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With the Kentucky Derby becoming the cultural hotbed that it’s transformed into over the last decade, it’s no surprise that musicians, athletes, and influencers flocked to Louisville, Kentucky, for the 151st iteration of the The Run for the Roses (referencing the blanket of 554 red roses draped over the winning horse that crosses the finish line first each year).

Simone Biles came through for a big honor,...

Fan favorite college athlete Livvy Dunne, who is also a model and influencer, went viral at the Kentucky Derby over the weekend.

The 22-year-old Lsu women’s gymnastics team alum gave an intro speech at a derby event – the 2025 Kentucky Oaks – where she made a “Riders Up” call that has gone viral.

“Kentucky Oaks fans. Now for the annual tradition we’ve all been looking forward to, Rider’s Up!” she started.

Some called her out for the awkwardness seen in the clip. Now, she’s explaining.

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In a Getting Ready with Me video on TikTok, so many comments were addressing her speech.

“Why are people so mean to you?” one commenter wrote, to which Livvy responded, “Yes.”

Another commenter wrote that it “was a tough watch,” to which Livvy then explained, “I couldn’t hear myself because of the echo of the microphone...

Thanks to the advent of name, image, and likeness (Nil) deals, aspiring college athletes are weighing schools based on their social media capabilities. Recruiting battles that once centered around factors like facilities and prestige are now moving to platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

To keep up with a landscape that has reinvented itself over the past five years, colleges and universities are turning to industry experts for help. One notable effort is occurring at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where year-old firm Article 41 is teaching student-athletes how to harness their Nil potential and land five-to-six-figure brand deals.

Article 41’s work at Unc was the subject of a recent profile in the New York Times. The article notes that Article 41 Co-Founder Vickie Segar inspired student-athletes to use social media megastars like Alix Earle as inspiration. Earle, Segar explained, can be paid as much as $450,000 for a single sponsored Instagram post.

On July 1, 2021, the world of college sports changed dramatically when the Supreme Court made a decision that forever changed the economics of college sports. Student-athletes couldn’t make money from their skills for more than one hundred years, stuck in a system that made billions while leaving them broke. Everything changed overnight when the Name, Image, and Likeness (Nil) program was put in place.

Imagine being a famous player who draws huge crowds, raises money for your school through TV ads, and gets people excited about sports, but you can’t make any money from your success. For many years, that was the truth for college athletes. The Nil policy broke those rules, making it possible for students to make money off of their sports skills and personal brands.

The effects were felt right away and were very deep. Student players could get endorsement deals, make friends on social media,...

On Tuesday, September 10, Good Morning America welcomes actor and author Matthew McConaughey to the show. He will be discussing his book, “Greenlights.” Joining him on the show will be gymnast Livvy Dunne and philanthropist-journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will be talking about her new glow-in-the-dark picture book, “The Fly Who Flew to Space.” The live, […]

Good Morning America: Matthew McConaughey, Lauren Sánchez...

Lsu gymnast and major influencer Olivia Dunne is on team Simone Biles.

In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Dunne said Biles is back with a vengeance.

“Simone has always been a Goat (greatest of all-time), and I think that this is, like, her revenge tour. What happened in (2021) was a freak thing, and I think that she is out for revenge,” Dunne said. “She’s gonna probably win.”

Dunne is referring to Biles’ last Olympics, when she had to drop out because of a case of the ‘twisties’ – where a gymnast’s mind and body fall out of sync.

Biles is leading the veteran Team USA women’s gymnastics team, which includes Suni Lee, Jade Carey and Jordan Chiles, along with newcomers Hezly Rivera, Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong.

The Kid Laroi knows a girls night out isn’t complete without the perfect energy-building playlist. The singer cracked the formula on his new single “Girls,” which he started teasing on TikTok over a month ago with a viral snippet where he boasts: “Fuck your ex-man, I’m the man now/Think I feel bad, he was fanned out/Do what you like, you’ve been too nice/He didn’t do right, that’s too bad now.”

Since first teasing “Girls” in early May, the song has been used...