Fencing
Stephanie Turner did this to protest against her trans opponent in a Maryland competition.
What is kneel?
This famous ballet is often called racist for caricature depictions of other cultures such as in the Chinese Dance and the Arabian dance
What is The Nutcracker?
Perhaps the greatest sports scandal of all time, Tonya Harding hired (or helped to cover up) someone to break the kneecap of this fellow Olympian
Who is Nancy Kerrigan?
Only two players have ever worn this number in an official regular season game, due to its unofficial ban
What is 69?
A Chicago baseball team received this fitting nickname after throwing their own 1919 World Series
What are the Black Sox
USA Fencing accused two of these for suspected Sabre cheating shortly before the 2024 Olympic games
Who are referees? (Yevgeniy Dyaokokin and Vasil Milenchev)
When the Rite of Spring, by this composer, debuted in 1913 its avant-garde music, costumes, and choreography shocked Parisians so much the police had to be called to restore order
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
The ISU had to make some scoring changes after the 2018 Olympic gold medalist won thanks in part to placing allll of her jumps in the second, higher scoring half of her program; often called this after the skater at its center
What is the Zagitova rule?
This undercover police investigation to uncover a nationwide illegal hockey gambling ring was fittingly nicknamed this
What is Operation Slapshot?
What are testicles
In 2020, head fencing coach of this prestigious university (allegedly) received bribes in the form of car, mortgage, and water/sewer payments in exchange for accepting two of a Maryland businessman's sons
What is Harvard?
The film Black Swan found itself in some controversy (besides for copying Perfect Blue) over deleting a video clip showing the dance double Sarah Lane, and when this actress left her out of the acceptance speech for the Best Actress Oscar she won for the role
Who is Natalie Portman?
Beaudry and Cizeron stirred up some drama in the most recent Winter Olympics when they beat this dominant American duo--with the help of almost 8 additional points awarded by a French judge
Who are Chock and Bates?
The team from this city has admitted to throwing the 1983 season in order to have the first draft pick of 1984
Where is Pittsburgh?
In a Little League World Series, Danny Almonte pitched a perfect game, until it was revealed that his father forged his birth certificate; he was actually 14 instead of this maximum legal age
What is drop his sword?
Though she put the girls on the show Dance Moms through no shortage of drama and abuse, Abby Lee Miller served jail time for this real-life crime
What is Bankruptcy Fraud?
During the 2022 Olympics, Kamila Valieva was disqualified after testing positive for trimetazadine, this kind of drug
What is heart medication?
In 1993, this player returned to the ice on the same day as his radiation treatment for cancer; he would go on to be the top scorer of the season despite playing 24 less games than the runner-up
Who is Mario Lemieux?
Before the US, the previous FIFA World Cup was hosted here, where slave labor was allegedly used in order to build stadiums big enough, quickly enough
Where is Qatar?
The Wikipedia article for the scandal in the Heidemann vs Shin 2012 Epee Olympic match dubs it this catchy title
What is The Never-ending Second?
In case you didn't know, I used to be a competition dancer! In a tap routine set to this Nat King Cole jazz standard, I "got in trouble" for dating all four of my other teammates at the same time
What is L-O-V-E
This Russian skater, previously infamous for having a meltdown over her Olympic silver medal, just returned to score second at the 2026 Kinoshita Cup about a year after GIVING BIRTH
Who is Alexandra "Sasha" Trusova (now Ignatova) aka "Quad Queen," aka "The Russian (now Independently Neutral) Rocket" ?
This hockey team owed its star player "Super" Mario Lemieux so much money, $32 million, that when they were on the verge on bankruptcy he stepped in to buy the team he played on
What are The Penguins?
Originally diagnosed in football player Mike Webster, one study of post-mortem donated brains found this percentage of Chronic Traumatic Encephalophy in football players across all levels of play
What is 87?