Winter Games

Pence Uses Olympics Trip To Call Out North Korea's Human Rights Abuses

Vice President Mike Pence met Fred Warmbier, whose son died after being released from a North Korean jail.
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Speed Skater Shani Davis: Team USA Chose Olympics Flag-Bearer ‘Dishonorably’

He lost out to luge veteran Erin Hamlin in a coin toss.
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Court Denies Final Attempt By Russian Athletes To Compete In Olympics

The Russians had appealed their exclusion from the games over the doping scandal from the 2014 Sochi Games.
By Karolos Grohmann, Reuters

15,000 Eggs Delivered To Norwegian Olympic Team After Google Translate Error

Oops.
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Olympic Doping Bans On 28 Russian Athletes Overturned

Their results from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi were also reinstated.
By Reuters

Olympian Gus Kenworthy Sets A New Standard For Queer Inclusion In Ad Campaign

The U.S. freeskier waves a rainbow flag in a Head & Shoulders TV spot.
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Johnny Weir Explains Why He Waited To Publicly Come Out As Gay

"I didn’t imagine it as a great secret," the two-time Olympian wrote.
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Adam Rippon Will Be First Openly Gay U.S. Man To Compete In The Winter Olympics

Being selected "feels amazing," the figure skater said.
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60 Books We Can't Wait To Read In 2018

Bring on the new year, and a new TBR pile stacked with fresh reads.
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Gus Kenworthy Embraces Prospect Of Making Olympics History

He's poised to become the first openly gay male athlete to compete at the Winter Games.
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