Coffee You Won't Believe What This California Dad Built in His Family's Backyard This cool California dad decided to build his family their very own coffee shop in the backyard of their home and became a viral star in the process. Updated on July 20, 2020 at 10:43 am
media I'm Not Into Sports. So Why Am I Hooked on the Olympics? "A lot of what’s considered [‘sports’] is not generally what we think about,” says Robert Thompson, Director of Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture and trustee professor at Syracuse University.
Capitol Riot Not Patriots: We Should Refer to Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters as Insurrectionists “They got within inches of that chamber. If they got that ballot box from the states, think what they could have done to the country.” NBC News terrorism contributor and former ATF Special Agent in Charge Jim Cavanaugh talks about the Jan. 6 hearings and proper terminology when referring to people who stormed the Capitol that day.
simone biles Simone Biles' Withdrawal From Events Reminds Us of a Key Mental Health Lesson “We just see an athlete and presume we know everything about them, but there’s so much more going on for all of these people. They live multidimensional, multifaceted lives like we all do,” says sports psychologist Dr. Mark Aoyagi. After withdrawing from events at the Tokyo Olympics, gymnast Simone Biles is reminding us we can be physically healthy and have...
Tokyo Olympics We Don't Need Simone Biles to Play Through Pain — Physical or Mental After U.S. gymnast Simone Biles withdrew from a team competition, fans are expressing thanks for the spectacular performances they got to witness over the years. And it started a larger conversation about what we expect of athletes.
Campaign finance These Companies Resumed Donating to Republicans Who Opposed 2020's Election Results Many corporations paused contributions after the Capitol attacks, but have since resumed their usual Washington business
capitol insurrection Congressional Hearing Brings New, Ugly Details About Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Officer Harry Dunn, who is Black, spoke at a House Select Committee hearing about the racism he faced from rioters while standing guard in the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6.
food We Ate Ramen, KFC and Japanese McDonald's While Stuck in Quarantine There’s a shrimp filet sandwich, the Ebi Filet-O, only available at Japanese McDonald’s restaurants. Another chain, KFC, has a big presence in the country too…but Japanese dishes like ramen and sushi have been a big draw for journalists covering the Tokyo Olympics. NBCLX Storyteller Fernando Hurtado shows you the food of Japan that was available in quarantine, and his first...
Olympic fans The Only Fan: Watching the Olympics From a Nearly Empty Stadium Holding the Olympics during a pandemic means lots of empty seats that were supposed to be filled with cheering fans. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain takes you to Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo, where the first-ever Olympic skateboarding competition was held, to learn what it’s like to be one of the only fans in the Olympic stands — and how...
asmr Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir Made the Olympics More Chill with ASMR We love Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir for being big and bold. But the NBC Sports commentators and former Olympians agreed to get really, really quiet for their first ASMR interview with NBCLX storyteller Fernando Hurtado. (And Johnny called it the strangest moment of their lives.)
skateboarding 4 Things I Was Doing at Age 13 That Weren't Winning a Gold Medal in Skateboarding Three teenagers winning an Olympic skateboarding event inspire some self-reflection from a twentysomething.
