Peter Thiel invests in group to recreate the Olympics on steroids — literally

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Peter Thiel is one of the investors in an organization that wants to build an Olympic Games that doesn't prohibit, but rather encourages, the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

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Peter Thiel Is Funding a New Olympics, Steroids Not a Problem

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There’s good news for steroid fans: juicers will finally get their day on the field. A who’s who of extremely online investors pitched in to fund a series of events called the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as “the 21st Century Olympics without drug testing.” The list includes Christian Angermayer, venture…

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Airbnb hosts are scrambling to cash in on the Paris Summer Olympics — and visitors are struggling to find cheap places to stay

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Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics from July 26 to September 8.

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'Embarrassed' Olympic gold medal swimmer Klete Keller avoids prison in January 6 Capitol riot sentencing

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Klete Keller | The US Capitol on January 6, 2021
Klete Keller | The US Capitol on January 6, 2021

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5G is set to make watching the Paris Olympics more accessible and intimate

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Switzerland, one of the world's richest countries, is trying to host the cheapest Winter Olympics ever

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A Swiss flag flies near Matterhorn mountain on January 7, 2022 near Zermatt, Switzerland.
Switzerland is eyeing the Olympics — and looking to pinch some pennies.

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A running store in Paris invited people to steal its products — if they could outrun one of France's fastest sprinters disguised as a security guard

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French running store Distance hosted a one-day promo where shoppers could keep whatever they could get away with.

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Esports made their 'tense and exciting' debut at this year's Asian Games

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Team China R and team South Korea compete during the League of Legends Semifinal of Esports between China and South Korea at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 28, 2023.
Team South Korea played Team China R in the League of Legends semifinal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

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'No One Is Safe': Bed Bugs Invade Paris Ahead of Olympics

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The city of lights is beset by bed bugs. Sightings of the tiny urban pest in public places throughout Paris have apparently increased as of late, and officials are calling for aggressive action to curtail the menace in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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2 experts share how to make sports and sporting events sustainable for fans and for the planet.

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Sarah Kwak, Georgina Grenon, Roger McClendon
Sarah Kwak, senior sports editor at Insider; Georgina Grenon, director of sustainability organizing committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games; and Roger McClendon, executive director of the Green Sports Alliance

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