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Five-ring Circus
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Why Does Lindsey Vonn Have Cheese on Her Leg?
The mysterious healing properties of Austrian dairy products.
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
Slate's scorecard of NBC sentimentality makes an emotional return.
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Did You See What the Norwegians Are Wearing?
Slate writers and editors chatted about opening ceremony fashions and Vancouver's cauldron fail.
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Canada vs. the United States: Who Wins?
An economist predicts the medal counts for the Vancouver Olympics.
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What To Watch at the Winter Olympics
Slate's one-event-a-day viewer's guide for the Vancouver Games.
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O Say Can You Guess?
Get ready for the Winter Olympics with Slate's national-anthem quiz.
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Is Figure Skating Fixed?
A new study suggests that efforts to keep Olympic judges honest have only made them more crooked.
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
The Sap-o-Meter bids a tearful farewell. Plus: the Sappiest Word of the 2008 Olympic Games.
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Dunks, Mom, and Apple Pie
The marketing genius of USA Basketball's "Redeem Team."
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
After a week of Olympic-sized schmaltz, the Sap-o-Meter battles adversity.
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
Usain Bolt might be the world's fastest man, but mom runs away with the night yet again.
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Olympic-Sized Racism
Remembering the 1904 games, where Indians, Pygmies, and other "savages" faced off in the interest of science.
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Remember When Decathletes Were Cool?
Why the world stopped caring about track and field's most grueling event.
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
NBC reaches yet another milestone on its magically sappy Olympic journey.
