sochi-olympics - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
![WADA Report: Russian Government Covered Up Athletes Doping With Incredibly Elaborate Scheme](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/ddqcx6oiiojdfqelgrng.jpg)
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![Female Radio Host: I Was Nearly A Human Trafficking Victim In Sochi](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19gu2piklqhltjpg.jpg)
Female Radio Host: I Was Nearly A Human Trafficking Victim In Sochi
Brittney Cason, a radio host based in Charlotte, thought she had verified every aspect of the supposed reporting gig offer for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The situation still felt sketchy to her, so she searched further, and that may have saved her from being a victim of human trafficking....
![Sochi's Most Memorable Moments As Rendered By Old-School Video Games](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Sochi's Most Memorable Moments As Rendered By Old-School Video Games
We're loath to see the Sochi Olympics go—truth be told, a few of us are starting to miss Nightmare Bear—so we enlisted the help of old video game consoles to help recreate some of the Winter Games' most memorable moments. Hockey, freestyle skiing, curling—they're all here, backed up by an NES, a Seg...
![Do The Olympics Really Screw The Best NHL Teams?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19gt0e04o3g6ljpg.jpg)
Do The Olympics Really Screw The Best NHL Teams?
Since the Nagano Olympics in 1998, NHL players have played Olympic hockey, and NHL coaches have bitched about NHL players playing Olympic hockey. It punishes and best teams, with the best players, they say. But is there any evidence to actually back this up? Well, it's complicated. ...
![Is Time For Give NFL, NBA, MLB, And NHL Medals, Olympic-Style](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19gpmfant20vnjpg.jpg)
Is Time For Give NFL, NBA, MLB, And NHL Medals, Olympic-Style
Even though our gaze has drifted back home after being fixed out in Sochi for so long, we still have Olympics on the brain. Yes, that means we're still making "Is Time For" jokes in bad Russian accents, but it also got us thinking: what would it look like if we awarded medals instead of trophies in ...
![Dominica's Fake Ski Team Scammed The Olympics And The Press](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19gppaxra1jjcjpg.jpg)
Dominica's Fake Ski Team Scammed The Olympics And The Press
After the opening ceremony, the Olympics were one long ungroomed trail for Gary di Silvestri and Angelica Morrone, the most-publicized husband-and-wife carpetbagging oldies act in cross-country-skiing history....
![Athletes Who Ate It At The Olympics: A GIF Gallery](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19fkraqmt96m1gif.gif)
Athletes Who Ate It At The Olympics: A GIF Gallery
The Sochi Olympics are over. Whether that makes you sad, happy, or apathetic, we hope you enjoy this compilation of all the athletes who ate it in pursuit of national glory....
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Rob Ford Ran His Dick Into A Fire Hydrant
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"He made reference to one of the last scenes, when the slightly terrifying bear mascot shed a single tear for the close of the Games. He traced a line from his eye down his cheek with his finger. 'I was like bear,' he said. I was like bear, too, at that point." Katie Baker's final dispatch from Soch...
![So, Which Countries Had The Worst Olympics?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19gox4vtanfl1png.png)
So, Which Countries Had The Worst Olympics?
After the usual agonizing about who's winning the Olympics—Do you use medal count or gold count? What about something weighted? WHAT ABOUT GDP?—Russia made things relatively easy at the end of the day, seemingly establishing itself as the consensus winner....
![NBC Edited Out 38% Of The Closing Ceremony. Here's What You Missed.](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19gnfp4og3ljkjpg.jpg)
NBC Edited Out 38% Of The Closing Ceremony. Here's What You Missed.
It's no secret NBC makes significant edits to its tape-delayed broadcasts of Olympic ceremonies. We've never seen them leave out as much as they did last night, though, in excising more than 50 minutes from an already brisk Sochi closing ceremony; that left U.S. viewers seeing less than 62% of the e...
![Canada's Men's Hockey Team Celebrates Second Straight Gold](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/19glmm3he0s39jpg.jpg)
Canada's Men's Hockey Team Celebrates Second Straight Gold
Even though the United States lost, the men's hockey tournament at the Winter Olympics continued, for some reason. Canada shut out Sweden 3-0 for their second straight gold medal. The result produced a few excellent photos of jubilant Canada players....
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In Which We Learn Nightmare Bear Is A Snowboarder
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