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Closing Ceremony Pokes Fun At Opening Ceremony Blunder
Remember this? The Russians gave it an on-purpose reprise today. Clever!...
How To Watch The Sochi Olympics Closing Ceremony Live
Great news, everyone. You no longer have to wait up to 13 hours (we see you, Hawai'i!) to watch the Olympic Winter Games closing ceremony in the United States. NBC is offering a stream starting at 11:00 EST. If your television provider doesn't play nice with Comcast, though, you might need some othe...
AP: Nicklas Backstrom Missed Gold Medal Game Due To Failed Doping Test
Swedish reports stated that center Nicklas Backstrom wouldn't play in the gold medal game against Canada due to migraines. But other reports suggest Backstrom missed the game after testing positive for something during doping test....
NBC Ad Interruption Almost Ruins Gold Medal Winner's Watch Party
Mikaela Shiffrin kept her nerve and won gold in ladies' slalom, but the same can't quite be said for her family members watching at home here in the U.S. As we noted in that piece, NBC Live Extra put up an ad that covered up the first part of her run; that ad affected everyone, and it's no surprise ...
Alberta Premier Reveals Pro-Drunk Platform
Alison Redford, the premier of Alberta, announced that bars will be allowed to serve alcohol at 5:00 a.m. Sunday for Canada's gold medal matchup against Sweden, thus allowing fans to watch the national game the way it was intended: loaded and listening to Bush's "Machinehead" on repeat on the jukeb...
Canada 3 Sled Flips Upside Down, Slides Across Finish Line On Its Side
The Canada 3 sled lost control coming out of turn 11 on its second run of the four-man bobsled competition, getting slightly airborn as it headed into the next turn. It then flipped and slid to the finish with the crew wedged between the sled and the ice. The whole team eventually walked away from ...
Sarah Burke's Former Coach Spreads Her Ashes On Sochi Halfpipe
When the Olympics first began in Sochi, the IOC refused to allow athletes to commemorate the dead. Most notably, officials told halfpipe skiers they could not wear patches or stickers in honor of Canadian skier Sarah Burke, who died two years ago while training in Utah. Her former coach, Trennon Pay...
Louisville And Cincinnati Swap Lead Three Times In Final 30 Seconds
After Cincinnati (7) went on a 10-0 run in the last four minutes to get themselves back in it against Louisville (11), the lead changed three times in the final 30 seconds. Thanks to Russ Smith, the Cardinals were on the right end of the eeny-meeny-miny-moe finish and won 58-57....
Why Bode Miller Mattered
In a way, it's fitting for Bode Miller's Olympic career to end like this, if this is indeed the end. Having re-injured his knee in Wednesday's giant slalom, in which he finished 20th, the 36-year-old absented himself from the last ski race of the Sochi Olympics, today's slalom. He'd spent his career...
Fan Throws Pizza At Usher, Gets Ejected From Villanova-St. John's Game
We've all been there: you get up to grab some pizza and when you try to head back to your seats, the usher tells you to go a different way. So you throw your pizza at the usher. You have to get back to your kids with your pizza and the usher is being unreasonable. Your hands are basically tied at th...
Here's Gareth Bale's Laser Golazo
If the staccato finesse of Arsenal is not your cup of tea, wet your whistle on the brutality of Gareth Bale. ...
Nightmare Bear Dances Over Eddie Olczyk's Shoulder
Don't let the white fur fool you, Nightmare Bear is a devil in angel's clothing. Look at Eddie's eyes at around the :51 mark. He knows. Somehow, he knows. ...
Arsenal Strike Again With Mesmerizing Goal
Tomas Rosicky scored Arsenal's third goal of the game against Sunderland today and it was nearly as pretty as Jack Wilshere's back in October. ...
Once Again Proving Olympic Hockey Is A Mickey Mouse Affair
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New Hampshire Basketball Team Ends Four Year Long Losing Streak
The Timberlane Regional High School boys' basketball team headed into tonight's season finale against Keene with an 0-17 record on the season. The Plaistow, NH squad didn't win any games last season, either, or the year before that; their last win was in January, 2010—81 games ago. The streak finall...
How 18-Year-Old Mikaela Shiffrin Kept Her Nerve And Won Slalom Gold
This morning, 18-year-old Mikaela Shiffrin became the youngest skier to win gold in the Olympic slalom. Ever. How? She took on a course with the kind of calm usually shown by athletes who have been on the race circuit for, well, as long as she's been alive....
Russian Beers, Ranked
When we think of Russian drinking customs, we like to envision steely-eyed, furry-hatted folk guzzling vodka with silent partners, grim determination, and maybe a pickle. That image has a certain nihilistic charm. It's less romantic to acknowledge that too many of these sad bastards wind up taking ...
One Weird Old Trick To Remove White Water Stains From Wood
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