U.S. Olympic Skier Gus Kenworthy Will Headline Democrat LGBTQ Gala
In a recent interview, U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy revealed he would headline The Democrat National Committee’s LGBTQ event this summer.
In a recent interview, U.S. Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy revealed he would headline The Democrat National Committee’s LGBTQ event this summer.
A long list of Winter Olympics medal winners has decided to skip a visit to President Donald Trump’s White House, according to reports.
The government of Japan lodged a formal protest on Wednesday against the mango mousse tarts to be served at Friday’s summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The Japanese do not appear to have a problem with mango mousse per se; their complaint is that the tasty treats are decorated with a map of the Korean Peninsula that includes a contested island claimed by Japan.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged the United States and North Korea to lower their conditions for negotiations to take place.
The 2018 Winter Olympic games never really got any traction with television viewers. A reality that was driven home in the ratings for the final day of the games.
Russian hackers and military spies hacked their way into scores of computers at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, according to the Washington Post.
The 2014 cover of Sports Illustrated became the gold standard for long-term projections of championship sports success. That particular cover predicted, correctly as it turns out, that the 2017 Astros would win the World Series.
Gay U.S. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy has a question for you: What “tf” is Ivanka Trump doing at the Winter Olympics?
Feb. 24 (UPI) — Ivanka Trump, the U.S. president’s daughter and senior advisor, and South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook watched a snowboarding competition together at the ongoing PyeongChang Winter Olympics on Saturday, a presidential aide here said.
Feb. 24 (UPI) — The latest gold medal for Team USA at the Pyeongchang Olympics came from its men’s curling squad.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ivanka Trump told South Korea’s president on Friday that she will use her visit to the Winter Olympics to advocate maximum pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear program.
North Korea’s Olympic “charm offensive” came to an end on Thursday as officials announced Pyongyang’s delegation to the closing ceremony would include Kim Yong-chol, who is currently vice chairman of the Workers’ Party Central Committee but formerly chief of the North Korean military intelligence agency blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack on the South Korean corvette Cheonan.
So much for losing with grace. The United States and Canada have been bitter rivals on the Olympic ice, particularly on the women’s side, for some time.
Pyeongchang (South Korea) (AFP) – America’s women broke an ice hockey gold medal drought stretching back 20 years on Thursday as a Russian curler admitted doping and was stripped of bronze at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
The White House and State Department revealed on Tuesday that North Korean officials offered to meet with Vice President Mike Pence during the Winter Olympics in South Korea, but retracted their offer at the last minute after Pence condemned North Korea’s human rights violations.
Politics are in the spotlight again at the 2018 Olympics in South Korea as Ivanka Trump attends the closing ceremony of the games on Sunday.
It’s been described as the most popular sport you’ve never heard of. It’s curling, and no matter what your opinion is, everyone has an opinion when it comes to curling.
A North Korean official on Tuesday floated the possibility of co-hosting the 2021 Asian Winter Games with South Korea and using North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort for the event.
Lindsey Vonn made headlines months ago, when she said that she would not travel to the White House to celebrate her victories after the Winter Olympics. Now that Vonn has suffered a major setback by failing to medal in the Super-G, the internet is not letting the skier forget her past statements.
Adam Rippon, frequent critic of Vice President Pence and one of the first two openly gay U.S. athletes in Winter Olympics history, has decided to turn down an offer to do television for NBC.
Adam Rippon may not have succeeded in getting Vice President Pence removed as the head of the U.S. Olympic delegation, however, the considerable publicity the figure skater generated while bashing the VP seems and being among the first two openly gay Olympians in U.S. Winter Olympics history, has landed him a spot at NBC.
Gangneung (South Korea) (AFP) – Ilya Kovalchuk and Nikolai Prokhorkin each scored two goals and the Olympic Athletes from Russia blanked arch-rival United States 4-0 in an electric atmosphere on Saturday at the Winter Olympic men’s hockey tournament.
“Hava Nagila” provided the classic soundtrack to Israeli figure skater Alexei Bychenko’s routine as he qualified for the Olympic finals on Friday, with a 13th-place finish in the short program heat. Team mate Daniel Samohin was not far behind with his 18th overall.
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) Before heading out to skate on the Olympic ice Thursday, the Knierims saw the news of the deadly Florida high school shootings. The only U.S. pairs skaters at the games were hurting.
U.S. Olympic snowboarder Shaun White had a huge night on Tuesday, he won his third gold medal and the 100th gold medal in Team USA history.
Whatever you’ve got planned for Valentine’s Day, American figure skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim and her husband Chris Knierim, have you beat.
Feb. 13 (UPI) — Shaun White delivered Team USA’s 100th gold medal in Winter Games history Wednesday on his final run in the men’s snowboarding halfpipe final.
It fell to Fox News to remind Americans that while “some observers continue to fawn over Kim Jong-un’s sister and North Korea’s ‘smile diplomacy,’” the brutal dictatorship is still holding three Americans prisoner
The South Korean government is debating a proposal to bill South Korean taxpayers almost $3 million to cover the cost of North Korea’s participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Despite taking shots at Mike Pence over his LGBT views, gay United States Olympic skater Adam Rippon said at a press conference in Pyeongchang, South Korea Tuesday that he did not want his Olympic experience to be about the vice president. “I
American snowboarder Chloe Kim, won gold Monday on Tuesday in the Winter Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea. However, upon hearing her father’s proud boast after the event, one could see that this victory was a family affair.
South Korean politicians and analysts are divided over North Korea’s proposal for a summit between dictator Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang. Some are supportive of the idea or, at least, think it is worth a few days of President Moon’s time, while others believe the summit could be counterproductive or even dangerous.
China and North Korea both pronounced themselves severely disappointed with the lack of U.S. outreach to North Korea during the Winter Olympics, with Pyongyang unsurprisingly using more heated language in its state-run media “editorials.”
The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony was hit with a cyberattack last week, however the attacker has yet to be revealed.
CNN ran a Trump and Pence-bashing piece on Monday morning sourced entirely to “a senior diplomatic source close to North Korea.”
A sports writer for USA Today Sports ripped into Vice President Mike Pence saying that he “embarrassed America,” when he refused to stand and honor the unified Korean team at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
In a bizarre display of willful blindness, U.S. liberal media have lavished praise on North Korea’s dictatorship during the first days of the Winter Olympics, gushing over its “charm offensive” and comparing it favorably to the Trump administration.
The 2018 Winter Olympics has already seen far too much in the way of politics. However, at least this latest political intrusion is funny.
Team USA’s first gold medal has been won, and the athlete who won it is among the youngest to ever win gold.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister headed home Sunday night after a whirlwind three days in South Korea, where she sat among world dignitaries at the Olympics and tossed a diplomatic offer to the South aimed at ending seven decades of hostility.