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Shaun White Refuses To Ride Sochi's Dangerous Slopestyle Course
Here's another feather that we can take out of the Sochi Olympics' cap: After injuring his wrist while on a practice run on the slopestyle course yesterday, Shaun White has decided to pull out of the event altogether. This is the first time slopestyle has been included as an Olympic event, and it ju...
Staying In Sochi Is A Hilarious Adventure
The North American media has descended on Sochi, and...how do we put this gently? Sochi's not ready....
Russian Poll: You Have No Choice But To Be Excited About The Olympics
This poll is currently on the front page of Sochi2014.com, the official page of the upcoming Winter Olympics. I'm pretty sure that if you select "Other," the FSB shows up at your door to whisk you off to a gulag. ...
How The Sochi Olympics Became A $51 Billion Quagmire
The Sochi Olympic games will be the most expensive ever held, by an egregious amount. $51 billion in total, and since Winter Olympics are smaller than Summer games, the Russian government is spending an average of $520 million per event—four times as much as the previous record-holder, China. Where ...
Here Are The 2014 Olympic Medals
Today at the IOC executive board meetings in St. Petersburg, the medals for the 2014 Sochi Olympics were officially unveiled. Uh, Russia? It looks like a big chunk is missing....