Columbus, OH

2024 Paris Olympic silver medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy has undergone elbow surgery after injuring it the night of the closing ceremony. Paltrinieri was the male flag bearer for Italy but said the incident occurred after the ceremony. “I broke my elbow the night of the closing ceremony. Not waving...

Gregorio Paltrinieri Gets Elbow Surgery After Injuring It The Night Of Paris Closing Ceremony

The Olympians weren’t the only ones showing off their skills in Monday’s women’s surfing competition. A whale also crashed the party in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, making an impressive leap into the air during the semifinal match between Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb and Costa Rica’s Brisa Hennessy.

See Whale Crash The Olympics Women’s Surfing Competition in Tahiti (PHOTOS)

Tennessee State

The 2024 Summer Olympics concluded Sunday in Paris, France. More than 30 current or former Tennessee athletes competed in the games and six earned medals. In swimming, Erika Connolly, representing the United States, won a silver medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and Mona McSharry, representing Ireland, won bronze in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke. Cierra Burdick and Team USA won a bronze medal in women’s 3×3 basketball. Team USA earned a medal after losing its first three games. In men’s basketball, Uros Plavsic and Serbia won a bronze medal. Plavsic appeared in one game, playing two minutes and totaling...

Six Tennessee athletes win medals at 2024 Paris Olympics

San Francisco, CA

Riverside, CA

A member of the renowned Mission Viejo Nadadores, Taylor has a diverse event lineup and has qualified for several high-level swim meets. Current photo via Angie Taylor. Eliza Taylor, a versatile swimmer who has qualified for a number of high level championships, is heading to California Baptist University this fall, where she will compete for the Lancers beginning this 2024-2025 season.

Futures Qualifier Eliza Taylor Set to Compete for California Baptist This Fall (2024)

The US Sun

LUANA ALONSO has returned to training after being removed from the Olympics for reportedly creating an “inappropriate atmosphere”. Reports surfaced that the athlete, 20, was banished from the Paris 2024 Athletes’ Village over her behaviour and visiting Disneyland. But Alonso maintains she was NOT expelled from the camp. It was claimed Alonso was “distracting” fellow competitors […]

Glam viral Olympics star Luana Alonso back training after caution for ‘inappropriate behaviour’ in athletes’ village

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Herbie J Pilato

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

NewsNinja

A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Team France runner Alessia Zarbo is currently recovering following a terrifying situation during the 10,000-meter women’s race at the 2024 Olympics on Friday, Aug. 9. While rounding the corn of lap 21 or 25, the 22-year-old athlete was seen being assisted by Olympic medical personnel in the three and four lanes. an NBC commentator declared in shock “Oh my God” after noticing the runner.

French Runner Alessia Zarbo Collapses During 2024 Olympics in Terrifying Video

Irish Star

Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula reached the top of the doubles rankings together but they have now decided to end their partnership for the rest of the season

Coco Gauff confirms reason she will no longer play doubles with Jessica Pegula

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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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

Washington, DC

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Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp was the command sergeant major of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington (JTF-NCR/MDW) per her official biography. However effective Tuesday she was released from command.

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp Released from Command in D.C.

SCM (25m) 30-year-old Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden, who took gold in both the women’s 50m and 100m freestyle events in Paris, has eyes on short course world records as she’s set to take on multiple races at the 2024 Sjostrom Invitational. Taking place today in Stockholm, the competition...

2024 Sjostrom Invitational Live Recap

Devra Lee

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Horoscope of the Day, Wednesday, August 14th

Golf in the Olympics has come a long way in eight years, from the world’s best golfers treating it with indifference and skipping the 2016 Games in Brazil (Zika!) to the world’s best golfer crying on the podium in Paris when his national anthem played with a gold medal draped around his neck.

Magnifique Olympic moments in France

The closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games is now behind us, however, the night didn’t go exactly as planned for one gold medalist. Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, winner of the men’s 800m free, was set to carry his nation’s flag during the ceremony. However, the 23-year-old had to miss the entire event due to being ill.

Irish Olympic Champion Daniel Wiffen Too Ill To Carry Flag At Closing Ceremony

Kansas State

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

SCM (25m) The final day of the 2024 Queensland Short Course Championships unfolded from the Brisbane Aquatic Centre with additional state records biting the dust. One fell at the hands of 27-year-old Grayson Bell of Somerville House in the men’s 50m breaststroke event. Bell got to the wall at...

Additional Records Go Down On Final Day Of 2024 Queensland SC Championships

Hawaii State

Mark Schubert is starting a Hawaii-based pro group, “Podium Swim Club,” at Oahu's American Renaissance Academy next month. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. Eight-time Olympic swim coach Mark Schubert is heading to American Renaissance Academy, a private K-12 school on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, following his...

Mark Schubert Moving to Hawaii to Start New Pro Swimming Group

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Los Angeles, CA

Adam Rich was born on October 12, 1968, lived a troubled life, and died on January 7, 2023, at only 54 years old. This is his story. He lived in the Granada Hills area of Los Angeles with his parents and younger brother. The Rich family resided for a time in Florida where Adam studied acting at the local gym.

A Look Back at the Tragic Life and Death of Former Child Star Adam Rich (TV's 'Eight is Enough')

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WR Holder Bobby Finke Wants a Distance Swimmer ONLY Mixed 4×50 Free Relay at the Olympics

Finke proposed having a mixed 4x50 free relay in which you can only participate in if you swam a distance event at the Olympics. Current photo...

WR Holder Bobby Finke Wants a Distance Swimmer ONLY Mixed 4×50 Free Relay at the Olympics

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