EVENT NEWS
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February 11, 2026
Drones are the star of NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage so far
If the star of the 2024 Paris Olympics was NBC’s debut of Gold Zone, 2026 in Milan-Cortina might be the year of the drones. Throughout the first few days of the Winter Games, drone shots have become all the rage. Sports like alpine skiing, luge, snowboarding, speed skating, and ski jumping...
February 10, 2026
Pay the Athletes 85%, Save the League: Inside Grand Slam Track’s bankruptcy plan
Grand Slam Track is definitely not dead yet. In a bid to salvage the professional track league and return in the future, Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track filed a reorganization plan Monday that prioritizes athlete payouts while offering pennies on the dollar to nearly everyone else owed money. The plan, filed in the...
February 10, 2026
Winter Olympians’ Medals Keep Breaking, But There’s a Fix
It must sting a little to reach the pinnacle of achievement in your sport only to have the symbol of that achievement promptly fall apart. That’s exactly what’s been happening to multiple athletes at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. A defect in the awards’ design has led to multiple...
February 4, 2026
Former pro turned OnlyFans model Andrea Piccolo arrested
More drama for former Italian pro Andrea Piccolo. According to Italian reports, officers from the Carabinieri (sort of the Italian RCMP) stopped Piccolo in the city centre of Naples. Then, they allegedly found counterfeit banknotes (around 2 grand in phoney Euro) concealed inside his car. The incident unfolded when a patrol noticed...
February 3, 2026
Michael Koppy Becomes Oldest Person to Finish the Arrowhead 135 Mile
When 75-year-old Michael Koppy crossed the finish line of the 2026 Arrowhead 135 Mile on January 28 with 59:30:00 on the clock, he became the oldest ever finisher of the difficult winter race in northern Minnesota. The event, held entirely on snow on the Arrowhead State Trail, often sees temperatures that dip well below...
January 29, 2026
Junior rider banned for 3 years after meth positive at the road worlds
The UCI has banned Azerbaijani junior rider Artyom Proskuryakov for three years after methamphetamine was found in samples taken at the 2025 UCI road worlds. The positive tests came from the men’s junior road race back on September 23. The UCI says the samples were collected through intelligence-led testing (which is a fancy way...
January 26, 2026
Wearables Enter the Spotlight at Australian Open Amid Whoop Controversy
Top players Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were ordered to remove their Whoop bands before matches. Whoop, in response, says athletes have a “fundamental right” to track their data while competing Health and fitness wearable maker Whoop is at the center of a controversy making waves at the...
January 22, 2026
Exclusive: America’s biggest road race is on the brink
the Maryland Cycling Classic—America's biggest and highest-ranked professional road race on the UCI calendar—is facing a severe existential crisis. Launched in 2020, delayed by COVID until its 2022 debut, the race became the top U.S. event after the cancellation of major races like the Tour of California and Tour of...
January 22, 2026
Will athlete poaching be a problem for LA 2028 Olympics?
The former women’s marathon world record holder has reportedly switched her allegiance ahead of the upcoming LA 2028 Games. Brigid Kosgei was born in Kenya and competed for the East African nation in all five of her World Marathon Major wins, as well as her silver medal at the Tokyo 2020...
January 19, 2026
Runner carrying baby disqualified from Hong Kong Marathon
A Hong Kong man could not seem to find a last‑minute babysitter before his marathon, so he brought his baby to the race. A video circulating on social media shows a man at Sunday’s 2026 Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, wearing bib A2055, running with a baby secured in a...
