A Bargain at $5.3 Billion
Los Angeles’ plan for an Olympics on the (relatively) cheap should change the games forever.
Hang Up And Listen
The Case for Dumping Hope SoloHang Up and Listen discusses why the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team will be fine without its current goalkeeper.
Cover Story
Can Brazil Be Saved?Colossal corruption. Political chaos. The worst recession in its history. The Olympics won’t rescue the once-booming nation. But all is not lost.
Hang Up And Listen
Should a Beer Mile Be Added to the Olympic Games?There will be five new sports at the 2020 Olympics. What else should the International Olympic Committee add?
Medical Examiner
Olympians Should Still Go to RioThe risk of Zika is not big enough to warrant skipping the games.
Five-ring Circus
Gold, Silver, Bronze, LatexA history of condoms in the Olympic Village, from 8,500 in Seoul to 450,000 in Rio.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Doping for Kids EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast about watching the Olympics with kids and the lack of diversity in children’s literature.
Five-ring Circus
Everything You Need to Know About Gymnastics ScoringOr, why Simone Biles won’t get a perfect score in Rio.
The Eye
This Stunning Bridge Proposal for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games Was Inspired by the Olympic Rings
Books
A Perfect 16.223Dvora Meyers explains why gymnastics’ perfect 10 went away—and why it’s not coming back.
Political Gabfest
Should We Cancel the Olympics?The Political Gabfest hosts share their thoughts on whether the 2016 Olympics in Rio should be canceled.