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Carrie Krueger took one look at the giant wooden ski jump near her home in the Chicago suburbs and said, “What kind of parent would let their kid on that?” Her kid, Hope, had a different reaction. She was enthralled by the children she saw leaping off the jump and soaring through the air. “I saw it and I realized, this is my sport,” she said. “I can do this.”…

Even before Prohibition, erstwhile distillers were gathering in secret locations throughout rural areas in the south, brewing up homemade spirits to sell under the radar and away from alcohol taxes and bans. The drinks were made under the light of the moon, in hopes that no one would detect smoke rising from the stills and ultimately bust the operation—a practice that earned the booze its name “moonshine.” Moonshining dates back to the…

Subscribe for free!: iTunes | RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Ready for a new theme song? We are and we share it today. Plus we talk about our favorite late-round draft picks. Latest mocks, tiers, rankings and more Please make sure you subscribe (for free) to our Fantasy Baseball Today Podcast because we’ll be rolling out our position previews beginning next week. For now, let’s discuss players we haven’t talked…

On Wednesday, Dan Seifert published his review of the new LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, both of which run the new Android Wear 2.0. The Sport version, with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Android Pay, is undeniably huge. And that seems to be a bit of a problem for some in The Verge office. It also seems that LG and Google weren’t really thinking of women or anyone…

Women aren’t only headlining more main events in combat sports these days. They’re also surrounding the cage and ring, turning in some of the finest photography in both mixed martial arts and boxing. Esther Lin of MMAFighting.com and Showtime, Amanda Westcott and Stephanie Trapp of Showtime, and Liz Kreutz of Top Rank are constants at major bouts, producing work that’s disseminated worldwide. Inglewood’s Lin, a UCLA Film and Television School…

Caption Close Super Bowl week knocked us off schedule on a number of items, including the monthly report from Nielsen Audio on Houston sports radio ratings. We’ll get to the ratings in a moment, but first, the real bottom line of the radio business: the financial numbers submitted by the seven major chains that together own 25 stations – Cox, iHeart Media, CBS Radio, Univision, Radio One, Cumulus and Salem….

Six months after hosting South America’s first-ever Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Rio de Janeiro venues – some of which have been looted – sit mainly idle and already in disrepair, raising questions about a legacy that organisers promised would benefit the Brazilian city and its residents Looted and abandoned: Rio Olympic venues in state of disrepair Abandoned Athens Olympic 2004 venues: 10 years on – in pictures

‘NASCAR Race Hub’ brought on a mix of drivers for its latest roundtable discussion to preview the 2017 season, featuring Casey Mears, Michael Waltrip and David Ragan, along with America’s crew chief, Larry McReynolds. During a discussion about major storylines heading into 2017, the panel discussed the addition of Monster Energy as the title sponsor for the Cup Series and how the energy drink company will affect the sport. “It’s…

On Wednesday, Dan Seifert published his review of the new LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, both of which run the new Android Wear 2.0. The Sport version, with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Android Pay, is undeniably huge. And that seems to be a bit of a problem for some in The Verge office. It also seems that LG and Google weren’t really thinking of women or anyone…

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro pulled off last year’s Olympics, keeping crime at bay and fending off dire forecasts of corruption, environmental degradation, and cost overruns. Six months after South America’s first games, the flood gates have burst open. Rio organizers still owe creditors about $40 million. Four of the new arenas in the main Olympic Park have failed to find private-sector management, and ownership has passed to…

The sport is called “swimming and diving.” It says so on the backs of many warm-up jackets, although 11 of the 12 high school events are about racing end to end of the pool. And because diving is part of the sport, the Triangle can claim a state record-setter from the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A/2A state finals Thursday night at the Triangle Aquatic Center. Overall, diving accounted for…

With all due respect to the hundreds of hard-working crew members in the NASCAR garage, I’m thrilled that they won’t be fixing wrecked race cars and sending them out on the tracks anymore. But I’m curious if, in the process of doing the right thing, NASCAR didn’t inadvertently send a huge mixed message to its competitors. Allow me to explain. A couple of weeks ago, NASCAR announced that all races in…

September 29, 2016, marked a cool and damp evening in Pittsburgh. PNC Park was sparsely populated for game No. 159 of the regular season, the final Pirates’ home game of the campaign. The hosts had little to play for, having been eliminated from postseason contention, failing to make the playoffs after three consecutive trips to the postseason. The visiting Cubs had already secured a playoff spot and the best…

Usually, these things tend to go in one direction. We talk about a player who seems underrated, and then, in time, that player becomes rated more or less appropriately. We’ve seen this happen with, say, Jose Quintana, who used to be considered a nobody even while he was pitching out of his mind. A lot more people now know how good Kyle Seager is. People know how good Starling…

With the conclusion of the Super Bowl each year, anticipation for baseball season soon follows. But while Major League Baseball is just beginning its 1.5-month Spring Training slog into the regular season, college baseball is just around the corner. In one week, 70 programs will kick off their 2017 seasons on Feb. 17 with their sights set on clinching a trip to Omaha, Nebraska in June for the…

MIAMI — The Kushner family, which already has close ties to the White House, may soon join Major League Baseball. Joshua Kushner, whose older brother is an adviser to President Trump, has a preliminary agreement to buy the Miami Marlins for about $1.6 billion, a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said Friday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity…

“At 32 years of age, LeBron is leading the league in minutes played with 37.7 minutes per game. That’s too many. The last four games of this road trip, he played 40 minutes against the Knicks on Saturday. He played 42 in an overtime game against the the Wizards, 38 on Wednesday night against the Pacers and 41 last night. Skip, that’s too many! “This is the second time…

On Wednesday, Dan Seifert published his review of the new LG Watch Sport and LG Watch Style, both of which run the new Android Wear 2.0. The Sport version, with LTE, GPS, and NFC for Android Pay, is undeniably huge. And that seems to be a bit of a problem for some in The Verge office. It also seems that LG and Google weren’t really thinking of women or anyone…

During Thursday night’s UCLA game, one unfortunate Bruins cheerleader took a brutal fall during a performance at a timeout break. She fell all the way from the top of the pyramid flat on her butt. When assistance arrived to carry her off the floor, the man slipped on what appeared to be a loose bag, causing the man to go tumbling face first and dropping her again. Ouch! Fortunately, the…

Williams has been playing great for Dallas, averaging 13.5 points and 7.1 assists in 30.1 minutes per game. The Cavaliers have reportedly inquired about Williams’ availability, and if the Mavericks don’t believe they can make the playoffs by the time the trade deadline rolls around, they may have interest in setting Williams free.  (This is assuming, of course, that the toe injury that’s sidelined Williams for the past eight…