An analysis of obituaries in the New York Times suggests that the cost of achieving fame as a performer or in sport may be a shorter life. The Australian-based researchers, who analyzed one thousand obituaries, write about their findings in a paper published online in QJM: An International...
Each week on Blisstree, we feature "real" female athletes who motivate us with the way they balance fitness and health in their lives. These are everyday women who, in addition to being a mom, running a business and/or having a career, kick some serious butt on the road, on the slopes or in the...
The Los Angeles Times just interviewed John Salley, the former NBA player (who played with the Lakers) about his vegan diet. They asked some obvious questions about his transition from vegetarianism to becoming a vegan athlete, but one of their questions was one that's common for...
It seems Adderall abuse is no longer the sole province of overachieving teenagers and the overachieving 20- and 30-somethings they grow into. The "study drug" (as the New York Times is so fond of calling it) is becoming a performance enhancer of choice for athletes, too.*This week alone, two...
LONDON — What's the ultimate tribute for a British athlete who wins gold at the London Games? Tea with a royal? Getting name-dropped on "EastEnders"? Having a meat pie named in their honor?
How about this: Seeing one of those iconic red postboxes in their hometown painted gold by the Royal...
Lolo Jones has gotten a lot of attention in the media this year, and according to the New York Times, it's incommensurate with her abilities as a hurdler. In what amounts to a failed takedown piece titled "For Lolo Jones at the Olympics, Everything Is Image" published on Sunday, sports writer...
Do they realize that the government won that medal for them with their roads and public facilities?
Do they realize that it had nothing to do with initiative, discipline, commitment, sacrifice and hard work?
Personally, I think all gold medals should go to President Obama, the 'Achiever in...
According to records from the last five Olympic Games, 8% of Olympic athletes suffer from asthma, making it the most common chronic disease at the games. The data was collected by Australian researchers, who also found that athletes who suffer asthma often out-perform the competition. They're...
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While there are a number of sexy female athletes, the sexiest of them all very well be sprinter Michelle Jennke. She is so sexy that one of her warmup dances ended up being a YouTube sensation. The Michelle Jenneke video generated tens of millions of page views — plus made a lot of us turn into...
Although athletes like Michael Phelps have been known to load up on meat-heavy diets, and London's Olympic Village is filled with a hotly-contested menu of McDonald's burgers and fries, vegetarian and vegan athletes*do exist, even at the Olympics.*For today's Meatless Monday, we're taking a page...
The United States women’s soccer team has a lot of sexy female athletes on its roster. Perhaps the sexiest female Olympic athlete of them all is Alex Morgan. The forward is only 23 years old but is already a star — on and off the field. At 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds of lean muscle, she’s a sexy...
If you ask me, the sexiest female track athlete at the 2012 Olympics is Lolo Jones. And it’s not even close. Lolo Jones is a 29-year-old from Iowa whose specialty 100 meter hurdles. The only thing sexier than her smile is her amazing abs. Check out the Lolo Jones pictures below to see what I...
LONDON — There are different levels of celebrity in the Olympic Athletes' Village. You have your VIPs who visit during the games. You have your celebrity athletes like Usain Bolt, who hire their teammates as security to keep the autograph hounds at bay.
[ Photos: VIPs at the Opening Ceremony ]...
U.S. women's soccer player Carli Lloyd and British rower Zac Purchase took down tweets that featured pictures of their Olympic security badges after officials worried that the bar codes on the passes could be duplicated.
There were concerns that nefarious individuals could copy the code, create...
A common, painful hip condition in elite athletes may be able to be repaired with an improved surgical technique, according to researchers presenting their work at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. "In our review of 21 male, elite...
ESPN's Body Issue is on the brink of release, and it's already causing the usual PR bonanza: Articles outlining which athletes will be shown nude (or semi-nude), headlines about their admirable physiques, and blogger tyrades against the objectification of women and ESPN's kowtow to the male...
Vogue's June issue is a special Olympic-themed issue, devoted to celebrating the athletes with shoots like Annie Leibowitz's "Country Strong" and Bruce Weber's "Wonder Women." But from the cover--which features Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte flanked by Hope Solo and Serena Williams—to the shoots...
The Olympics are all about the "thrill of victory and the agony of defeat." But for many Summer Games athletes, there's also the agony of skin irritations and conditions that can make the journey to the medal stand more difficult. Skin problems rank among athletes' most common complaints, but...