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Redskins Lied About Not Paying Horrible People To Defend Team Name
This became news a few days ago—the Friday evening before the Super Bowl, to be exact. Because of that timing, we can only assume the Redskins didn't want anyone to notice. Don't let them get away with it....
Vladimir Putin Would Win All The Gold At Sochi If He Wanted To
At last! We're finally on the cusp of the Sochi Olympics. It's a time to focus on all the extraneous inconveniences, both small and great, that, for better or worse, will be forgotten as as soon as the real action starts. But before we fully lose ourselves in a world of ice dancing and curling, we s...
Where Do Our Winter Olympians Come From?
This morning, the Washington Post published a map and list of the home states of the U.S.'s Winter Olympians. Commenter Jessica Minton wasn't a fan, so she took the data and created her own interactive map that breaks down the states' athletes by gender and by sport....
Unfinished Sochi Cultural Center Just Covered Up With Tarp
Thousands of residents of Sochi's Imereti Valley were evicted from the land that would become the Olympic complex, and despite their legal challenges and protests (including hunger strikes), were resettled in nearby Nekrasovskoye, a village built from scratch....
Patrick Kane Honors Dead Grandfather, Breaks Down After Game
Just before taking the ice for last night's game against the Kings, Patrick Kane learned that his grandfather had died. Kane played in the game, finishing with two goals and one assist. After scoring his first goal, seen above, Kane kissed his fingers and pointed skyward....
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....
The Sochi Double Toilets Are Real!
Via Ilya Yashin, the first evidence of the Olympic Village double toilets in action, proving that they were not just some fevered dream, but indeed a new horizon in camaraderie....
The Olympic Hockey Teams' Bedrooms Are Very, Um, Cozy
Canadian journalist Stephen Whyno has arrived at the Olympic village in Sochi, and he got to take a peek at one of the bedrooms that members of the Canadian hockey team will be staying in. It's going to be like being at summer camp!...
Joakim Noah Takes The Time To Properly Curse Out The Refs
Joakim Noah suffered a mini-meltdown after being ejected last night against Sacramento, but he's a master craftsman, and so wasn't about to leave the court without individually telling each ref what he thought about them....
Randy Foye Buzzer-Beater Sends Color Man Into Song
Here's a feather in your cap, Denver! The Nuggets came back to beat the L.A. Clippers on a deep, three-point buzzer-beater. Matt barnes actually put the Clippers up two on a three-pointer of his own with 6.2 seconds left, but Randy Foye ended it with this dagger which sent Scott Hastings into a Foy...
Sochi Hires Private Company To Murder Stray Dogs Ahead Of Olympics
Remember when Olympic officials said they weren't going to murder stray animals in Sochi? Well, turns out they are definitely murdering stray dogs now. ...
Richie Incognito And Jonathan Martin Texted About "Puss" A Lot
The Big Lead has obtained over 1,000 text messages sent between Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin between October 2012 and November 2013. It reads like your basic text message chain between friends. Except these friends are semi-famous and wealthy athletes, so they talk about partying and hookers...
Here's Jimmy Howard's Olympic Mask
We now have the masks for all three of Team USA's Olympic goaltenders, after designer Ray Bishop posted photos of Jimmy Howard's on his company's Facebook page....
Drake Pays Homage To Johnny Manziel With Custom Shirt
On the right, we have the famous photo of Johnny Manziel partying with some ladies while on spring break. On the left, we have Drake hitting the town on Super Bowl Sunday in a shirt that everyone in College Station is now desperate for an opportunity to purchase....
Sochi-Bound Activist Jailed For Public Swearing
An environmental activist planning to present a report on Sochi's environmental impact, was taken into custody at a bus station and ordered jailed for 15 days, according to his lawyer. His crime? Swearing in public....