Staff / TruthdigOct 6, 2009
When President Obama Chicago lost out to Rio for the 2016 Olympic Games, none were more pleased than the members of a conservative organization called -- wait for it -- Americans for Prosperity. Well, they didn't specify whose prosperity they were rooting for, as Stephen Colbert points out in this clip. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
T.L. Caswell / TruthdigSep 27, 2009
After doing prison time for dog fighting, he played Sunday in his first regular-season game in almost three years. But his re-emergence in the NFL has revived questions that arose when the scandal broke. And for one journalist, the issue was personal.His return as a fully reinstated NFL player has revived questions that arose when the dog-fighting scandal broke. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigFeb 27, 2009
Let me interrupt the constant flow of unsettling news about budgets, bailouts and bankruptcies to welcome Tiger Woods back to competition and back into the spotlight. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 27, 2009
Oliver Percovich, a 34-year-old Australian skateboarding enthusiast, has found willing pupils among the youths of Kabul, Afghanistan, who are learning some new tricks in borrowed and donated spaces, making a play for a bit of adolescent normalcy amid the signs of war. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 13, 2008
Philadelphia hockey fans were less than thrilled to meet "the best-known hockey mom in the United States" over the weekend. With the arena music coming to her aid, Sarah Palin endured a full 90 seconds of booing at the Wachovia Center. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 19, 2008
Michael Phelps' million-dollar bonus for making Olympic history is chump change compared with the hundreds of millions he is expected to rake in over the course of his career. What does swimming have to do with credit cards? Visa is prepared to spend millions to convince you the answer is "a lot." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 12, 2008
In case you missed it, here's part of President Bush's sit-down with NBC's Olympic host Bob Costas on Sunday, during which a somewhat squirmy Bush talked about what he said to Vladimir Putin during the opening festivities, lamenting how the fighting in Georgia was conflicting with the spirit of the Olympics. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 8, 2008
Wow, there've really been some cheesy opening numbers in Summer Olympics past. Check out this amusing montage of clips from bygone ceremonies and see if you can tell, from the music, the outfits, and the cuts to shady-looking heads of state, when each awe-inspiring spectacle happened. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2008
In war-ravaged Iraq, the paralympic athletes have a better shot of winning gold medals, according to this report from The New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJun 20, 2008
I, for one, am relieved that Tiger Woods decided to devote his unimaginable focus and determination to golfing excellence and not to, say, world conquest. We'd all be living in Tigerland by now. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 8, 2008
As the Olympic flame makes its way around the globe, pro-Tibet protesters have disrupted ceremonies in Greece, London and Paris. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 18, 2007
On April 2, 2002, the Los Angeles Dodgers played a home game against the San Francisco Giants, raising the question: If both pitcher and batter are artificially enhanced, does that level the playing field? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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