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Avs Goalie Semyon Varlamov Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges
Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov spent the night in jail after turning himself in to face charges of second-degree kidnapping and third-degree assault in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident on Tuesday....
Garry Kasparov Battling Post-Soviet Alien Abductee For Chess Presidency
Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion, Pussy Riot supporter, and probably the most famous living chess player, is running for the presidency of the World Chess Federation. His opponent—the incumbent—is a guy who believes in aliens....
Evgeni Malkin Instagram Best
Penguins center and Russia's most eligible bachelor Evgeni Malkin has been on Instagram for an entire year. We regret that we've only now made this discovery....
Russian Soccer Fans Were Racist Today. But Were They Racist Enough?
Champions League soccer is back on today, and English side Manchester City traveled to Russia to play CSKA Moscow. City won, 2-1. City have the better team, so the result itself isn't shocking. But going to Russia to play soccer sucks. It's far. It's cold. The environment is oppressive. CSKA are act...
The Olympic Torch Keeps Going Out
The Olympic torch relay began in Moscow two days ago, and the flame has already been extinguished four times. It's a slight embarrassment for the host nation, but a fairly large one for the factory that made the torches, and also happens to make ballistic missiles....
Olympic Flame Snuffed Out In Russia
There is no better image for these Sochi Olympics than light going dark once inside the Russian border. ...
Watch Marco Reus Score This Stupid Goal From Really, Really Far Away
This is so dumb....
Caps Tell NPR Not To Ask Ovechkin About Anti-Gay Laws; NPR Asks Anyway
Through this offseason of shoving a mic in the face of every potential Russian Olympic athlete to get a quote on Russia's anti-gay legislation, Alexander Ovechkin has proved elusive. No more. NPR tracked down Ovechkin, recently returned from carrying the Olympic torch, and posed the burning question...
Russian Bears Beg For Food; Russian Motorists Oblige
On the highway between Khanty-Mansiysk and Tyumen in central Russia, motorists have taken to throwing treats onto the road for bears to eat. Naturally, the roadway is now being overrun with begging bears....
Jürgen Klopp Is, Uh, Upset
FEEL THE RAGE. After Borussia Dortmund conceded a 29th-minute goal to Napoli's Gonzalo Higuaín, manager Jürgen Klopp took out his anger on the fourth official and was sent off....
Russian Water Sports Are Dangerous And Awesome
Tube kites, inflatable rafts that are designed to take off when towed at speed, are banned in most parts of this country thanks to their disastrous safety record. Thankfully, Russia exists....
The Champions League Group Of Death Is Just Hilarious
There are 32 teams left after the Champions League playoff round ended yesterday, and so today was the Champions League draw, where the teams were divided into eight groups of four for the group stage of the tournament. There will be plenty of analysis and explanation and bloviation around the inter...
Ilya Kovalchuk On Russia's Anti-Gay Laws: "I Agree, Of Course"
Here's the former NHLer to TSN, as relayed by SI:...
Russia Has Officially Banned Protests At The Sochi Olympics
Russia's official government newspaper today published a new presidential decree signed by Vladimir Putin that bans all protests or demonstrations in Sochi from one month before the start of the Olympics until one month after. Sorry, gays and sympathizers!...
Pavel Datsyuk Defers To Religion On Russian Anti-Gay Laws
When Henrik Zetterberg and Victor Hedman publicly spoke out against Russia's anti-gay laws, we openly wondered what would happen when reporters approached the NHL's Russian players. Well, here's one....
Giant Deer Sculpture Doesn't Quite Clear Highway Overpass
Thanks are once again due to Russians' inimitable penchant for insurance fraud, because without it we wouldn't have dashboard cameras in every car....
Russian Runners Share Kiss On Winner's Podium
Kseniya Ryzhova and Tatyana Firova joined an ever-growing list of athletes to extend a middle finger at the bigoted law Russia recently passed with this kiss after winning gold in the women's 4x400 relay at the World Athletics Championships. ...
Two Olympic-Bound NHLers Speak Out Against Russia's Anti-Gay Laws
Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman and Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg, both locks for Sweden's Olympic team, have criticized Russian laws that ban "homosexual propaganda"ahead of the Sochi games....
Athlete Protests Against Russia's Anti-Gay Laws Have Already Begun
Earlier today at the World Championships in Moscow, two Swedish athletes offered up a subtle yet unmistakable protest against Russia's oppressive anti-gay policies ahead of next year's Olympics. But athletes remain split on the right way to speak out, or whether to do it at all....