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Did judge’s call in Olympic halfpipe cost US star Kim gold medal?

LIVIGNO, Italy — Chloe Kim never said a word about it. The new halfpipe silver medalist sounded genuinely happy for the woman who beat her. But even in snowboarding — billed as the most chill of the judged sports that populate the Winter Olympic program — everything is a matter of ...

An experience in ‘super’ volunteerism for NFL’s Super Bowl

Ten years ago while living in Northern California, I participated as a volunteer for Super Bowl 50 (Broncos vs. Panthers). The San Francisco 49ers had moved to Santa Clara a couple years earlier for their home games, but the festivities and build-up to the game all took place in San ...

Indiana success makes us all believers

Sometimes seeing is not believing. As head coach Curt Cignetti transformed Indiana football into a national champion in plain sight over the last two seasons, the program’s less-than-illustrious history still raised recurring doubts regarding whether the optics were a mirage. Obscured by ...

Rugby can help you get over pro football blues

This time of year is challenging for me. As football wraps up, I realize that I am sad. Football has been a part of my family since I could crawl. My dad played at at Penn, my brother played, and if he was not such a knucklehead, he could have played Division I college football. While I was ...

Steelers’ final loss filled with emptiness

My trip to Pittsburgh for the Steelers’ first home playoff game in eight years was quite eventful. In order to go to the game on Monday night, I flew from West Palm Beach to Washington D.C. because there are limited flights to Pittsburgh, rented a car, was almost arrested in D.C. for a ...

Pro-to-college pipeline going wrong way

It was a headline that I had to read twice: An NBA draft pick deciding to walk away and play college ball instead. Being an NBA draft pick wasn’t enough for James Nnaji. In a plot twist worthy of a Netflix sports series, Nnaji, a 7‑foot Nigerian center, was drafted 31st in 2023, traded ...