By Online lists can provide some of the best entertainment on the interwebs. Take, just for example, the list below of “Best Olympic Water Polo Athletes of All Time,” where Peter Hudnut has emerged as top vote-getter… so far. Here’s your chance to confirm or negate Hudnut’s supremacy, re-arrange the rankings,
NBC’s Olympic TV Ratings Drop, Online Viewers Surge
Fewer younger Americans are catching five-ring fever, at least according to a report on multi-channel viewing behaviors during the Rio Olympics. NBC’s TV ratings were down significantly compared to London, 17% among all prime time viewers and a whopping 25% among those age 18-49, the key target of advertisers. It’s the
Every Olympic Gold Medallist in Men’s Water Polo Since 2000 Was Born Within this Area
It’s well known that the U.S. men’s national water polo team is made up of athletes who overwhelmingly come from California. The debate about how to diversify that team is a hot one. Less known and certainly less controversial is the parallel situation in Europe where, as the map below
By Serbia Wins Historic Olympic Gold
He played three Olympics himself but never won it. In his first cycle as a national team coach Dejan Savic and his players became Olympic champions. In a one-sided final the Serbs confirmed their favourite status and put the icing on the cake of what have been international domination since
WRITER: Water Polo, Marathon Swim Compete for “Worst” Olympic Sport
The men’s marathon is under way, which means that the Rio Olympics are coming to a close… and it’s time for the media to critique the sports! Handball earned some early pub as the darling sport no one in the U.S. actually follows.* Water polo, meanwhile, received as much publicity as it
Serbia Awakes, Will Face Croatia for Water Polo Gold
It is difficult to overstate the emotions attached to any Croatia vs. Serbia matchup, let alone one between arguably each nation’s best athletic teams. Croatia are the defending Olympic champions and defeated a strong, experienced Montenegro side to earn a title chance. Serbia appeared to sleepwalk through the group stage
DIGEST: USA Women’s Water Polo Most “Dominant” in Games?
It is likely to be fleeting but the USA Women’s National Water Polo Team has captured the attention of the sporting press. The most “dominant” athletes at the Rio Olympics, as suggested by Reuters, have all the emotional bases covered for media outlets that notice the nutty cosmonaut helmets and underwater
Perfection: USA Women Dominate to Repeat Olympic Water Polo Gold
They didn’t make it look easy. It was easy. The U.S. Women’s Water Polo Team defeated an overmatched Italy 12-5 to repeat as Olympic Gold Medal Champions on Friday. The group ended a stretch of victories, over 20 in a row, with five more in Rio before a final display of
Key Facts About USA, Italy Gold Medal Water Polo Tilt
Some vital facts about today’s gold medal water polo match between the defending champion USA women, and Italy as compiled by NWA. The teams have met four times in Olympic competition, the first was in the 2004 semis which the Italians won toward winning a gold medal. The U.S. won six straight meetings
