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2020 Olympics

  1. sports!
    The Best Things We’ve Seen at the Olympics So FarA swim coach horny for gold, teens shredding the skateboarding category, and more.
  2. the goat
    Simone Biles Double Pikes Her Way to BronzeBalance beam! Balance beam!
  3. tokyo olympics
    Belarusian Sprinter Gets Asylum After Abrupt Olympic ExitKrystsina Tsimanouskaya refused to return to Belarus after coaches pulled her from competition without notice.
  4. vulture sports!
    Simone Biles Is Planning to Compete on Balance Beam TuesdayThe GOAT’s last chance at gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
  5. vulture sports
    The GOAT Withdraws From the Individual All-Around CompetitionBiles has now withdrawn from the vault, uneven bars, and floor events.
  6. culture
    A Show of StrengthSimone Biles proved how courageous she is, even if it wasn’t in the way we expected.
  7. buffering
    Is This NBC’s Nightmare Olympics Scenario?Low ratings, Peacock complaints, and unhappy advertisers: Welcome to Tokyo.
  8. tokyo olympics
    Suni Lee Secures Olympic Gold in All-Around GymnasticsMaking history as the first Hmong American Olympian.
  9. culture
    No, Simone Biles Isn’t a QuitterThe gymnastics superstar is in the middle of her greatest fight yet. And still winning.
  10. hell olympics
    On Top of Everything Else, Tokyo Is Way Too HotYet another reason to regret the 2020 Olympics: Extreme heat is threatening athletes’ health.
  11. sports!
    All the Tokyo Olympics Events You Should Actually WatchSo you don’t have to sort through 7,000 hours of televised sports on your own.
  12. famous hair
    Give These Braids a Gold MedalNaomi Osaka and her hair are killing it on the court.
  13. extremely online
    Heelflipping Vine Child Grows Up to Be 13-Year-Old Olympic Silver MedalistRayssa Leal’s Pro Skater on Nintendo Switch when?
  14. sports!
    German Gymnasts Will Wear Whatever They Want, ThanksIn opting for full-length unitards, “We wanted to show that every woman, everybody, should decide what to wear.”
  15. pictograms
    New Sport Alert!!!The human pictograms portion of the opening ceremony is the best part of the Olympics so far.
  16. :’)
    Mr. Olympics Has ArrivedPita Taufatofua, Tonga’s hunky shirtless flag-bearer, is back to help open the 2020 Tokyo games.
  17. tokyo olympics
    What an Eerie Opening CeremonyThe Tokyo Olympics kicked off to a mostly empty stadium.
  18. 2020 olympics
    The Ambivalence OlympicsCan you still love the Games with so many reasons to loathe them?
  19. vulture sports
    Olympics Opening Ceremony Director Dismissed for Holocaust JokeA composer for the Opening Ceremony also stepped down this week amid news of his past bullying behavior.
  20. sports!
    Will COVID Kill the Mood in the Olympic Village?Pandemic restrictions come for the sexiest event in sports.
  21. power
    Silence Isn’t NeutralBy banning protests, the Olympics joins the chorus telling athletes to “shut up and dribble.”
  22. sports!
    Serena Williams Won’t Play at the Tokyo Olympics“I really haven’t thought about it, so I’m going to keep not thinking about it.”
  23. xxxii
    Amber Ruffin Will Bring Her Camp-Counselor Energy to the Tokyo OlympicsShe’ll be commentating, and we’ll be watching.
  24. sports!
    So What’s Going On With the Olympics?All your Tokyo 2020 questions, answered.
  25. vulture sports
    Simone Biles Soars to a Record Seventh U.S. ChampionshipWatch her dominate ahead of the Olympic trials.
  26. coronavirus
    Olympic Hunk Makes the Best of a Bad SituationLet the shirtless Tongan flag bearer show you how he got those abs.
  27. coronavirus
    And Now, an Update From Dick PoundThe IOC member says the Olympics will be postponed, but once again the news has been overshadowed by his name.
  28. dick pound
    The Name That Launched 1,000 MemesThank you, IOC senior member Richard Pound, for opting to go by your nickname instead.
  29. coronavirus
    The Coronavirus Is Already Affecting the 2020 Tokyo OlympicsThe Games are five months away and coronavirus is causing headaches for athletes and organizers.
  30. 2020 olympics
    Is It Too Late for Me to Become an Olympic Skateboarder?The new official outfits are hot and I would like to join them.
  31. sports
    Listen, Kids: The 2020 Olympic Games Just Got a Lot More RadicalThe Tokyo games will include skateboarding, surfing, climbing, karate, and baseball/softball.
  32. the sports section
    Japanese Man Will Be Displaced by the Olympics Again“I have a kind of grudge against the Olympics.”
  33. big wins
    See How Tokyo Celebrated Winning the 2020 OlympicsBetter luck next time, Istanbul.