Jock Smut Intro for August 15, 2016 Dear Gossips, I had an “I wish I thought of this” moment looking at my inbox this weekend. What if the Sorting Hat went to the aquatic centre? How would each swimming stroke – and the athletes who represent them – be divided into their respective Hogwarts Houses? The following comes from By Lainey • Aug 15, 2016 09:07 am
Jock Smut Intro for August 12, 2016 Dear Gossips, The women were expected to be glorious these Games. And they have been GLORIOUS. Penny Oleksiak won Canada’s first gold medal in Rio, tying for first in the 100m freestyle with Simone Manuel yesterday. It was Penny’s fourth medal at these Olympics and she’s now By Lainey • Aug 12, 2016 10:22 am
Jock Smut Leslie Jones in Rio Leslie Jones has arrived in Rio. She started posting as soon as she got there this morning. NBC invited her earlier this week after she became an Olympic gold medallist tweeter at the start of the Games. As I noted a couple of days ago, we need let Leslie to By Lainey • Aug 11, 2016 02:40 pm
Jock Smut Intro for August 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, I posted on Friday that women are expected to be the superstars of these Games. And so far, the women have been glorious. In its debut at the Olympics, Women’s Rugby Sevens has become a marquee sport and I love what Canada’s team captain Jen Kish By Lainey • Aug 09, 2016 09:56 am
Jock Smut Gwyneth Paltrow’s pre-Olympic cupping On Saturday in Rio, American gymnast Alex Naddour competed in the team qualification with circular marks on his arms and back. Yesterday Michael Phelps competed in the men’s 4x100 freestyle relay with similar looking marks. Obviously, for me, this was the first person who came to mind: Remember when By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 11:30 am
Jock Smut Olympic Leslie In case you hadn’t picked up it on over the last decade-plus (if you’ve been visiting this blog that long) or in the weeks leading up to the Games, I am an Olympic junkie. Yesterday I yelled at Duana – on her birthday! – over text because she messaged me By Lainey • Aug 08, 2016 10:26 am
Jock Smut Intro for August 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, Two fashion magazines were making headlines yesterday about feminism. Let’s start with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover of Marie Claire. Last year SJP told Cosmopolitan that she prefers to call herself a “humanist” and not a feminist. This time, in Marie Claire, she declares that: " By Lainey • Aug 05, 2016 09:43 am
Jock Smut Intro for August 4, 2016 Dear Gossips, Here’s my favourite tweet from yesterday: In case you missed it, I am obsessed with Simone Biles. And it’s not just because I’m obsessed with gymnasts and she just might be the best gymnast ever, of all time. But also because I’m obsessed with By Lainey • Aug 04, 2016 09:30 am
Jock Smut Superena 73 Questions with Serena Williams! Serena is not an actor. So the flow here is probably not as “natural” as you might find with, say, someone like SJP. That said, it’s also no less awkward than Nicole Kidman’s. In fact, some Serena’s answers are total gold. For By Lainey • Jul 29, 2016 11:55 am
Jock Smut Intro for July 12, 2016 Dear Gossips, On Sunday night I intended to be asleep by 11pm. That didn’t happen because Marta Karolyi and her hilarious little backpack took longer than expected to select the US gymnastics Olympic team. They will be stars in Rio. But Marta? Marta’s getting some spotlight too. Perhaps By Lainey • Jul 12, 2016 10:02 am
Jock Smut Intro for July 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, If you’re a regular visitor here at LaineyGossip, you are probably familiar with my obsession with Serena Williams. Serena Williams is now tied with Steffi Graf with 22 grand slam titles, the most in the open era, just over 2 months from turning 35 years old on By Lainey • Jul 11, 2016 08:48 am
Jock Smut Intro for July 5, 2016 Dear Gossips, The Opening Ceremony will take place exactly a month from now, August 5, at the Olympic Games in Rio where, despite the Zika controversy, superstars will be made and legends will be re-legended… can I make up that word? Greed really is the most powerful virus. And I’ By Lainey • Jul 05, 2016 10:04 am
Jock Smut Ben Affleck rants Ben Affleck was on Bill Simmons’s Any Given Wednesday last night. Everyone’s talking about one particular clip during which he goes OFF on the NFL in defence of Tom Brady. Tom, of course, plays for the New England Patriots and Ben is from Boston. Tom Brady is their By Lainey • Jun 23, 2016 10:43 am
Jock Smut The Beyoncé delay Beyoncé’s took Formation to Detroit on Tuesday. She now has a couple of weeks off before the tour heads to Europe. With that gap in her schedule, she and Jay Z were in Cleveland last night for Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Cleveland won, forcing a Game 7 By Lainey • Jun 17, 2016 02:14 pm
Jock Smut Intro for June 9, 2016 Dear Gossips, When it was announced yesterday that Maria Sharapova had been banned from tennis for two years, Jacek texted me, optimistically, like, yes, they shut her down. Then I told him to go read her Facebook post. Because that is not the tone of someone who’s been shut By Lainey • Jun 09, 2016 09:08 am
Jock Smut Intro for May 11, 2016 Dear Gossips, Every few weeks or so, Duana will send me something that Retta’s posted on Twitter and, every time, it’s amazing. Which is why I could not wait to read her piece in Lenny that was published yesterday about how she, “a black girl from Jersey”, became By Lainey • May 11, 2016 09:31 am
