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Russian Figure Skating Fans Applaud Gracie Gold's Fall
Jerks! You guys are jerks....
Why Is T.J. Oshie So Good In The Shootout?
T.J. Oshie is on Team USA for his shootout prowess. This is no secret. The behind-the-scenes looks at the roster selection make clear that the committee ranked him behind other forwards like Brandon Saad on pure skill, but put him on the team anyway because he's deadly when going one-on-one with a g...
USA! USA! USA!
Meghan Duggan puts the U.S. up 1-0 in the second period of today's gold medal game against Canada....
Canada's Curling Skip Gets Emotional While Watching Final Shot
Jennifer Jones's final stone wrapped up a 6-3 victory for her team in today's gold medal match against Sweden, capping off the Canadian team's unbeaten Olympic run. While watching her shot slide down the ice, the 39-year-old Jones couldn't help but get a little emotional. One thing that's cool about...
Canada's Ladies Win Gold In Curling; Here's Where They Come From
With a 6-3 result over Sweden bringing home gold for captain Jennifer Jones's squad, Canada is exultant over their curling success. In the piece below, Adam Doster explores the culture they came from—it involves beer and pork hearts—by way of finding out just why curling is so much damn fun....
This Is One Ugly Photo Finish
Today's first ski cross quarterfinal heat featured a big crash just before the finish, taking out three skiers and allowing Switzerland's Armin Niederer to cross first. But only second place would join him in the semis—who could slide the fastest?...
Skier Eats It, Laughs At 4.20 Score
19-year-old Lyman Currier is headed home to Colorado after a devastating injury in men's ski halfpipe ended his time in Sochi. He crashed on his second qualifying run Tuesday evening, immediately grabbed his knee, and was overheard telling his dad that "it popped" after crying his way down to the b...
Austrian Hockey Team Apologizes For Partying Too Hard
You're Austria. You're not a hockey power. You're not going to medal. So why not take advantage of even the smallest measure of Olympic success to drink until sunrise?...
Swiss Women's Hockey Team Wins Bronze Thanks To This Empty Netter
The Swiss took bronze in the women's Olympic hockey tournament today, thanks to this heads up play by 15-year-old forward Alina Muller. Down 3-2 with just over two minutes left to play, the Swedish team pulled its goalie to get an extra attacker on the ice. One minute later, Muller sent home the emp...
How Many Words Can You Spell Using Don Cherry's Jacket?
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Luger Kate Hansen Films A Wolf/Dog Roaming Outside Her Sochi Hotel Room [UPDATE]
Update: Fuck you, Jimmy Kimmel....
Angry Russian Hockey Fan Wants To Send The Team To Siberia
He seems upset....
Once Again, It's Yuna Kim Vs. The World
After weeks of hype surrounding 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya's gold medal Sochi prospects, the Russian rising star crumbled under the pressure Wednesday, eating the ice on an uncharacteristic fall during her short program–and opening the door wide for a slew of competitors to challenge reigning Oly...
Ted Ligety Is Skidding His Way To A Skiing Revolution
Ted Ligety is all about technique. He's precise. Controlled. Clean. He's also a complete risk-taker. Each of those so-called precise, controlled, clean turns? They're perpetually a razor's-edge (or a millisecond) from disaster. ...
When And Where To Watch The Olympic Hockey Semifinals
After a day that saw one upset and one projected blowout remain buttclenchingly close, we're down to the final four—and they're the best four teams in the world....
Ashley Wagner's Reactions Remain The Best
It's no "Bullshit!," but Ashley Wagner's response to another lower-than-expected score in today's ladies short program deserves our attention. It's almost as if she's so conscious of her reaction that she overcorrects toward glee. We like both parts....
Canada Came <em>This Close</em> To A Goal
Canada and Latvia—Latvia!—are tied 1-1 late in the third, and it's hard to say exactly why it's so close. Canada's leading on shots 847-3 (rough estimate), but only managed a single first-period goal from Patrick Sharp. (Update: Canada just scored. 2-1 now.) Here's how close they came to netting a ...
The Russian Olympic Hockey Coach's Postgame Presser Was Gold
From the Wall Street Journal, comes a highly enjoyable back-and-forth between Russian Olympic hockey coach, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, and a member of the media. While taking a break from pushing the foolish "Blame Ovechkin" narrative, Bilyaletdinov discussed his own future in rather macabre terms....
David Backes Scored From An Impossible Angle
David Backes scored this ridiculous goal with a second and change left in the first to put Team USA up 3-1 over the Czech republic. Under Ondrej Pavelec's glove, off the inside of the far post. Gorgeous—and it might not even have been as difficult as his perfect pass to set up Dustin Brown earlier i...
Pussy Riot Members Attacked With Whips At Attempted Sochi Protest
Members of the anti-Putin punk protest collective Pussy Riot attempted a demonstration in Sochi today, but were quickly set upon by security forces with whips....