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That Was A Scary 48 Seconds For Team USA
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Lauren Theisen
February 11, 2022
Olympics
All The Best Burns From NBC Commentator Losing His Mind Over Snowboarding Triplegate
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Diana Moskovitz
February 11, 2022
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Olympics
Russia’s Latest Doping Scandal Could Turn Women’s Figure Skating Upside Down [Updated]
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Kalyn Kahler
February 10, 2022
Olympics
Biological Females Continue Reign Of Dominance At Winter Olympics
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Lauren Theisen
February 10, 2022
Olympics
Chloe Kim Shines Brighter Than Gold
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Tom Ley
February 10, 2022
Olympics
Speedskating Drama Flares Up After Swedish Champion Calls Out “Fucked Up” Dutch “Corruption”
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Patrick Redford
February 9, 2022
Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin Is In A Bad Place
145
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Tom Ley
February 9, 2022
Curling
Congratulations And So Long To Our Favorite Italian Curling Duo
51
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Lauren Theisen
February 8, 2022
Olympics
To Defend Their Gold, The Americans Need To Be Steady As Abby Roque
28
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
February 8, 2022
Olympics
Welcome To The Sarah Fillier Show
31
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
February 7, 2022
Olympics
Let’s Meet These Figure Skating Men
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Kalyn Kahler
February 7, 2022
Olympics
The Canada-Russia Delay Was A Big, Familiar Clusterfuck
140
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Lauren Theisen
February 7, 2022
Olympics
Olympic Dog Lucy Attends Second Consecutive Winter Games
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Kelsey McKinney
February 6, 2022
Figure Skating
A Detailed Breakdown Of All The Fabulous Outfits Adam Rippon Cannot Wear At The Olympics
80
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Diana Moskovitz
February 6, 2022
Olympics
Please Do Not Show Me The Foreshortened Luge Athletes
178
Comments
Kelsey McKinney
February 6, 2022
Curling
Things I Have Recently Learned About Curling, From Curling Fans
187
Comments
Lauren Theisen
February 4, 2022
Olympics
The Skier Who Fell To Earth And The Photographer Who Got Out Of His Way
62
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David Davis
February 4, 2022
Olympics
International Hockey Referees Continue To Struggle With The Concept Of A Goal
26
Comments
Maitreyi Anantharaman
February 3, 2022
Figure Skating
How American Women Fell Behind In Skating’s Quad Era
88
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Kalyn Kahler
February 2, 2022
Olympics
I’ll Never Let You Go, Beijing Olympics Listserv
104
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Noelle Mateer
January 27, 2022
Figure Skating
Alysa Liu Has Been Through It
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Kalyn Kahler
January 9, 2022
This Is So Stupid
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Kelsey McKinney
January 6, 2022
Olympics
Bow Before Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, The Empress Of Russian Figure Skating
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Kalyn Kahler
December 30, 2021
NHL
Some Dreams Of Mine That Have Died Due To NHL Players Not Going To The Olympics
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
December 22, 2021
NHL
NHLers Won’t Go To The Olympics Thanks To This Damn Omicron
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Barry Petchesky
December 22, 2021
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