Eminem takes a knee during the Super Bowl halftime show
The rapper took a knee for about 50 seconds during the star-studded halftime performance. It came during a set from some of hip-hop's biggest stars.
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Online betting companies are kicking off a Super Bowl ad blitz
What was once a niche sector in Las Vegas has grown into a national mega-business that people can enjoy from their living rooms — and the advertising dollars have followed.
Erin Jackson takes gold for the U.S. in women's 500 meter speed skating
Jackson became the first Black woman to medal in speed skating at a winter Olympics, and the first American woman to win the competition since 1994.
For some athletes, what is Chinese is not so simple
Who gets to play for a country's national team at the Winter Olympics is an especially complicated question in China, where issues of identity, ethnicity, and citizenship are at stake.
31.4 million Americans are expected to bet $7.6 billion dollars on the Super Bowl
Kelsey Snell talks with HBO's Jon Frankel about the explosion of legal sports gambling and the professional leagues' embrace of it.
(Real) snow disrupts events at the Beijing Winter Olympics
The men's giant slalom went ahead as scheduled — albeit with a few delays and stoppages. Low visibility caused 33 skiers to fail to finish their first qualifying run.
Here's how to enjoy the Super Bowl, even if you don't follow football
If you're not a consummate football fan, here's what to look for to help enjoy the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals.
'They've ruined it for all of us,' Adam Rippon says of Russia's latest doping scandal
As the fate of 15-year-old Russian skating phenom Kamila Valieva is debated by lawyers, the athletes and coaches in Beijing say this year's Winter Olympics are now tainted by the specter of doping.
Saturday sports: Olympics viewing is down; Rams and Bengals head to Super Bowl
Scott Simon talks with Meadowlark Media Howard Bryant about highlights from the Beijing Olympics and Sunday's Super Bowl.
Tropical Philippines has only one entrant in the Winter Olympics
The Philippines has only one entrant in the Beijing Olympics: Asa Miller, who will take part in the men's giant slalom Sunday. But there's growing interest in winter sports in the tropical country.