Photo courtesy of Suzy Favor Hamilton By Kim Constantinesco No different from cancer, severe mental illness is a disease that affects the entire family. Former middle-distance runner and three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton, 48, knows that all too well. As a top athlete, she has performed on the world's biggest stage, but the spotlight never illuminated her [...]
Hed Cycling CEO Anne Hed. Photo: Enterprise Minnesota Our top five stories from August: 5. George Garcia Jr. Will Compete In The Nautica Malibu Triathlon For The Fifth Time As An Amputee George Garcia Jr. could have quit. He could have resolved to living the rest of his life in a wheelchair and faced the realities of his [...]
Sarah Robles is the strongest woman in America. By taking bronze in the 2016 Olympics, the 28-year-old from San Diego became the first American woman to medal in weightlifting in 16 years. That's just half her story, though. Robles is also a huge advocate for positive body image. She's not small like a gymnast, nor lean like a runner, but [...]
What's the best case scenario for two siblings competing against one another in the Olympics? Coming in first and second, of course. Brothers Alistair Brownlee and Jonathan Brownlee took home gold and silver, respectively, in the men's triathlon. They swam 1.5 kilometers, biked 40 kilometers, and finished the day off by running 10 kilometers. Alistair and Jonathan, who represent Great [...]
Photo: First We Feast Sure, all those gold medal performances we're seeing at the Olympics are powered by heart and by years of intense training. But they're also fueled by good nutrition, and the mounds of food provided in the Olympic Village. Needing to feed 18,000 athletes and coaches three square meals a day for weeks requires over [...]
Simone Biles is on an absolute tear. On Sunday, she became the first American woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal on vault. With the victory, she also became the first female gymnast from the U.S. to win three golds in one Olympics. The 19-year-old Texasn averaged a 15.966 on her two vaults in the finals. No. 1: [...]
Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin, 26, has hung up her leotard, but she is still neck deep in Olympic spirit. The former gymnast is in Rio de Janeiro covering the Olympic Games, and even though she isn't going for another U.S. gold, she is still capturing the heart of a nation. Liukin listed her Boston apartment on Airbnb while she's [...]
Photo: General Mills All of the great athletes, at one time or another, get to take their spot on the cover of a Wheaties box. All but four-time Olympic gold medalist diver, Greg Louganis. Until now. Louganis never got his "Breakfast of Champions" stamp because, “Their [Wheaties] response was that I didn’t fit their wholesome demographics or whatever. [...]
Ryan Gambrell promoting triathlons. Photo: @rgambrell/Twitter It was a short but sweet month for us when it came to the sports stories that captivate the heart and the mind. Here's a look at our top five stories for February: 5. Katie Leimkuehler Filming Documentary On Paul Leimkuehler, The "Grandfather of Handicap Skiing" Even though Katie Leimkuehler’s grandfather, Paul [...]
The last time the U.S. Men's Weightlifting team won an Olympic medal was in 1984. Their last gold medal? Fifty-six years ago. This summer in Rio, their hopes ride high all because of 15-year-old lifting prodigy C.J. Cummings. At 5'4" and 150 pounds, the sophomore from Beaufort, S.C. looks more like a spectator than a competitor. Don't let his size [...]