After two weeks of excitement, outstanding athleticism, and some memorable controversies, the 2016 Olympic Games are officially over. With fireworks and a colorful homage to Brazilian culture and music, the baton has now been passed on to Tokyo, Japan, the host city for the 2020 Summer Games. As this year’s group of athletes paraded through…
Thousands of Haitians have died since the start of a cholera outbreak in the fall of 2010 following the devastating earthquake that ravaged the country. Cholera has since become endemic to Haiti and hundreds more continue to die every year. Many experts believe that the UN was responsible for the epidemic. The UN has taken…
The story started out with Ryan Lochte and his teammates being the victims of a crime. Telling the press that he and his friends were robbed after partying at Club France, the account seemed believable, though alarming. According to Lochte, the swimmers were taking a taxi back to their hotels when they were pulled…
Michael Henson may have just had the world’s worst date–one that ended in a jail cell. The 35-year-old was arrested in Dayton, Ohio, on August 16th for allegedly attempting to have sex with a vehicle. A woman called the police after witnessing Henson drop his shorts and insert his genitals into the front grill…
Kim Kardashian is no stranger to controversy, whether the topic is her family, her relationships, or her figure. But over the years, many wondered and accused this socialite of altering her natural body to give her the infamous booty everyone is talking about. While Kim has denied accusations in the past of implants or…
The Putin-Trump Connection When you hear this story you may be primed to tune out and chalk it up to a wild conspiracy theory. However, in this very rare case such an assumption would be a mistake. As it turns out, there may actually be a connection between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, and there…
While there has always been debate as to where the sport of boxing originated, some of the earliest records of the sport come from ancient Ethiopia. With such deep roots, it is no wonder that Africans love the sport. Football dominates the continent, but boxing will always hold a place in the hearts and minds…
The popularity of rugby in Kenya is quickly beginning to gain momentum. Many new fans are flocking to the sport in support of one of the world’s strongest African teams to date. The history of rugby in Kenya is one of both simplicity and complex sports history. Many factors are meshed together to create what…
As Hillary Clinton continues to pull ahead in the polls, rival Donald Trump continues to tank. More than thirty points separate Trump from his opponent and he’s not helping himself move up with his continued battle with the media and constant backpedaling from his off-the-hip statements. Politico covered Trump’s most recent comments about the…
A recent study published in Ecology and Evolution showed that the DNA of Namibian desert elephants is the same as elephants in the Namibian savanna. Since these two groups of elephants act so differently from one another, it was assumed for years that they were totally separate elephant groups. This study both demolishes that old…
