In its contemporary state, figure skating can not be viewed as a sport because it is not fairly judged. Figure skating involves pseudo competition, where the actors competing are not athletes, but political federations with biased judges. Critics may argue that Olympic sports like freestyle skiing and trampoline will always be subjective and still should be considered a sport. The difference between figure skating and other subjective sports is that figure skating is systematically unfair.
Global Rescue, a firm from Boston, is at the Winter Olympic Games over the next few weeks providing medical and security protection for American Olympic skiers and snowboarders.
The company, which has...
There is no hiding that the fact that the 2014 Winter Olympics being held in Sochi, Russia has reaped a lot of controversy lately. Whether it is Putin’s anti-gay laws, the live wires in journalist’s...
Whether it is a result of staring wistfully at snow-covered buildings under grey skies, or seemingly endless nights in harsh winter, this is the season for nostalgia.
Intentional or not, we always happen...
In light of the opening games of the 2014 Winter Olympics today, CNN and Opinion Research Corporation conducted a poll this weekend asking if Americans were fearful of a terrorist attack during the Sochi...
