride. She cycled 3,000 miles from London’s Olympic Stadium to Rio to raise funds for the Jane Tomlinson Foundation, and was due to…

All athletes train hard and develop skills as well as endurance, but what are the toughest sports in the world? And what is it that makes them the toughest? That depends who you ask. “Regardless of what the sport is, when you’re competing at the highest levels they are all extremely difficult,” says Prof Niall Moyna, head of the school of health and human performance at Dublin City University. What…

Sports Illustrated Something fishy is going on. Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg have pointed out that Under Armour’s star athlete, Michael Phelps, isn’t wearing Under Armour on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s wearing Nike. “This will go on the wall at Nike,” Rick Burton, who previously worked as a US Olympic Committee chief marketing officer, told Bloomberg. “Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors.” An Under Armour representative and…

Andy Murray, who previously won the Cincinnati Masters in 2008 and 2011, now has a 5-2 head-to-head record against Argentina’s Monaco Olympic champion Andy Murray picked up where he left off in Rio by beating Juan Monaco in the Cincinnati Masters. Murray, the first player to defend an Olympic singles title, secured his 19th successive victory by a 6-3 6-2 margin. The 29-year-old, who had a bye in round one,…

NEW YORK — As Usain Bolt’s smile as he crossed the 100 meter finish line reminds us, for all the video from Rio, it’s a single frame capturing a single moment that tells some of the most compelling stories.  Usain Bolt of Jamaica competes in the Men’s 100 meter semifinal on Day 9 of the 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on August 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro. That’s no surprise…

Though the two housing complexes had long been the target of developers, previous efforts to raze Techwood and Clark Howell had failed, due either to a lack of political will or the difficulty of removing the residents. But when Atlanta won its Olympics bid, the desire to showcase the city before hundreds of thousands of athletes, tourists and foreign dignitaries finally greased the wheels for the projects’ demolition. “The Olympics…

Media playback is not supported on this device Bolt charges to finish in 200m semi Usain Bolt ran his fastest time of the season to win his Olympic 200m semi-final in 19.78 seconds as Justin Gatlin missed out on a place in the final. Jamaica’s Bolt has already won the 100m and is now aiming for an eighth Olympic gold by retaining his 200m title. But American Gatlin, who won…

i Brazil’s Neymar soars over Honduras’ goalkeeper Luis Lopez as he scores just 15 seconds into their semifinal game on Wednesday in Rio’s Maracana Stadium. Brazil won 6-0 to advance to the gold medal game on Saturday against Germany — the team that knocked Brazil out of the 2014 World Cup with a lopsided victory. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption toggle caption Silvia Izquierdo/AP Brazil’s Neymar soars over Honduras’ goalkeeper Luis…

Photo credit: Clive Rose/Getty Images Swimming, like most racing sports, is relatively simple. Competitors swim back and forth across a pool, for a set distance, using a set stroke. There are more technical skills needed to succeed in the pool than on the track, but hydrodynamic butterfly entry techniques aside, it’s a straightforward sport, and determining the hierarchy in a given event is a matter of putting everyone in a…

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Sports Illustrated Something fishy is going on. Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg have pointed out that Under Armour’s star athlete, Michael Phelps, isn’t wearing Under Armour on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s wearing Nike. “This will go on the wall at Nike,” Rick Burton, who previously worked as a US Olympic Committee chief marketing officer, told Bloomberg. “Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors.” An Under Armour representative and…

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email print comment ESPN’s Buster Olney is on vacation this week, but he’s still compiling roundups. View Wednesday’s roundup here. Baseball is the greatest game in the world. If you need proof, look no further than the fact that baseball, like no other sport, has an amazing capacity to spark genuine and even heated debate. Baseball fans and media like nothing more than to talk about what…

A detailed shot of shorts worn by goalkeeper Hope Solo #1 of United States are seen before the game against Sweden on day seven of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 12, 2016 in Brazil. “I thought we played a courageous game,” declared Hope Solo, the USA women’s soccer goalie, reacting to a shocking upset. “I think we showed a lot of heart. We came back from a goal…

Sports Illustrated Something fishy is going on. Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg have pointed out that Under Armour’s star athlete, Michael Phelps, isn’t wearing Under Armour on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He’s wearing Nike. “This will go on the wall at Nike,” Rick Burton, who previously worked as a US Olympic Committee chief marketing officer, told Bloomberg. “Under Armour must be going wild behind closed doors.” An Under Armour representative and…