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Report: IOC May Consider Statue Of Liberty A “Political Symbol,” Force Its Removal From USA Hockey Goalie Masks<em></em>
The IOC has reportedly contacted the U.S. women’s hockey team about removing the Statue of Liberty from goalkeepers’ masks because the image may count as a political symbol....
Chloe Kim Gets Gold, Does Back-To-Back 1080s In Victory-Lap Third Run<em></em>
Chloe Kim lived up to the hype during the women’s halfpipe final, putting forth a gold-medal performance on her very first run of the day. With a score of 93.75 there, the 17-year-old American easily jumped out to first place, and no one managed to catch her for the rest of the event:...
Chris Mazdzer's Silver Left The Luge World Speechless
Last summer, I asked three-time Olympic gold medalist Georg Hackl if anything less than victory in luge is acceptable to his native Germany, the sliding sport’s unequivocal ruler. He laughed before I could finish my question....
Luger Catches Air, Which Is Not Something Lugers Generally Want To Do
Austrian luger Birgit Platzer lost control in turn 9, went sideways and briefly airborne during her second run Monday night in women’s singles luge, but was somehow totally fine. Or at least she was, as she put it, “better than the sled.”...
This Korean Figure Skater Is Extremely Online
South Korean figure skater Alex Kang-chan Kam is competing at the 2018 Olympics in the pair skating event. He’s also on a quest to become a meme....
Sorry, But Russia Is Awesome: An Olympic Men's Hockey Preview
The Olympics are when the greatest athletes from all over the world gather to compete in their respective sports. Except for men’s hockey this year....
That Time Adam Rippon Sang A Rihanna Song And Then Skated To It
Yesterday—or possibly today, I seriously don’t understand how these time zones work—Adam Rippon became the most popular figure skater in the U.S. by absolutely crushing his long program during the team competition and becoming a key contributor to Team USA’s bronze medal win....
Snowboarders Blast Olympic Organizers For Forcing "Shitshow" Slopestyle Final To Go On In High Winds
The women’s snowboard slopestyle final, a disaster amid high winds, should not have been contested today. This seems an inarguable statement unless you’re one of the organizers who decreed that it go on because the Olympics were desperate for some marquee programming to fill a big hole on the schedu...
The Most Inappropriate Pairs Figure Skating Songs
We’ve all fantasized about what songs to which we’d perform were we Olympic figure skaters. (Or maybe that’s just me?) Anyway, it’s more entertaining to consider what the least appropriate songs to choreograph a routine to might be, so here is what they are, in order:...
Some Ridiculous Winds Couldn't Keep Jamie Anderson From Another Slopestyle Gold
The snowboarding women’s slopestyle final at this Olympics was a frustrating, unfair event, marked by high winds that cancelled the qualifying round and screwed with pretty much every competitor in the final. Still, despite the awful conditions that even cut down on the number of runs each woman cou...
Welcome To The Adam Rippon Show
American figure skater Adam Rippon, whose butt is real and whose whole vibe is spectacular, made his Olympic debut at age 28 last night. He’s a star now....
The Theme Of Russian Skater Evgenia Medvedeva's Short Program Is "Clinical Death"
Last night, Evgenia Medvedeva, a Russian figure skater expected to win the gold medal in the ladies singles event later in the Games, skated for the Russian team in the short program. Yes, Russian team. As the commentators noted during the first night of the team skating event, it’s easier to say “R...
NBC Apologizes for Calling Japan An "Example" To Koreans
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, from 1910 until 1945, was characterized by executions, forced labor, systematic rape of so-called “comfort women,” and other human rights atrocities. Japan’s whitewashing of this time period in their history books today is a c...
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17-Year-Old Red Gerard Wins Gold In Slopestyle
Red Gerard, who was born in freaking 2000, claimed the first medal for the U.S. at these Pyeongchang Games by winning men’s slopestyle with a perfect final run that launched him past some of the event’s favorites....
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CBC snowboarding analyst Craig McMorris was pretty pleased with Seppe Smits scoring a 69 during today’s slopestyle final. ...
For Those Who Want "One Korea," The Unified Hockey Team Is A Starting Place
GANGNEUNG, South Korea — Even with more than two hours left before the puck was scheduled to drop between the Koreans and their heavily favored Swiss opponents, a taxicab couldn’t get anywhere near the arena. I’d assumed, and planned for, the first game featuring a joint team of players from both No...
NBC's Opening Ceremony Broadcast Edited Out 23 Minutes Of The Event, So Here's What You Missed
NBC’s tape-delayed Olympic opening ceremony broadcast, as usual, didn’t manage to air the entire event. While the Peacock Network continues to improve upon previous years’ heavy hand in editing, they still sliced off 23 minutes in the 14 hours that passed before it finally hit NBC’s airwaves. Here’s...
Here Is Your Olympic Norovirus Update
Organizers in Pyeongchang report 11 new cases of norovirus have been confirmed at the Games. That brings the total of people at the Olympics suffering from the highly contagious diarrhea-and-vomiting disease up to 139....
Bring Back Speed Skiing
Everybody knows the downhill is the best Winter Olympics event. The speed! The danger! The mind-boggling athleticism of the participants! The weird cowbell! I love it so much. If there were a downhill skiing network in my cable package, I would watch it for hours every day. I cannot get enough of th...