Sports

Denver Broncos Player Gets Amazingly Supportive Text from His Son

By Olivia B. Waxman

Eight Animals Who Predicted A Super Bowl Winner

By Samantha Grossman

NFL Coaches Are Too Chicken for Their Own Good

By David McAdams

Seattle vs. Denver: Which State Wins the Doobie Bowl?

By Barry Rothbard

Winter Olympics Flashback: Photos From the Innsbruck Games, 1964

Amid all the drama about who will win, and by what margin, so much about the Olympics remains comfortingly, thrillingly the same, year after year.

By Liz Ronk February 1, 2014

Felix Baumgartner's Space Jump Video Will Give You Vertigo

Watch the daredevil's free-fall to Earth through his eyes

By Sam Frizell February 1, 2014

The Not So Sustainable Sochi Winter Olympics

Despite Russia's claims, the Winter Games at Sochi are unlikely to be green

By Kharunya Paramaguru January 30, 2014

Boycotting the NFL Won’t Make a Difference

Unlike boxing, which has also drawn widespread criticism for brain injuries, football and its fans are too big to fail.

By Fuzz Hogan January 30, 2014

Did a Chinese Official Really Slap Tennis Champion Li Na?

A 2001 video only now making the social-media rounds in China puts the focus on the inequities of China's state-run sports system

By Hannah Beech January 30, 2014

Lolo Jones Makes Olympic Bobsled Team

Track and field athlete to get another shot at a gold medal in Sochi

By Eliana Dockterman January 29, 2014

Five Ways to Sound Smart About Super Bowl XLVIII

1. TALK NEBRASKAEx–NFL QB Kurt Warner says Peyton Manning’s frequent presnap screams of “Omaha” are a signal to his teammates: Focus–the play is about to start.2. SPOT SHERMSeattle’s top cornerback and carnival barker Richard Sherman–No....

By Sean Gregory January 23, 2014

These Winter Olympics Uniforms Will Blind You

See these eight show-stopping outfits bound for Sochi.

By TIME Staff January 22, 2014

Bull-Riding Champ on Bulls, Broken Bones, Tattoos and the Big Apple

Wise beasts, broken bones, tattoos and NYC fans

By Diane Tsai January 17, 2014

10 Questions for J.B. Mauney

Bull-riding champ J.B. Mauney on the intelligence of bulls, disregard for broken bones, and cowboy tattoos

By Belinda Luscombe January 16, 2014

The Persecution of Alex Rodriguez

Baseball has turned an overpaid three-time MVP into an underdog you should root for

By Jack Dickey January 16, 2014

Little Tough Guys: Faces of the Young America Football League, 1939

In the 1930s, youngsters around the U.S. were, in increasing numbers, playing football under the aegis of organized leagues. But one league, in particular, caught Alfred Eisenstaedt's eye

By Ben Cosgrove January 15, 2014

A-Rod: A-nother Narcissist

The narcissism pandemic has itself a brand new poster boy, this time disgraced and juiced New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, who has been slapped with a 162-game suspension for using performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez, facing a...

By Jeffrey Kluger January 14, 2014

Holds Barred: Why the WWE Isn't Going to Cable

Correction appended, January 10 It’s no surprise that the popular World Wrestling Entertainment league wants to start its own television network. The sports-entertainment company nets 4.2 million weekly viewers for “Monday Night Raw” on USA...

By Victor Luckerson January 10, 2014

The Old Back and Forth: LIFE Plays Tennis

As the Australian Open kicks off Down Under, LIFE.com offers a selection of photographs celebrating the singular pleasure of smacking the fur out of a yellow ball.

By Liz Ronk January 10, 2014

Lift, Squat, Repeat: Inside the Crossfit Cult

Crossfit Gyms' cultish Painiacs love their max-out-and-do-it-again training regimen. Their critics are getting a workout too

By Sean Gregory January 9, 2014

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