Clemson tight end returns from year-long drug suspension maintaining, ‘I did nothing wrong’

Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney raises the ACC championship trophy after the team's win over Virginia on Dec. 7. (Ken Ruinard/the Independent-Mail/AP)

Clemson sophomore tight end Braden Galloway will suit up for the No. 3 Tigers in Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl against No. 2 Ohio State after serving a year-long suspension for failing a drug test ahead of last year’s College Football Playoff.

Galloway and two other players, defensive lineman Dexter Lawrence and offensive lineman Zach Giella, tested positive for ostarine, a muscle-growth supplement banned by the NCAA, and were forced to sit out the Cotton Bowl and national championship game. All three have maintained their innocence and said they were uncertain how the substance entered their bodies.

Shanghai motor show

Images of some of the best cars on display at the Shanghai motor show, including the Mercedes GLA.

Countdown to Sochi 2014 Olympics

One year before Russia hosts its first Winter Olympics, this Black Sea resort is a vast construction site sprawling for nearly 25 miles along the coast and up into the mountains. For Russia and its leadership, the 2014 Sochi Games is a point of national pride. President Putin has made the Olympics his personal project and, determined to use them to showcase a powerful and prosperous Russia, has spared no expense to make sure the games are a success.

Olympic rings for the 2014 Winter Olympics are installed in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, late Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. With the Winter Olympics a year away, IOC President Jacques Rogge praised Sochi organizers on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 and defended the $51 billion price tag. (AP Photo/Ignat Kozlov))

Map of the bomb sites

Map of the bomb sites in relation to the city and the marathon which was run today

An aerial graphic that show how the tragic events of today unfolded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon

Boston USA Marathon Bombing

At least two dead and several injured  after a series of explosions were reported near the finish line at the Boston Marathon on April 15.

In this photo provided by The Daily Free Press and Kenshin Okubo, people assist an injured after an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Daily Free Press, Kenshin Okubo) MANDATORY CREDIT

Fight of the Century

On the anniversary of the legendary "Fight of the Century" in 1971 between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden, LIFE.com offers us rare snapshots of that classic bout.

Joe Frazier in training for his heavyweight title bout against Muhammad Ali, 1971. (John Shearer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Fastest Formula 1 Pitstop – 2.05 seconds

'Sidewall skiing' in Saudi Arabia

In a country without any snow, the sport of skiing gets reinvented. Youths in Saudi Arabia demonstrate a stunt known as “sidewall skiing” (driving on two wheels).

Saudi youths demonstrate a stunt known as "sidewall skiing" (driving on two wheels) in the northern city of Hail, in Saudi Arabia March 30, 2013. Performing stunts such as sidewall skiing and drifts is a popular hobby amongst Saudi youths. REUTERS/Mohamed Al Hwaity (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

New KTM X BOW GT

 

A couple of weeks ago KTM has unveiled the brand new X-BOW GT at the biggest auto Show in Europe, a high performance kart-like machine that’s uber fast yet still comes with a proper windshield to protect you from bad weather. It even includes a removable roof panel for speeds of up to 130 km/h.

The insect-like design will have a 2 liter turbocharged Audi-sourced engine with 285bhp and 420Nm of torque. Its top speed will be somewhere around 220 km/h and it will be able to reach 100km/h in 3.9 seconds. The frontal and side screens will have heating and there will even be a wiper system with a wash system available as one of the extra options.

More specifications have not been released yet but they should come to light during the Geneva show along with the price and availability of the X-BOW GT.

All Terrain DTV Shredder

The All Terrain DTV Shredder looks sick!

McLaren MP4-12C

McLaren: Good at building supercars, bad at naming them

If the MP4-12C weren’t the worst supercar name already, McLaren ups the ante by adding a few more letters along with a wing and some stickers.

Ride the Earth

Professional BMX rider Martin Postigo performs at Red Bull Ramparanoia at Campo de Piedra Pomez in Catamarca, Argentina on December 11th, 2012. The competition is set against a breathtaking backdrop of pumice rock formations moulded by volcanic lava flow known as “Campo de Piedra Pomez”, or the Pumice Field. Some of the world’s best BMX riders gathered to compete in this unique landscape and for a chance to ride such unusual terrain.

