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10 best Winter Olympic events

There are winter sports (curling), and there are winter SPORTS. The kinds of events that leave you on the edge of your seat, holding your breath until the athletes cross the finish line. Of all of them, here are 10 most worth your time.

Women’s hockey remains two-nation affair

The announcer in the Shayba Arena was trying to pump up the crowd between periods of yet another Olympic women’s hockey mismatch, though her heart didn’t really seem to be in it.

Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists

That drone you might have spotted hovering and zipping around the Sochi Olympic slopes isn’t searching for terrorists or gay rights activists hiding behind the fir trees.

 
These 5 things actually happened at the Olympics

Much of the talk about Sochi has turned from the crazy problems visitors have experienced to the athletes themselves. That doesn’t mean crazy things aren’t happening in the Olympic venues, though. Here are five weird things to be aware of from over the weekend.

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5 reasons curling is cooler than you think

Curling gained traction in the U.S. during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics because everyone wanted to watch the sport no one else was watching, but there are less-hipster reasons to check it out, too. Here are five of them.

Anderson completes US Olympic sweep in slopestyle

There was a lot of ugliness out on that supersized Olympic slopestyle course Sunday — crashes, splashes, face plants, even a cracked helmet.

 
10 US athletes to watch at the Sochi Winter Olympics

Norway currently leads the medal standings with four, but with a record 230 athletes at the Games, the U.S. has plenty more opportunities to medal. Here are 10 athletes to watch.

Russian TV shows doctored video of Olympic ceremony

Smoke and mirrors? Russian state television aired footage Friday of five floating snowflakes turning into the Olympic rings and bursting into pyrotechnics at the Sochi Games opening ceremony. Problem is, that didn’t happen.

Las Vegas books shut out of Olympic betting, relic of college fight

Want to get down on the U.S.-Russia “Miracle on Ice” rematch or place a wager that the Jamaican bobsled team will win a medal at the Winter Olympics? You will have to go offshore to do so, because Nevada sports books aren’t allowed to accept wagers on Olympic events.

5 winter sports the US just isn’t very good at

There’s no denying that when it comes to the Olympics, the U.S. is just plain good. But sometimes we struggle.

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