Why You Should Stop Complaining About NBC's Tape-Delayed Olympics Coverage...
Watch the live stream online. And don’t tell other people how to live. The Rosa Khutor Alpine Skiing mountain resort in Sochi. Leonhard Foeger / Reuters / Reuters NBC's coverage of the 2014 Winter...
View ArticleThe 33 Best Instagram Accounts To Follow During The Winter Olympics
They’re taking the #selfie game to an Olympic level. Below are the best Instagram accounts to follow for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games. These accounts were chosen because they are active and offer a...
View ArticleLos Angeles Lakers' Center Fouls Out And Keeps Playing Thanks To Little-Known...
With the Lakers down to just five players, Robert Sacre’s sixth foul meant he had to keep playing. Los Angeles Lakers' Robert Sacre (left) shoots over Cleveland Cavaliers' C.J. Miles (0) and Anderson...
View ArticleOrcas Won't Be On Display At The Sochi Olympics After All
Reports that two wild-caught orcas would be on display during the 2014 Winter Olympics had sparked outrage. Narnia (above) was captured off the coast of Russia in 2012, and was originally intended to...
View ArticlePhotographic Proof That Sochi Is A Godforsaken Hellscape Right Now
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View ArticleMeet The 27 Latino Athletes Competing In Sochi 2014
Some of these countries don’t even have snow, but that doesn’t stop these athletes from training. Salome Bancora Sport: Alpine SkiingAge: 20Nationality: ArgentinaFun Fact: She began skiing at age 3...
View ArticleGoogle Comes Out For LGBT Rights, The Day Before Opening Ceremonies
“The practice of sport is a human right.” On Thursday night, Google debuted a new doodle that both celebrates the 2014 Sochi Olympics while also alluding to LGBT rights and, presumably, Russia's...
View ArticleOut Olympian Cheryl Maas Raised Rainbow Glove After Yesterday's Competition
The first gesture of LGBT solidarity in Sochi. Cheryl Maas, a Dutch snowboarder who is married to a woman, raised a rainbow glove toward a camera after competition in Sochi yesterday. The Towleroad...
View Article14 Photos That Prove That Skeleton Is The Most Badass Sport At Sochi
These helmets, man. OK, so skeleton is like luge except WAY better. Athletes lie down on their stomach and speed down the track FACE FIRST. Like seriously, that is insanely badass. You know what else...
View ArticleBob Costas Is Reporting From Sochi With A Lovely Eye Infection
The show must go on! Yesterday Bob Costas went on NBC's Today show to report from Sochi. But it wasn't what he was saying that caught people's attention. It was the fact that something was going on...
View ArticleThe Fifth Olympic Ring Failed To Open During The Sochi Opening Ceremony
Is this the biggest #sochiproblem yet? So the opening sequence of the Sochi Opening Ceremony included floating islands and loads of Russian things. BBC Two / Sochi Leading to the stars forming the...
View ArticleWomen To Watch Out For At Sochi
We found the most tenacious female Olympians and the most inspiring stories so you know which ladies to keep an eye on at Sochi. Australian Snowboarder Belle Brockhoff Why you should watch: At only 21...
View Article17 Reasons You Should Love Bob Costas
NBC’s face of the Olympics has gradually become one of the most respected voices of our era. deadspin.com deadspin.com View Entire List ›
View ArticleRussian Pop Duo T.a.T.u Performed During The Pre-Show To The Olympic Opening...
The group that made a name for itself by posing as a lesbian couple performed in Sochi, despite Russia’s “gay propaganda” law. Rumors that Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. would be performing at the Sochi...
View ArticleWatch India's Luger Make A Spectacular Save After Falling Off His Sled At...
Luger Shiva Keshavan fell off his sled on the track, but got back on it with incredible athleticism. India's best hope for a medal at Sochi is 31-year-old luge athlete Shiva Keshavan, who is competing...
View ArticleLGBT Activists In Moscow Arrested On Video, Beaten In Police Station
“They [beat] two of us … before that they took us upstairs and said that we have to “suck their cocks” and that we have to be burned,” the activists texted from inside the police station. Update: The...
View ArticleFormer Russian Olympian Who Lit Olympic Flame Once Tweeted Racist Photo Of Obama
Irina Rodnina, a member of Putin’s parliamentary party, gets a big honor on the opening day of Sochi Games. Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretiak light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony....
View ArticleRussian Olympian's Snowboard Appears To Be A Tribute To Pussy Riot
Alexey Sobolev’s snowboard features a feminine figure wearing a ski mask — the signature look of the dissident Russian punk group. Though he hasn't said so outright, Russian Olympian Alexey Sobolev's...
View ArticleRanking The New Winter Olympic Events By Their Level Of Awesomeness
More speed, more flying, more tricks, more competition. The Sochi Games will be the largest, in terms of medal events, in Winter Olympics history. Here are the new sports, judged for their relative...
View ArticleThe Sochi Mascot Known As "Nightmare Bear" Will Haunt Your Life
Forget everything else, this is clearly the worst part of Sochi so far. The Sochi mascots look great in the Russian Olympic promo materials. Via highdefinitionwallpapers1080p.com But their real-life...
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