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Nothing Happened To Shaun White
American snowboarder Shaun White won another Olympic gold medal in the halfpipe yesterday. The event was broadcast on NBC, and throughout the competition White was talked about as an American hero and champion. It wasn’t unexpected, as the media often equates skill with a ball, bat, or in this case ...
Jamaican Bobsled Team's Olympics In Jeopardy Over Sled Drama And Coach Quitting
The Jamaican women’s bobsled team is set to make their Olympic debut next week, 30 years after the Jamaican men’s bobsled team made their historic debut at the Calgary Olympics. That’s the hope, anyway. Just a week before their first heats, the team has been engulfed by drama, and may not even have ...
The Most Controversial Voice In Figure Skating Can't Stop Saying What's On His Mind
Something odd was happening at Skate America and Dave Lease was all over it....
USA Men's Hockey Loses To Slovenia. Slovenia!
With no NHL players, everyone figured Team USA wouldn’t be very good. No one expected they’d be “lose to Slovenia” bad. But here we are! Team USA surrendered a two-goal third-period lead and allowed two late goals to Jan Muršak, giving Slovenia the 3-2 overtime win in the first game for both teams....
Weird Statues Of The Olympics, Ranked
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—I was supposed to cover Mikaela Shiffrin’s probably podium-worthy slalom run this morning. In the perpetual riddle of trying to predict where the bigger story will be on any given day at the Olympics, I went to the ski slopes to see Shiffrin instead of watching Shaun White’s...
Shaun White Brushes Off Sexual Harassment Lawsuit At Press Conference
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea—As is customary for American athletes who have medaled, Shaun White conducted a press conference—alongside a handler from USA Ski and Snowboarding—after earning his third lifetime Olympic gold in the halfpipe. During this press conference, White was asked about a sexual hara...
The Italian Tom Brady
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Shaun White Wins Halfpipe Gold Again
Shaun White’s still got it. The 31-year-old, after posting an insane 98.50 score in qualifying, earned his third-career Olympic gold medal with his third run of 97.75 points in a halfpipe competition that became somewhat muted following a disastrous crash on the halfpipe by Yuto Totsuka. White beat ...
Japanese Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka Carted Off After Halfpipe Disaster
16-year-old Japanese snowboarder Yuto Totsuka left the halfpipe on a medical sled after a disastrous crash on the lip of the halfpipe....
These Dumbass Robots In Sweaters Are Terrible At Skiing
Just an hour outside of Pyeongchang, scientists and students unleashed a small group of robot minions onto the slopes, much to the delight of the gathered populace. These bloodthirsty, unfeeling menaces may be able to turn a bit, but thankfully, they are horrible at skiing:...
Elise Christie's Suspicious Short Track Crash Is As Frustrating As It Gets
British speed skater Elise Christie is one of the fastest women in the world on the short track, and she’s probably the most likely athlete to win a gold medal for Team GB in Pyeongchang. She owns the world record in the 500-meter, has a pair of World Championship gold medals, and has won several Eu...
Curve 9 Has Begun Claiming Its Victims
There are 16 turns on the track at the Alpensia Sliding Center, used for luge, skeleton, and bobsled at the 2018 Olympics. And for a full year now, since the track was first used for World Cup events, riders have been warning that medal chances (and bodies) would be made or broken in Curve 9. It has...
Everything You Need To Know About 2018 Olympic Men's Curling
Olympic men’s curling begins Wednesday morning (Tuesday evening in North America) with Team USA playing the host South Korea and defending gold medal-winner Canada vs. Italy at 7:05 p.m. ET. The top four teams after the 10-team round-robin will advance to a playoff. NBC Sports will be streaming ever...
Everything You Need To Know About 2018 Olympic Women's Curling
Olympic women’s curling begins Wednesday (extremely late Tuesday evening in North America) with Team USA playing Japan at 12:05 a.m. ET. Defending gold medal winner Canada’s first game will be against 2014 bronze medalists Great Britain at 6:05 a.m. ET. The top four teams after the 10-team round-rob...
The Chloe Kim Experience Was A Blast
There’s a sort of dissonance to watching American snowboarder Chloe Kim compete, and it goes a long way towards explaining why the experience is such a thrill. Kim cheerfully, casually upends everything that is supposed to be true about a 17-year-old’s place at a marquee sporting event like the Olym...
<em></em>Marcel Hirscher Is Finally, <i>Finally</i>, An Olympic Champion
Before today, Marcel Hirscher had never won Olympic gold. Somehow....
Jocelyne Lamoureux Scores Two Goals In Six Seconds For Team USA<em></em>
In their second match of group play, Team USA is currently stomping Russia in women’s hockey, leading 4-0 midway through the third. The second and third of those goals were scored by North Dakota native Jocelyne Lamoureux, just six seconds apart. That’s an Olympic record for fastest time between two...
Report: IOC May Consider Statue Of Liberty A “Political Symbol,” Force Its Removal From USA Hockey Goalie Masks<em></em>
The IOC has reportedly contacted the U.S. women’s hockey team about removing the Statue of Liberty from goalkeepers’ masks because the image may count as a political symbol....
Chloe Kim Gets Gold, Does Back-To-Back 1080s In Victory-Lap Third Run<em></em>
Chloe Kim lived up to the hype during the women’s halfpipe final, putting forth a gold-medal performance on her very first run of the day. With a score of 93.75 there, the 17-year-old American easily jumped out to first place, and no one managed to catch her for the rest of the event:...
Chris Mazdzer's Silver Left The Luge World Speechless
Last summer, I asked three-time Olympic gold medalist Georg Hackl if anything less than victory in luge is acceptable to his native Germany, the sliding sport’s unequivocal ruler. He laughed before I could finish my question....