Communist Cuba, a regime that has for decades used sports competitions to elevate its geopolitical profile, has faced a series of embarrassments in the first days of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics – including a high-profile defection before the Games even began and a loss in boxing to a Cuban exile.
Former Olympic swimmer Klete Keller was reportedly among the rally-goers last week after a small group broke into the U.S. Capitol.
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Ryan Lochte has been suspended 14 months for an anti-doping violation after he received an intravenous infusion, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced on Monday.
Andy Warhol envisioned everyone getting their 15 Minutes of Fame in the future. George Orwell imagined everyone taking part in the Two Minutes Hate.
Los Angeles Police arrested two men after they rushed the stage following the dance performance of U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and his partner Monday night on “Dancing With the Stars.”
American Olympic swimming champion Ryan Lochte said he was “a little hurt” after two men rushed the stage and tackled him during his appearance Monday on the Season 23 premiere of Dancing with the Stars.
Thursday, on Fox Sports radio’s “Outkick the Coverage,” host Clay Travis accused the media of pushing “white privilege.” Travis said the media ran with stories such as Ryan Lochte’s time in Brazil and Peyton Manning’s mooning 20 years ago in order
Former Texas Governor, presidential candidate and converted Donald Trump booster Rick Perry is reported to be dancing the sidestep into the world of reality television this fall.
Police in Brazil want Ryan Lochte to return to give his account for what happened in the early morning hours of August 14.
During Monday’s “Speak for Yourself” on Fox Sports 1, co-host Jason Whitlock shared his reaction to the Ryan Lochte saga, likening it to the scrutiny into Hillary Clinton’s handling of the Sept. 11, 2012 terror attack on a U.S. consulate
In an extensive investigation featuring an eyewitness interview, observance of multiple surveillance camera videos, and an on-location visit, USA Today has found significant evidence that American Olympic champion Ryan Lochte was robbed at a gas station in Rio de Janeiro, and police lied about him and three other U.S. swimmers vandalizing a bathroom.
[Language Warning] During the Sunday broadcast of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver ripped into American Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte over the story he gave about how he and three other swimmers were robbed at gunpoint in Brazil, which Brazilian police deny.
Swimmer Ryan Lochte left the Olympics winning more mockery than medals. After an intense but confusing gas station stop in Rio, Lochte’s legacy went from swimming elite to Ugly American.
Ryan Lochte apologized for his conduct last weekend in Rio de Janeiro that precipitated an international scandal involving an alleged robbery and some imbecilic drunken behavior on the part of the 32-year-old gold medalist and three other USA Olympic swimmers.
CNN legal analyst Paul Callan weighed in on CNN’s “New Day” on the Ryan Lochte story in Rio where Lochte said he and three other American Olympic swimmers were robbed at gunpoint by a group dressed up as police officers, which
Rio de Janeiro police have agreed to let U.S. Olympic swimmer James Feigen return home if he pays $11,000 to a charity of the city’s choice, following an incident in which Feigen and teammates Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger were forced to pay gas station attendants money for damage at gunpoint.
Foreigners called their water dirty, their air filled with disease-carrying mosquitoes, and their streets highways for highwaymen. Now Brazilians channel their rage at four ugly Americans.
An anonymous Brazilian police official now characterizes U.S. Olympics swimmer Ryan Lochte’s story that he and three other U.S. swimmers endured a robbery at gunpoint in Rio as false.
Former federal attorney and former criminal defense attorney Emily Compagno said Thursday on “Fox & Friends” that Brazil is aggressively attacking the Ryan Lochte gunpoint robbery story in order to disprove the pre-Olympics notion that Rio de Janeiro is a dangerous city
Brazilian news sources say video exists showing U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte, James Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger engaged in a drunken altercation at a gas station. Police allege this proved they lied about being robbed early Sunday morning in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian authorities pulled two American swimmers off a flight from Rio to the United States after a local judge ordered four Olympians held in the country.
The judge overseeing an investigation into the early-morning robbery of U.S. swimming champion Ryan Lochte and three colleagues during the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics has banned the Americans from leaving Brazil and called for their passports to be confiscated. The order comes one day after Lochte flew back to the United States, ending his Olympic trip early.
Brazilian civilian police are opening an investigation into the robbery at gunpoint of American Olympics swimming champion Ryan Lochte and three other athletes, who contend men with “police badges” held them up at gunpoint and stole their wallets.
Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday by thieves posing as police officers who stopped their taxi and took their money and belongings, the U.S. Olympic Committee said.
