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Sports Archive

Archives for August 2016

Culture
Leslie Jones’s Olympics play-by-play is a gift from the Greek godsLeslie Jones’s Olympics play-by-play is a gift from the Greek gods
Culture

If you’re not watching Leslie Jones live-tweet the Olympics, you’re doing it wrong.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Technology
There’s too much Olympics online, which is why TV programming is still a good ideaThere’s too much Olympics online, which is why TV programming is still a good idea
Technology

What is the 10 meter air rifle?

By Edmund Lee
Culture
6 winners and 5 losers from Rio’s scrappy but impressive opening ceremony6 winners and 5 losers from Rio’s scrappy but impressive opening ceremony
Culture

Brazil just might pull this off.

By Emily St. James
Culture
More women will compete in Rio 2016 than in any other OlympicsMore women will compete in Rio 2016 than in any other Olympics
Culture

The number of women in the Olympics has doubled in the last 40 years

By Zachary Crockett
Sports
The diverse women’s gymnastics team is great. But it will not “calm race relations.”The diverse women’s gymnastics team is great. But it will not “calm race relations.”
Sports

These three tweets about Simone Biles and her teammates are lessons on how not to think about racism.

By Jenée Desmond-Harris
Culture
Why Olympics opening ceremonies keep getting betterWhy Olympics opening ceremonies keep getting better
Culture

They’ve become quite intricate, artistic, and eye-popping over the years, with each one raising the bar from what came before.

By Gregory Ellwood
Culture
Watch Sesame Street’s Grover explain the 2016 Rio Olympics refugee teamWatch Sesame Street’s Grover explain the 2016 Rio Olympics refugee team
Culture

Grover is cheering for the “super special” Olympic refugee team.

By Tara Golshan
Culture
The science of choking under pressure — and how to avoid itThe science of choking under pressure — and how to avoid it
Culture

Psychologists know a lot about why people fail when the heat is on.

By Susannah Locke
USA Basketball’s Facebook broadcast viewership proves TV still reigns (for now)
Technology

The NBA streams drew seven million views over nine games.

By Kurt Wagner
Life
The first modern Olympic Games included one winner who’d never tried his sport beforeThe first modern Olympic Games included one winner who’d never tried his sport before
Life

They started 120 years ago in Athens.

By Libby Nelson
The NFL will get a Snapchat Discover channel as part of a new two-year deal
Technology

Every NFL game this season will have a Live Story on Snapchat.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Medaling in messaging: The communications complications facing the Rio OlympicsMedaling in messaging: The communications complications facing the Rio Olympics
Technology

Every victory tweet, every uploaded photo of a weeping competitor strains the city’s already infamously weak mobile infrastructure just a little bit more.

By David Vigar

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