Chris Godfrey

Oct 25, 2024 | msn.com | Chris Godfrey

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Oct 25, 2024 | theguardian.com | Chris Godfrey

Chris Stapleton has played five arenas in the UK over the past week, on a tour dubbed the All-American Road Show. Posters depicted his grandly bearded, cowboy-hatted visage framed by hills and skies in colours of red, white and blue. At first listen, his country music seems just as all-American.

Jul 24, 2024 | msn.com | Chris Godfrey

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Jul 24, 2024 | theguardian.com | Chris Godfrey

Eating 50 hotdogs in 10 minutes, buns and all, requires training. For Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi, the so-called godfather of competitive eating, that means drinking a lot of water. He starts by downing five litres in under 90 seconds, then rests, then repeats the process the next day, drinking more, faster. The goal is to increase the capacity of his stomach and the speed at which it expands. The target: 11 litres in 45 seconds. “It’s similar to the idea of building muscle,” he says.

Jul 9, 2024 | theguardian.com | Chris Godfrey

Standing on the podium at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Greg Louganis knew he was done. With his last ever competitive dive, he’d secured his second gold medal of the week and become the first male diver to win double gold in consecutive Games. His career total: three Games, four gold medals, one silver. He had become the greatest American diver ever; arguably the greatest ever full stop. Six months before the Games, Louganis, then 28, had found out he was HIV positive.