Olympian Anna Fenninger joins Nat Geo’s Big Cats initiative
As Austrian Olympic champion Anna Fenninger prepares for the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Vail, Colorado, this week, she also takes on the role of a “big cat champion” to support and promote the work of National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative (BCI). Fenninger, the 2014 Winter Olympics alpine ski racing champion and overall 2014 More...
NBC reporters in Sochi get Starbucks, everyone else left with McDonalds
Starbucks may not be an Olympic sponsor but they are getting press anyway as news leaked that NBC employees at the Sochi games are getting 24/7 service of the popular coffee while everyone else is let to patron More...
US skater, Simon Shnapir, draws critics for wearing gun holster during pairs skate to James Bond song
The controversy may surprise readers as a US figure skater’s attire is drawing criticism. What is ironic is that this is not the female’s costume, but the accessory worn by her partner. Photo screenshot of video More...
Pink eye sidelines Bob Costas at Sochi, Matt Lauer comes in off the bench
Veteran sportscaster, Bob Costas, who has been broadcasting the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia for NBC, has been battling an eye infection that has now affected both eyes, forcing him to sit out tonight’s prime More...
NBC glorifies Soviet Union as ‘pivotal experiment’ with ‘towering presence’
photo by rotemliss via wikimedia commons NBC created a stir with how they handled the history of Russia’s communist legacy during their broadcast of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. First was the narration saying More...
US State Department warns Olympic athletes against wearing USA clothes as a ‘safety risk’
The US State Department is cautioning Olympic athletes against wearing team USA clothes at the upcoming Sochi games. photo Beverly & Pack A memo was sent to athletes by the US Olympic Committee warning about More...
President Obama, Vladimir Putin discuss 2014 Olympic security in Sochi, Syria and Iran
President Barack Obama spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday amid safety concerns about the upcoming Olympic games in Sochi. The White House said the two leaders “discussed how best to advance More...
IOC tells US Hockey goalie Jessie Vetter ‘We the People’ from helmet, says it’s ‘propaganda’
A hockey mask has been deemed unconstitutional as the International Olympic Committee, citing regulation, has required the Women’s goalie to remove an inscription bearing “We the People” on a custom mask made More...
Actor Stephen Fry calls Olympic boycott due to Russia’s anti-gay stance and ban, comparing it to Hitler
Stephen Fry has written an open letter to the International Olympic Committee and the Prime Minister, asking for an “absolute ban” on the Russian Winter Olympics over the swell of homophobia in the nation, More...
Lindsey Graham, Edward Snowden and the suggestion of boycotting the 2014 Olympics in Russia
NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden has officially applied for temporary asylum in Russia after being holed up in the Moscow airport for weeks. If Russian President Vladimir Putin grants Snowden asylum, what should More...
