Olympic Cupping: Why Swimmers Are Doing It

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  661 words  |  Billy Koelling

They were hard to miss — the dark, purply circles dotting Michael Phelps‘ back and shoulders and running all the way down his leg. Perfectly circular, they look like some kind of rash. In Phelps’ case, they’re completely intentional. “I’ve done cupping for a while before meets,” says Phelps. “But I haven’t had a bruise like this for a while. I asked for a little help yesterday because I was a little sore and I was training hard. [Read More]

Pink Slips in the Mail

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  211 words  |  Billy Koelling

TIME August 17, 1992 12:00 AM EDT Marvin T. Runyon may never get his mug on a commemorative stamp, but in just one month on the job as Postmaster General, he has already had a bigger impact on the Postal Service’s bottom line than the popular Elvis issue. Last Friday, in a dramatic bid to stem 10 straight years of red ink and bureaucratic bloat, he announced cuts of about 30,000 managerial jobs — including more than half of the top 42 posts — over the next three months, and a major restructuring of the way the service is run. [Read More]

Sam Israel - Top 10 Crooked CEOs

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  241 words  |  Kelle Repass

CEO: Bayou Group hedge fund Convicted: Fraud in April 2008 Sam Israel III, 49, didn't hear any fat lady sing. After his conviction for defrauding investors of more than $450 million, the Connecticut-based executive decided 20 years in prison wasn't quite his style. Instead of reporting for jail in June 2008, he faked his own suicide — not very well, it must be said — by leaving his SUV on a bridge in upstate New York with the message " [Read More]

Show kicks off 2nd season with full-frontal male nudity [Video]

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  241 words  |  Tandra Barner

Viewers of Showtime's 'The Affair' have seen quite a number of sex scenes since its debut on TV, but during its 2nd season premiere, the show aired its first full frontal male nude scene. During the episode, Helen, who's in the middle of her divorce with Noah, had sex with Noah's best friend Max (Josh Stamberg), and after their romp in the sheets, Max bared it all, parading around their hotel room and ordering room service. [Read More]

Sport: Like Father, Like Fun

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  440 words  |  Patria Henriques

Fourteen-year-old Robert Tyre Jones Jr. stood on the first tee of Philadelphia’s Merion Cricket Club golf course, his palms clammy, his knees quaking. Murmurous around, the tee was a surf of faces. For Bobby Jones, Atlanta’s Boy Wonder, was the youngest golfer ever to compete in the National Amateur. That was 25 years ago, and last week 14-year-old Robert Tyre Jones III stood on the first tee of Chattanooga’s Golf and Country Club, his palms clammy, his knees quaking. [Read More]

Sport: Traps | TIME

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  262 words  |  Martina Birk

TIME September 1, 1930 12:00 AM GMT-4 At Vandalia, Ohio, three Ohio men and a Texas boy tied ahead of 962 other contestants, with 97 birds out of 100, for the country’s most important trapshooting championship — the Grand American Handicap. The men, taut-faced, middleaged, were J. L. Scott and Dan Casey of Toledo and Lawrence Crampton of Dayton. The boy, least nervous of the four, was Alfred Rufus King Jr. [Read More]

Sports betting is more rewarding with BetBiga

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  137 words  |  Martina Birk

Retail Presence BetBiga is expanding its presence across the country with a view to bring its game-changing bonuses/odds closer to the general public. It already has retail outlets located in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom and Onitsha in Anambra state. The goal over the next couple of years is to have significant presence in all states of the federation. ADVERTISEMENT This revolutionary betting platform continues to attract punters with its wide range of exciting virtual gaming products, including football, car and horse-racing, specially designed for Nigerian sport lovers. [Read More]

Staples To Close 225 Stores in North America

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  129 words  |  Patria Henriques

March 6, 2014 8:34 AM EST Staples will close 225 stores in North America, about 12 percent of its outlets, in a bid to cut costs amid strong online competition and dropping sales, the company said Thursday. The office supplies giant expects to save $500 million by 2015 from the latest round of cost-cutting moves, which come after it eliminated 40 stores last year. Staples reported a drop in sales in the fourth quarter of 2013 and projected that sales would be lower in the current quarter compared with last year. [Read More]

Taylor Swift Kanye West Feud: From the VMAs to Famous

 Posted on August 24, 2024  |  13 minutes  |  2625 words  |  Kelle Repass

Sept. 13, 2009: Taylor Swift wins the Best Female Video award at the MTV Video Music Awards for her video, “You Belong With Me.” During her acceptance speech, Kanye West jumps on stage, grabs the mic and utters the now-infamous lines, “Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time! [Read More]