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Former Olympic figure skater, 31, killed in multi-car crash as her toddler miraculously survives
“Her commitment to excellence was matched only by her warmth and kindness, which endeared her to fellow athletes, coaches, and fans alike.”
Putin's lavish secret ski lodge that's protected by missiles revealed
Vladimir Putin's secret ski retreat on the Black Sea is said to include a sprawling home boasting a spa complex and a helipad.
Sochi's empty stadium reflects Russian sports struggles
SOCHI, Russia — Sochi's World Cup stadium is a spectacular, sweeping structure on the Black Sea coast, but few locals have seen inside. In fact, the Fisht Olympic Stadium hasn't...
Putin ordered a passenger plane shot down — but quickly called it off
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered that a passenger plane be shot down in 2014 after officials said a man onboard had a bomb and was targeting the Winter Olympic Games...
28 Russians have Olympic doping bans lifted
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian doping into turmoil. The Court of Arbitration for...
Russia's spy-backed drug cheats can't be trusted at Olympics: watchdog
The World Anti-Doping Agency's executive board wants the IOC to ban all Russian teams from the Rio Olympics. WADA issued a seven-point list of requests after it published a report...
OIympics putting drug cheaters on notice by testing old pee
LONDON — Thirty-one athletes from six sports could be banned from this year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics after 454 doping samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics were re-tested, the International Olympic Committee said...
Russia used pee-swapping spies to get away with massive Olympics doping
Dozens of Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, including at least 15 medal winners, were part of a state-run doping program, the New York Times reported on Thursday. According...
The 10 worst sports fails of 2014
Just like they drew it up — except the opposite. These were the moments in sports this year that made us face-palm, baffling in their tone-deafness, regrettable in their inanity. They...
Best and worst of pop culture in 2014
The year is winding down, and 2014 was pretty great — as long as you were a formerly unknown sexy British human-rights lawyer, a talking raccoon or the person who...
The year's 10 craziest sports stories you've never heard of
The 2014 year in sports was full of great games, inspirational moments and utter wackiness. Metta World Peace released panda bear sneakers, Luis Suarez bit a guy at the World...
Top 10 games of 2014
After so many years watching so many teams play so many games in so many sports, it gets harder and harder to witness something that has never been seen. In...
Johnny Weir fights gay intolerance in EPIX documentary
Gay figure skater Johnny Weir has a lifelong, unwavering affection for Russia. But producing a documentary about gay issues there — “To Russia With Love,” debuting at 8 p.m. Wednesday...
The 9 worst hotel horror stories
I'll never be able to un-live this moment of hotel failure: Sleeping peacefully, I was slowly being lulled out of a dream by an intruder. She was disrobed and in...
Paralympic skier melts Sochi medal to create engagement ring
A paralympian has found an interesting way to re-appropriate his medal haul. Vincent Gauthier-Manuel came away from the Sochi Paralympic Games with three medals, so the French alpine skier melted...
Violinist's pre-Olympic ski race results were 'rigged'
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Four Slovenian ski officials were suspended Friday for allegedly rigging the results of pop violinist Vanessa-Mae to help her qualify for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Competing...
Catching up with the dogs America's Olympians saved from Sochi
Kelli Stack, a forward on the US women’s hockey team, went to Russia last February in hopes of bringing home an Olympic medal. She scored silver, but she also brought...
Norway celebrating Zuccarello's breakout season for Rangers
In the darkness of Oslo, the TV lights glow. Shortly after 2 a.m. Monday morning in Norway, the puck drops in New York, beginning Game 4 between the Rangers and...
A lot of people watched the Olympics on multiple screens: NBC
Slightly more than half of the people who watched the Sochi Olympics on NBC also used a computer, tablet or smartphone to get information about the games while the TV...
NBC adds Lipinski, Weir to Kentucky Derby coverage
NBC is adding Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski to its Kentucky Derby telecast as fashion correspondents next week, illustrating how the network's coverage now reflects one of the most female-friendly...