Sochi Olympics Officially Open
A technical snafu hits ceremonies
Sports
Money Pours Into Sochi, and Life Gets Worse for the People Who Live There
Behind the Olympic façade.
As Sochi Olympics Open, Four Gay Activists Arrested in St. Petersburg
NBC's opening coverage doesn't avoid the various controversies
Ukraine's President Flies to Sochi Amid Protests
Kremlin claims protests are a US-financed coup attempt
Russian Official: We Know Reporters Are Trying to Sabotage Hotels from Room Surveillance Video
Let's trade one problem for another!
Air Travelers Bringing Banned Items Onto Planes Headed For Sochi From Moscow
Some toiletries have been banned
Russian DPM: Sochi as Safe as New York, Washington, Boston
Says the risk of terrorism has been overblown
US Law Enforcement Official: Airlines Flying to Russia Warned of Bomb Materials in Toothpaste Tubes
Winter Olympics opening ceremony taking place tomorrow
Russia Calls For Global Ceasefire During Sochi Winter Olympics
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-has also called for an "Olympic truce"
IOC: "Healthy" Dogs Not Being Killed in Sochi
Reported mass slaughter of strays disturbed some
Will the Sochi Olympics Be a Massive Shitstorm? Possibly a Literal One?
$51 billion doesn't buy much plumbing, apparently
Poll: 57 Percent of Americans Think Terrorist Attack Likely at Sochi Olympics
90-something percent should've said they didn't know, to paraphrase an old Doug Stanhope bit
Snowboarder Shaun White Drops Out of Olympics Slopestyle, Cites Safety Concerns
Olympics starting this week
US Counterterrorism Official: There are 'Specific Threats' Aimed at Sochi Olympics
Opening ceremony is on Friday
Will Russian Police Attempt to Arrest a Rainbow, Should One Appear at the Sochi Games?
The world is watching the nation's unpredictable anti-gay actions
Peyton Manning Could Pay New Jersey More in Taxes for the Super Bowl Than He Earns For Playing It
The state always takes its cut
Marijuana Activists To Put Up Billboard Ads Near Superbowl Stadium in NJ
Will point out that marijuana is safer than alcohol and football
Guacamole Is the Real Winner of the Super Bowl
As is so often the case, popular and consumer culture are ahead of our political culture.
Take a Look Inside the Wasteful Spending of the Most Expensive Winter Olympics Ever
Financial corruption in Russia? Well, I never!
Putin Foe Documents Corruption of Sochi Olympics Spending
Website shows how much money developers were able to wring out of government
Expensive World Cup Preparations, Anti-World Cup Protests Continue in Brazil; Part of Stadium Roof Collapses
Less than six months from the first march!
Will Sacramento Residents Get the Chance to Stop a Massive Stadium Subsidy?
Hundreds of millions for a not-very-good basketball team
Mayor of Sochi: There Are No Gay People Here
When questioned further he said, "I am not sure, but I don't bloody know them"
The Mythical Invasion of the Super Bowl Hookers
There's no reality behind the idea that some Lost Tribe of Gypsy Harlots wanders about the world from mega-event to mega-event, unimpeded by the usual logistics of transport and lodging.
