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Santorum Wants You to Know He's a Super Athlete

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:15:41 CDT

When it comes to the world of sports, Rick Santorum is one bad mamma jamma. Or, at least, that's what the candidate would like you to think. In an effort to connect with everyday athletic Americans everywhere (and perhaps distance himself from the more polo-esque persona of Mitt Romney), Santorum...

Latest Sports Performance Enhancer: Deer Antlers?

Nick McMaster — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:13:48 CST

The latest way to cheat in pro sports? Eating crushed-up deer antlers, apparently. As Yahoo Sports explains, the velvet covering the antlers is harvested in New Zealand, ground into a powder, and sold in the US, most commonly as a $68-a-bottle spray. The problem is that it naturally contains IGF-1,...

Muscles Bounce Back to 'Remembered' Strength

Jane Yager — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:28:27 CDT

Good news for former jocks who've been lazing around for years: You can regain your former muscle strength in a fraction of the time it would take lifelong non-athletes, thanks to muscles' long-lasting "memory" of their former strength. A new study has found that rather than reverting back to their...

Athlete Critical After Triathlon

Jane Yager — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:17:50 CDT

A heatwave took its toll on yesterday's New York City triathlon, with one 31-year-old man rushed to the hospital in critical condition after he collapsed just short of the finish line, and 11 other competitors hospitalized. Some 3,000 people competed in temperatures reaching close to 95 degrees. As might...

11 Athletes Turned Awful Actors

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:30:00 CDT

No, LeBron James, no! Stay far, far away from the movie business, Chris Yuscavage begs. Most athletes who try to make the transition fall flat, and it would be a shame if James gave up a spot on the 2012 Summer Olympics basketball team just so he could film the...

Why Lindsey Vonn Is Putting Cheese on Her Bum Shin

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:16:00 CST

Lindsey Vonn will apparently try anything when it comes to treating her potentially Olympics-ending injury—even "cheese therapy." The skier is reportedly wrapping her bruised shin in topfen, an Austrian cheese that can—supposedly—reduce swelling. But Jessica Dweck is skeptical, writing that the alternative approach will “probably not” work...

Vancouver 2010: Cold Weather, Hot Guys

Sarah Quinn — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:44:28 CST

Not into sports? There are plenty of other reason to watch the Winter Olympics, according to the ladies at The Frisky . Click the link for a complete list of the hottest guys of the Vancouver Games.

Serena Williams Named AP's Female Athlete of Year

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:37:00 CST

Playing her best at the most important events, Serena Williams re-established herself as the top player in women's tennis in 2009 and was the landslide choice as Female Athlete of the Year by members of the AP. She received 66 of 158 votes cast by editors; no other candidate got...

NYC Marathon Winner Not American Enough for Some

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:24:05 CST

On Sunday Meb Keflezighi became the first American since 1982 to win the New York City Marathon...according to some. Keflezighi, an American citizen who arrived from the East African country of Eritrea at age 12, had barely crossed the finish line before a debate erupted on how American he...