10 Ways Canada Has Already Won The Winter Olympics
Canada has a heart of gold. And also just a lot of gold. When the Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion released this response to Russia's anti-LGBT laws. “The games have always been a little...
View ArticleWho Are Your State's Olympic Athletes?
230 different athletes from all over America are repping each state. Who’s from yours? Hannah Gregg / BuzzFeed Harry How/Staff / Getty Images View Entire List ›
View ArticleThese Digitally Altered Photos Of The Winter Olympics Are Stunning
Professional photographers + Instagram-like filters = hot fire. An athlete trains during snowboard slopestyle practice at the Extreme Park at Rosa Khutor Mountain. Cameron Spencer / Getty Images The...
View ArticleThe Curling Arena In Sochi Is Literally Called The "Ice Cube Curling Center"
All Sochi curling is an inadvertent tribute to one of America’s foremost artists. Curling competition during the Sochi Olympics is being held at the Ice Cube Curling Center. Shaun Botterill / Getty...
View ArticleOlympics Pairs Figure Skaters Minus Men Are Totally Magical
If you remove the dudes from pairs skating, the ladies look like superheroes. Which they basically are. Russia's Ksenia Stolbova minus Fedor Klimov. Chuck Myers / MCT Canada's Meagan Duhamel minus...
View ArticleKnicks Point Guard Caught Yawning On Court In Overtime Of Game He Was Playing In
The Knicks never cease to amaze. This is Raymond Felton. The Knicks are paying him $3,793,693 this year. Mark D. Smith / USA Today Sports He's the point guard the Knicks signed instead of giving...
View ArticleThe 17 Funniest Figure Skating Faces At The Sochi Olympics
They may look graceful while moving, but when you freeze them it’s a different story. Evgeny Plyushchenko of Russia Matthew Stockman / Getty Images Evgeny Plyushchenko of Russia Clive Mason / Getty...
View ArticleTexas Sportscaster Delivers A Brilliant Takedown Of NFL Bigots
If you have preconceived notions about Texans and tolerance, Dale Hansen — a sportscaster for ABC’s Dallas affiliate WFAA — might surprise you with his thoughts on Michael Sam . Someone give this man...
View ArticleTeam USA Sweeps Men's Ski Slopestyle In Sport's Olympic Debut
Turns out slopestyle is kind of our thing. It was a banner day for the Stars and Stripes after Team USA captured gold, silver, and bronze for a clean sweep in the Olympic debut of men's ski...
View ArticleInjured Russian Figure Skating Champ Evgeni Plushenko Withdraws On Verge Of...
A tough moment for an all-time great. Evgeni Plushenko is one of the all-time great figure skaters, with two golds and two silvers in Olympic competition. At 31, this is expected to be his last...
View ArticleAmerican Figure Skater Jeremy Abbott Falls Badly, Gets Up, Kicks Ass
Abbott shakes off a crash at the very start of his routine. Jeremy Abbott is a four-time U.S. figure skating champion whose best Olympic or world championship finish is fifth; today, his short program...
View ArticleA Guide To Living The "Spoice" Life Like U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Sage...
“If they could have gourmet fast food, that would be insane.” FRANCK FIFE / Getty Sage Kotsenburg is quickly becoming the breakout star of the Olympics. The 20-year-old snowboarder won the first gold...
View ArticleThe Dutch Are Having More Fun Than Everyone Else At The Olympics
All oranje, all the time. Hup Holland Hup! Stefan Groothuis, gold medal-winning speed skater. Quinn Rooney / Getty Images Marrit Leenstra, Dutch speed skater. Clive Mason / Getty Images View Entire...
View ArticleMattel Trolling "Society At Large," Not Girls, With Barbie's Sports...
People are wondering why Mattel paid for Barbie to appear in Sports Illustrated ‘s swimsuit issue this month. The brand was just trying to get the grown-ups talking and it worked. Via Twitter: @Barbie...
View Article16 Books Every Sports Lover Should Read
Playing sports — almost as fun as reading about them. BuzzFeed The Blind Side by Michael Lewis If you’ve seen the movie, you know that this is the story of Michael Oher's rise from homeless teen to...
View ArticleJohn Wall's Nasty Reverse Wins Dunk Contest Held Using Inexplicable,...
What just happened? John Wall got the second round of a relatively uneventful dunk contest popping Saturday night with this effort. vine.co The crowd, and the Wizards' creepy sex-burglar mascot, were...
View ArticleMizzou Students Give Standing Ovation To Michael Sam, Block A Westboro...
The out gay football star received a standing ovation while Westboro picketers were totally owned by peaceful counter protesters. For the first time after publicly coming out as gay, Michael Sam...
View ArticleU.S. Ice Dancers Charlie White And Meryl Davis Are Basically A Real Life...
“I can show you the goooooooold.” With a bronze medal already in hand for the team event and a gold medal in their sights for ice dancing (Update: They won!), U.S. figure skaters Meryl Davis and...
View ArticleNBC Correspondent Repeatedly Asks Bode Miller About His Brother's Death...
Bode Miller was asked several questions by NBC reporter Christin Cooper about his recently deceased brother. Many viewers felt the questions were too invasive. UPDATE: Miller tweets that he doesn’t...
View Article29 Things I Learned At The World Naked Sledding Championships
This is a little NSFW obviously. The World Naked Sledding Championships are now in their fifth year. Centre in this photo is Mia Magma, who is a former Naked Sledding Champion. Tim Spicer / Via...
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