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America’s Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out of slalom after nightmare Olympics run

The World Cup leader admitted to feeling ‘pretty awful’ after her latest set-back in China.

The Independent UK

Sports community rallies around Mikaela Shiffrin after she skis out for 2nd time in 3 days at Olympics

The sports world is sending its best to Mikaela Shiffrin.

USA Today Sports Media Group

U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin crashes out of second Olympic event

Shiffrin also crashed in her first event, the women’s giant slalom, on Monday.

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Mikaela Shiffrin's 2nd Olympic race also ends early

Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin has missed a gate early in the first run of the slalom at the Beijing Games and is out of the event

The Independent UK

Mexican skater is a rare Latin American at Winter Olympics

Naysayers didn't deter Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics success story – however relative – from that part of the globe

The Independent UK

Young U.S. men's hockey team will need to go to school in Beijing

BEIJING — When the NHL opted out of the Olympics in December because of COVID-19 issues that led to a slew of postponed games, USA Hockey turned to the college ranks to assemble its team.

Tribune News Service

Olympics Live: Downhill champ Goggia back on the slopes

Defending Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia is on the Beijing slopes and training after crashing and injuring her left knee and leg last month

The Independent UK

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Stephanie Yang: Life inside the Olympics bubble: Limbo between China and the world

BEIJING — Three rows of fencing, two guard patrols and multiple "no crossing" signs mark the ominous border between the 2022 Winter Olympics and the rest of its host city. It feels like a parallel universe of ID-assigned bar codes, throat swabs and room service delivered by swift staff wearing…

Los Angeles Times

Your guide to the best figure skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics – through the eyes of a dancer

For dancers and ex-dancers like myself, the figure skating at the Winter Olympics is a particularly irresistible drawcard: the speed of the skating, the height of the jumps, the delicacy of the movements, the speed of the twirls and the musicality and interpretation of the skaters.

The Conversation

Winter Olympics 2022 day five – as it happened

Day five of XXIV Olympic Winter Games

The Guardian - US

Why won't NBC rehire Leslie Jones?

The network had blocked some of the comedian's posts of the Olympics, infuriating fans who prefer her commentary

Salon

Australia's Belle Brockhoff fourth in women's snowboard cross at Beijing Winter Olympics

Belle Brockhoff misses a medal in the women's snowboard cross, while Scotty James and Valentino Guseli book spots in Friday's halfpipe final at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

ABC News

Elon Musk is an “embarrassment for us,” SpaceX employees say in open letter

In a note that made the rounds inside the company, employees basically begged Musk to log off.

Mic

Super Bowl viewer’s guide

Here are some things to know about the game as well as Super Bowl-related programming.

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NBC says Leslie Jones is ‘free to do her social media posts’ during the Olympics

Comedian Leslie Jones might give up her enthusiastic live tweets about the Olympics, citing mounting pressure from higher-ups allegedly trying to stop her. But NBC Sports says it was all just a mix-up.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Just when I thought I could avoid watching the Olympics, Eileen Gu managed to pull me in

CHICAGO — Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson narrated an inspirational video for NBC last weekend that introduced Team USA during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Independent UK

Super Bowl 56: A viewer's guide to get you through Sunday

The Super Bowl between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will as usual be the biggest day of sports broadcasting in the United States

Tribune News Service

La Velle E. Neal III: Quality over quantity. Canada women school Team USA in 4-2 pool play win.

BEIJING — It has been dastardly, diabolical and darn impressive what Canada had done in the Olympic women's hockey tournament leading into Tuesday's game against Team USA.

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Jessie Diggins makes more U.S. Olympic history by skiing to freestyle sprint bronze

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — When she pushed her ski over the finish line, Jessie Diggins wasn't sure she had won a medal. She glanced up at the video screen and saw her name in third place, but she still wasn't ready to believe it.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Beijing’s Winter Games: a very political contest

Editorial: China says the Olympics must be about sport alone. But the party is using this event to send its own message

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Eileen Gu dodges questions on whether she renounced US citizenship for China

Gu announced her allegiance to China at 15, but the country does not allow dual citizenship

The Conversation

A brief history of African nations at the Olympic Winter Games

A record number of eight African countries competed at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. At the 2022 Beijing winter games, currently underway, Africa is represented by six athletes from five countries: Eritrea, Ghana, Madagascar, Morocco and Nigeria. Five are competing in Alpine (downhill) skiing and one…

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics: Journalists say Chinese ‘guides’ are following them everywhere

Authorities are intimidating Chinese nationals who come into contact with foreign journalists

Chicago Sun-Times

Canada takes top seed after 4-2 win over U.S. in Olympic women’s hockey

Canada scored three times over a span of 5 minutes, 25 seconds to secure the win over the defending champion United States.

The Independent UK

Chen closing in on gold, US curlers begin title defense

Nathan Chen has been building toward this for years

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