Ben Hennon won Red Bull Ramparanoia 2012 with Daniel Dhers taking Best Trick for an beautifully executed 360 tail whip to barspin. 

The Most Expensive Poker Table

I like to play poker with my mates once in a while and this is probably the most awesome poker table I’ve ever seen. Designed by Axel Yberg from Akke Functional Art, the “All In” is apparently the world’s most expensive poker table, priced at a staggering $75,000 and made from 15 species of rare exotic wood.

Its base has been constructed with gold painted plumbing pipes and features special light bulbs. The vectors that bisect each angle on the perimeter of the table are made from Madagascar Ebon and Rose Wood and their colors, black and red, represent the suits in the deck of cards.

Montreal’s Olympic Stadium

The Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, Quebec, Canada built as the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The stadium is nicknamed “The Big O”, a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium’s roof; “The Big Owe” has been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole.

The stadium is the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, it became the home of Montreal’s professional baseball and Canadian football teams. Since 2004, when the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington, D.C., the stadium has had no main tenant. It currently serves as a 56,040-seat multipurpose facility for special events (e.g. concerts, trade shows), and continues to serve as a 66,308-seat venue for playoff and Grey Cup games hosted by the Montreal Alouettes.

The tower incorporated into the base of the stadium, called the Montreal Tower, is the tallest inclined tower in the world at 175 metres (574 ft). The stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert, and has been cited as a masterpiece of organic modern architecture.

Well over its original budget, the stadium ended up costing $770 million to construct. By 2006, the final cost had risen to $1.47 billion when calculating in repairs, modifications and interest paid out. It took taxpayers 30 years to finally pay off the cost. Pink Floyd attracted the largest ever paid crowd to the Olympic Stadium on July 6, 1977. The event gathered 78,322 fans.

Preparing For Winter Olympics 2014

Winter 2014 Olympic Games will be held in the Russian city of Sochi, as you might know. Now we are going to show you some photos of how the Olympic objects have been built in 2011-2012.

Flexible Women 2013 Calendar

Female contortionist brings new meaning to the term flexible working in incredible calendar shoot. The bendy bombshell has released a calendar for 2013 featuring Julia Gunthel also known as Zlata in a variety of incredible positions around an office set. Rubbery Russian Gunthel, who now lives in Germany and goes by the name of Zlata when performing, is pictured typing, answering the phone and making coffee all while bending her body in to unbelievable shapes.

2012 Yahoo Top Searches

Top Searches: #1 Elections

The United States is sometimes criticized for its citizens' apparent lack of interest in politics, at least beyond the celebrity angle. But "elections" was this year's most-searched term on Yahoo!, even though the long campaign probably made a lot of people weary towards the end.

In the dozen years Yahoo! has ranked its annual Top 10 searches, only two other news events captured the top spot: the BP oil spill in 2010, and Michael Jackson's death in 2009. This year the half-billion people who visit Yahoo! every month typed the word "elections" more than any other.

Weird World Records

In an undated photo provided by Guinness World Records 2013 Book, Zeus drinks from the kitchen faucet in Otsego, Mich. The Great Dane is now officially the world’s tallest canine according to the record book. The 3-year-old measures 44 inches from foot to shoulder. Standing on his hind legs, Zeus measures 7-foot-4.

Historic Visions of the Future

Whales facilitate underwater travel.

A set of 19th century postcards has revealed that's just what French artists thought we'd be doing at the turn of the 21st century. The set of postcards, produced between 1899 and 1910, predict what life would be like in Paris in the year 2000 - and there are some fairly bizarre scenes. The year 2000 may have been and gone - but no one has yet invented a flying fireman, or started playing croquet underwater. And while Parisians haven't as yet replaced the fireplace in their homes with sticks of glowing radium, as one portrait shows, there are some portraits which aren't too far off the mark.

Vintage Acrobatic Insanity

In this heart-stopping photograph we see three brave acrobats performing on a ledge located on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City. Unfortunately I was unable to find much additional information on the date/year of this photograph or who actually took the shot. If you know, please advise in the comments below!