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Cool Chart: The Altitudes And Latitudes Of Winter Olympics Hosts

Over at the Washington Post, Darla Cameron, Cristina Rivero and Gene Thorp have created an excellent graphic comparing the latitude, host city altitude, and skiing venue altitude of every Winter Olympics since 1960. Squaw Valley, Ca. was the highest host city and Salt Lake City was the highest ski v...

Pretend-Lesbian Pop Duo To Perform At Sochi Opening Ceremony

Here, via the Wall Street Journal, is a bit of unexpected news about the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics: t.A.T.u., the Russian female pop duo that once gained some international recognition for making out with each other in a music video, is set to perform at the opening ceremony....

What Is Going On Here? [Update]

The photo caption merely reads, "Volunteers push Switzerland goaltender Florence Schelling in a trolley as she leaves the Shayba Arena following a practice session." That explains nothing! ...

Olympic Ski Jumping Makes For Some Cool And Trippy Photos

Olympic ski jumpers can reach speeds upwards of 70 mph while hurtling down the in-run, and yet the crazy speeds at which they're traveling never seem to be captured all that well by television cameras. Still photographs, on the other hand, can give you a real taste of that speed, while also creating...

Meet The Underdogs Of The U.S. Figure Skating Team

The figure skating competition is already underway in Sochi, and I have to break the bad news to you: For the first time in years, no American man or woman is expected to seriously vie for an individual gold medal. Which doesn't mean this won't still be the most fascinating, nerve-wracking competiti...

A list of the 10 funniest horse racing calls, featuring helium, fog, and a stretch battle between Mywifenosevrything and Thewifedoesntknow....

Pete Carroll Is The Future

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. ...

Equality Organization's Ad Features Hot Luge Action

This is the work of the Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion, which is not very happy with Russia's anti-gay rhetoric....

This New NBA Stat Is A Huge Step Forward For Basketball Analysis

This morning on Grantland, Kirk Goldsberry introduced the stat Expected Possession Value Added (EPVA), which he developed with some colleagues as part of a Sloan Conference paper. EPVA still needs some work, but it may represent an enormous development in NBA analysis. Here's why....

The Hater's Guide To The Sochi Olympics

Greetings, comrade! And welcome to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia! Thank God that Vladimir Putin has restored Russia to its rightful place as America’s enemy and foil. (Russia: We Don’t Even Pretend We’re A Democracy Anymore!™) Russians are white and live inside a distinct national ...

NFL Teams As Corporate Logos

NYC-based designer Ryan K. Fishman has mashed up 32 recognizable corporate logos with NFL teams, and has presumably been sued by everyone....

A deaf composer—who wrote music to be used by Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi at these Olympics—turns out to be neither deaf nor a composer....

Looks like the new Vikings coaching staff has retained the services of Mike Priefer, at least until investigators determine whether he really advocated nuking the gays. [ESPN]...

Stray Dog Wanders Onto Cross-Country Skiing Course, Barks At Everyone

One of Sochi's many adorable strays found itself in the middle of the cross-country skiers' training runs, and courseworkers seemed oddly unwilling to chase it away. ...

Maverick: The George Kimball Interview

The George Kimball Interview...from Hunter S. Thompson and Terry Southern to Bill James, Gayle Sayers, Norman Mailer, Bob Arum, George Foreman, and oh, so many more:...

How To Watch The Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Live

The XXII Olympic Winter Games opening ceremony in Sochi starts Friday morning at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, but it won't be aired in the U.S. until more than eight hours later thanks to NBC's tape-delay policies. They aren't streaming it live online, either, so if you'd like to join the rest of the world...

What's The Deal With Bob Costas's Eye?

This morning, a reader wrote in to alert us to Bob Costas's appearance on this morning's episode of the Today Show. The reader wanted to know what the hell was going on with Costas's left eye, which appeared to be all kinds of messed up. So we reached out to Costas, looking for an answer....

Kyle Lowry Gets Boned By Terrible Foul Call, Runs Right Off The Court

Some serious bullshit went down at the end of last night's Raptors-Kings game. With 28 seconds remaining and the Raptors down by six, Kyle Lowry hit an incredible three-point shot that was inexplicably waved off by a referee who thought Lowry kicked his leg into the oncoming defender as he went up ...

All The Sochi Food Is In The Ass

Yes, it means an assortment. Shut up....

Here Is An Important Photo Of Pacman Jones And Rod Stewart

This chance encounter earned an "OMG" from Pacman, which is delightful. Rod looks a little out of it, though....