Kristen Faulkner (Kristen Faulkner) has one of the craziest stories at this year's Olympics: • Grew up in Alaska • Rowed at Harvard • Moved to NYC after school • Started working for a venture capital firm • Took a beginner's cycling class in Central Park • Started cycling

Noah Lyles’ insane comeback in the 100m dash explained with data visualizations

Surfing at the Olympics was insane this year. 🌊🏄 Here’s why Caroline Marks’ gold medal was so impressive

Cole Hocker had the run of his life in the 1500m yesterday, here’s how he won gold 🥇

Speed climbing is the fastest Olympic sport, with the world record under 5 seconds 🤯 here's a full breakdown

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s crushed her own world record yesterday with an unfathomable time in the 400m hurdles 🏃‍♀️. This is the breakdowns

Team USAs 4th quarter comeback vs. Serbia was must watch tv. Here’s why it was so special

When you stop and think about the jumping events at the Olympics they become almost unfathomable

An interesting chart on the age distribution of athletes at the Paris Olympics. Youngest- Skateboarding, gymnastics Oldest- Equestrian, Triathlon It's kind of wild how young swimming skews compared to its close athletic cousins (track, triathlon, cycling)

Final medal count breakdown at the Olympics 🥇🥈🥉

The WNBA's Indiana Fever have released mid-season growth numbers: TICKET SALES • Sold out 100% of season ticket inventory • Total attendance is up 264% from last year • 186,000 fans have attended a Fever home game • 230,000 fans have attended a Fever road game MERCHANDISE

What's next? 📆 If you're like us you might have an Olympics hangover after watching 7 hours of events per day. So we put together a yearly sports calendar to understand what's next and when to ramp up excitement depending on your favorites.

Some interesting takeaways from the new Sportico NFL valuations report Tl;dr the NFL is big and keeps getting bigger

Everything you need to know before the Paralympics starts

A primer on the conference re-alignments before CFB kicks off this weekend 🏈🏫

The EPL is the most watched sports league in the world and the season started up this week. We break down the league structures and how different it is from US sports ⚽️⬇️

Cristiano Ronaldo has taken over YouTube. In the last 36 hours his new channel smashed records for growth in a single day. Unbelievable

Shohei Ohtani's 40/40 club milestone was historic for a few reasons ⬇️⚾️

We made it easy to understand the new private equity rules in the NFL 🏈⬇️

Patrick Surtain II's 4-year, $96M deal is the highest ever for a cornerback Over the past five years, the top WR salary (+59%) and the top CB salary (+60%) have increased in lock step What else jumps out to you in this chart? 📊👇