Honestly, I haven’t watched much of the Olympics. I spent the first 11 days of the Paris 2024 Games with my head firmly stuck in the surfing event in Tahiti. It didn’t help that I was on the exact opposite side of the world, 12 hours behind the other events in Paris. As a result, I got my non-surfing Olympic news through social media and the slew of viral memes that have come out of these Games.

3 Viral Olympic Moments That Boosted Surfing’s Popularity

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, known for his prowess on the football field, made a personal announcement during a press conference on Tuesday. The three-time Super Bowl champion revealed that he and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, are expecting their third child and that this will be their last.

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Australia B-girl is likely wishing for a redo after she went viral on social media for her head-scratching performance in the breaking debut at the Paris Olympics.

Australian breakdancer goes viral for head-scratching performance at Paris Olympics: 'Hilariously ridiculous'

Anna Hall is a track and field titan, who recently placed 5th in the heptathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. While she didn’t medal, it hasn’t stopped the rising star from etching her name in minds and hearts. At just 23 years old, and only a couple of months after a major knee surgery, Hall is on the road to much greater achievements.

Team USA Olympian Anna Hall’s ethnicity, confirmed

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Ecuadorian swimmer Anicka Delgado was unable to win a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but she did gain thousands of followers on social media.  Delgado, 22, competed in the 50-meter freestyle. She finished second in her heat with one of her best personal times, but unfortunately it ...

Ecuador Swimmer Who Went Viral At Olympics Turns Heads In Poolside Photoshoot

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In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn has gone viral following her wacky debut at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Gunn, who competes under the name Raygun, uniquely wow’ed the in-person and online audience with her routine in the round-robin stage of the women’s breakdancing competition on Friday, Aug. 9. She went up against 16-year-old Team France dancer Sya Dembélé.

Australian Breakdancer Goes Viral Following Sport’s Cringeworthy Olympic Debut

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In 1981, pop-music sensation Andy Gibb was at the top of the charts. The younger brother of Barry, Robin, and Maurice, a.k.a. The Bee Gees, commenced a tumultuous romance with actress Victoria Principle, who played Pam Ewing on Dallas, TV's then-Number 1 prime-time series. But after the relationship ended, Andy's life, already challenged by substance abuse, did as well. This is their tragic story.

The Tragic Death of Pop Star Andy Gibb & His Traumatic Romance with 'Dallas' Star Victoria Principle

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For millions of years, a natural stone arch stretched over a part of Rock Creek Bay in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Utah. On Thursday, August 8, the “Double Arch” collapsed. Known as the Double Arch, the Toilet Bowl, Crescent Pool, and Hole in the Roof, the...

World-Famous Sandstone ‘Double Arch’ Collapses In Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Kate Jackson began her acting career as a silent ghost on TV's classic 1960s gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows but remains alive and well years after two horrific battles with breast cancer. Jackson went on to small screen prime-time stardom on police/detective/crime drama/comedies like The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and more. This is her triumphant story.

'Charlie's Angels' Star Kate Jackson Has Courageously Battled and Conquered Cancer Several Times

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Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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The internet can’t get enough of Australian dancer “Raygun”, whose breakdancing performance at 2024 Paris Olympics on Friday won the attention of social media users worldwide.Team Australia’s B-Girl Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, a 36-year-old lecturer from Sydney, raised eyebrows during her dance battle which saw her display some bizarre moves.Dressed head-to-toe in a green polo shirt and track pants, Raygun took to the arena in Paris and competed against 21-year-old Logan Edra, or Logistx, from the United States, during breaking’s Olympic debut.Although she lost 18-0, her unique moves have the internet in a chokehold, with her meme-worthy “kangaroo...

Australian Olympic Breaker ‘Raygun’ Divides Internet With Bizarre ‘Kangaroo’ Moves

The Ocean Cleanup may be the world’s largest single effort to rid our oceans of plastic pollution. While there are obviously numerous projects around the world operated by different organizations, Boyan Slat’s endeavor includes tracking down and removing plastic from the ocean itself as well as stopping a great deal of trash flow at the source: rivers.

Timelapse Video Shows Trash Interceptor Halting Flow of Trash Into the Ocean for One Month

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The medal that US skateboarder Nyjah Huston won at the 2024 Paris Olympics hasn’t exactly maintained its quality since he brought it back home. Huston won bronze in the men’s street skateboarding event held at Place de La Concorde in Paris, France. He finished third with 279.38 points in the event, just behind Japanese skater...
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US Olympian exposes ‘rough’ quality of bronze medal

The stunning state of the bronze medal that American skateboarder Nyjah Huston just received in the men’s street skateboarding competition at the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 has gone viral. The Olympian expressed his displeasure on social media about the subpar quality of the coveted gold he won in Paris....

Nyjah Huston Exposes Quality Issues with Bronze Medal from Paris Olympics 2024

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Fariba Hashimi and her sister have defied the odds by escaping Afghanistan and racing at the Paris Olympics — in open resistance to the Taliban.

An Afghan Olympian once snuck into cycling races in a hijab. Then the Taliban took over.

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PARIS (Reuters) - On the highest step of the Olympic podium, U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner wept, tears trickling down her face as her country's national anthem serenaded her for a gold medal she could not have imagined winning while in a Russian prison.

Olympics-Basketball-Griner's gold medal extra special after Russian prison

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Sally Fitzgibbons and Alan Cleland are the champions of the 2024 US Open of Surfing. The annual competition just concluded its nine-day run in Huntington Beach, California, with finals day taking place in humble surf that tested competitors patience as much as their competitive edge. The women’s event came down...

Sally Fitzgibbons, Alan Cleland Win 2024 US Open of Surfing

Surfing is weird. In a good way, but it’s weird. There aren’t too many other sports or activities or whatever you want to call surfing where you can share the playing field with the best in the world. But surfing? That happens. Such was the case in the...

Kelly Slater Is at the Top of His Game Surfing Pumping Kandui

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Surfing Correspondent Colin Jost Explains Olympic Departure

NBC surfing correspondent Colin Jost is still alive and well, despite mangling his foot on the Teahupo’o reef and making an early exit from the Olympic...

Surfing Correspondent Colin Jost Explains Olympic Departure

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