Olympics
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Team USA Is One Gold Medal Away From Hitting the Over. What Are the Odds It’ll Get It?
Plus, Rodger discusses the ROC doping controversy and how that has affected his bet
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The Irreparable Harm of Kamila Valieva’s Olympic Experience
The Russian figure skater came into these Games being lauded as one of the greatest of all time. But after a positive test for a banned substance and a free skate program that carried the weight of that result, the 15-year-old will be remembered very differently.
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Olympic Men’s and Women’s Hockey Bets
Plus, hear who Rodger likes in women’s ski cross and short track as this year’s Games slowly wind down
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The Glory Days of Entertainment Weekly and Covering the Olympics With Ty Burr, Owen Gleiberman, and Jason Gay
Bryan also weighs in on why it’s important for reporters to be on site, even in a pandemic
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Five Best Olympic Bets Heading Into the Weekend
Rodger covers speed skating, monobob, slopestyle skiing, giant slalom, and, of course, snowboarding halfpipe
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Best Curling Bets
Also, Rodger explains why one team’s nontraditional makeup is similar to Kevin Durant joining the Warriors
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Winter Chill: Olympian Jamie Anderson’s Freestyle Life, On and Off the Slopes
The gold-medal-winning snowboarder is back to compete in the Beijing Games—but first a meditation session, Tibetan singing bowl, and insight into the conveyor-belt mentality that helps keep her going in the sport
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Every Winter Olympic Event, Ranked by How Terrified I’d Be to Participate in It
The Winter Games are not for the faint of heart—as evidenced by luges that travel 90 mph, skating events in which adult humans are flung around like dolls, and ski courses that would certainly spell doom for novices. But which event is truly the most terrifying?
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The Ringer’s 42 Favorite Sports Moments of 2021
From the Giannis breakthrough to the Ohtani experience to the greatest incomplete pass in NFL history, here are the sports moments that defined our year
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The NHL’s Stars Aren’t Going to the Olympics. And for Some, This Was Their Last Chance.
With COVID surging through the NHL, the league and NHLPA have pulled players out of the Olympics. That means some young stars continue to miss major international opportunities—and others will miss their final chance at playing in the Games.
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What Is an NBA Superstar’s Olympic Responsibility?
The Athletic’s Jovan Buha discusses his feature on Nikola Jokic’s reception in his Serbia after choosing not to play in the Olympics
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Max Homa on Goal Setting and How He Wants to Improve
House and Hubbard also talk Bryson DeChambeau and preview the Wyndham Championship
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Chris Cuomo, Reinventing the NBA Draft, and the Olympics Viewing Nightmare
Bryan and David unpack Chris Cuomo’s role at CNN amid sexual harassment allegations against his brother, talk through the reinvention of the NBA draft, and more
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Wrapping Up the Olympics, the ‘He’s All That’ Trailer, and ‘The Princess Diaries 2’
Plus, Liz, Kate, and Amelia discuss Lily James’s Pamela Anderson transformation
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Flag Football Could Be Coming to the Olympics. Yes, Really.
The idea of flag football in the Summer Games may seem completely absurd. However, the push to get this version of the sport in the 2028 Olympic program has already begun.
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USA-France, Disappearing Dame, Ben Simmons, and the Knicks With Wosny Lambre and Joe House
Plus: Fantasy football sleepers with Craig Horlbeck
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Karate Is Now an Olympic Sport. It’s Not What You Think.
It’s time to familiarize yourself with kata—and with a group of Olympians who put the art into martial arts
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Meet the Most Unlikely Two-Sport Athlete in Olympic History
There’s a small group of Olympians who’ve competed in both the Summer and Winter Games. But there’s never been anybody like Eddy Alvarez, the speedskating second baseman.
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Vashti Cunningham Is Raising the Bar
As a father, a coach, and a pastor, former NFL star Randall Cunningham has taught his high-jumping daughter everything he knows. Now, as she readies for her second Olympics, she’s jumping into her own.
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The Greatest Dynasty You Don’t Know Could Soon Get Even Better
Tokyo’s games feature plenty of remarkable teams, but Team USA women’s water polo might be the best of them
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What Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney Tells Us About the Movie Industry Right Now
Plus, the ‘House of Gucci’ Trailer and ‘The White Lotus’ Episode 4
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How U.S. Women’s Basketball Became a Dream Team Like No Other
Team USA’s women’s hoops dominance is more than just breathtaking. It’s a glimpse of a striking reality.
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For Two-Sport Olympic Hopeful Nathan Ikon Crumpton, the Finish Line Is Just the Beginning
The sprinter representing American Samoa finished last in his Tokyo heat, but the Winter Games—and his quest to also become an Olympian in skeleton—are just around the corner.
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Give Olympic Horses Their Damn Medals Already
It’s time to fix an egregious mistake and give the majestic horses in Tokyo the medals they deserve
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One Small Step for Mankind. Two Giant Jumps for JuVaughn Harrison.
No man has represented Team USA in both high jump and long jump since 1912—until now
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Simone Biles, NFL Training Camps, and Bob Costas on His New HBO Show
Bryan also talks to Costas about his famous interviews with Vince McMahon and his favorite parts of hosting the Olympics
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One Weight Lifter’s Transformative Journey to Achieving Her Olympic Quest
In 2018, weight lifter Mattie Rogers found out that her weight class wouldn’t be part of the Tokyo Games. To chase her Olympic dream, she had to go to extraordinary lengths.
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The Heroism of Simone Biles and Disappointment in Boosie
There’s also another installment of "What Were the Whites Thinking?" followed by some mailbag questions
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Hot Olympian Watch, ‘The Princess Diaries’ 20 Years Later, and Adam Driver Is a Centaur?
Plus, Lil Uzi Vert wants to buy a planet
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Simone Biles Is Both the Climber and the Mountain
The greatest gymnast of all time has always been defined by her strength. By withdrawing from the team and individual all-around events in Tokyo, she showed that strength in a new way—and keeps pushing the sport forward as a result.
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The Simone Biles Story and Why the “Twisties” Are So Dangerous
Rodger Sherman is joined by Emily Giambalvo to explain what caused Simone Biles to withdraw from competition at the Tokyo Olympics