Glory Days: New 'The Biggest Loser' Features Ex-Athletes Gone to Seed

Hashtag-America in hashtag-2014 is a place where you can turn on your TV and watch former athletes who are now way out of shape wear jerseys emblazoned with their respective weights — 366, 388, 263, 301, you get the idea — as personal trainers exhort them to lift medicine balls and run on treadmills.

And better yet: It's all for your viewing pleasure! Because you are an American citizen and this is why we fight the wars, baby

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The 16th season of NBC's The Biggest Loser premieres Thursday at 8 p.m. ET and orbits around a storied sports trope: The ex-athlete gone to seed. Included in the cast of 20 contestants who will compete to lose the most weight are mostly former high school and semi-pro athletes you probably won't recognize Read more...

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