The women’s hockey team suffered a heartbreaking loss to Canada in the gold medal game, but Julie Chu is proud of the team’s accomplishments at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. So is America because the US Olympic Team
The USA speed skating team went into the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia with high hopes, especially after Under Armour designed a top-of-the line suit for them. But race after race ended with no American placing higher than seventh.
According to Russia Today, opposition leader Viktor Kiltschko told German paper Bild they are prepared to sign a deal with Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich. “We will sign the deal,” Bild quoted Klitschko as saying. “We are prepared to do everything to obtain
In the first installment of this trilogy, we explored how many big decisions in America are made as the result of institutional behavior, as opposed to any sort of ideology, left or right. That is, institutions have their own gravity,
“Queen Yuna” Kim might have been robbed of the Gold by Russia Thursday night, but the superstar 23 year-old South Korean figure skater (who won Gold in 2010) will always have her faith to fall back on. In 2008, while
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s presidency said Friday that it has negotiated an international deal intended to end battles between police and protesters that have killed scores and injured hundreds. It was unclear whether the deal would appease protesters, and
Pop star Madonna weighed in on events in Venezuela and Ukraine Thursday, launching an attack against President Maduro via Instagram. Beside a picture of Maduro, Madonna wrote: Apparantly Maduro is not familiar with the phrase “Human Rights”! Facism is alive
While discuing the riots in Kiev, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell asked Ambassador Chis Hill “Did We Provoke Russia, sick our finger in the eye?” Hill quickly shut down Mitchell by replying, “I’m not going to blame the Americans on this”
America swept the brand new ski halfpipe at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Maddie Bowman captured the gold medal on Thursday, two days after David Wise won it in the men’s event. Bowman, 20-years-old, scored 89.00 in the
Canada won the gold medal in women’s curling, defeating Sweden 6-3, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. They lost to Sweden in Vancouver four years ago. The women curled undefeated through the tournament to win their second gold
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fearing that a call for a truce was a ruse, protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Ukraine’s embattled capital. Government snipers shot back and the almost-medieval melee that ensued left at least
The sun rose on Thursday to what may be the bloodiest day in Ukraine since negotiations with Russia triggered mass protests in the capital of Kiev. Hours after President Viktor Yanukovych announced a truce with opposition leaders, CNN reported that “at
For one thing, Russia is currently staging the Sochi Olympics. So, the world’s nations are especially reluctant at this juncture to strain relations with the host country. For its part, the Obama administration continues to delude itself that the Kremlin
President Barack Obama courted ridicule on Wednesday when he warned that there would be “consequences if people step over the line” in Ukraine. No one believed him, least of all Russian President Vladimir Putin, who saw through Obama’s “red line”
On Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin that warned the incoming airline flights from overseas may be attacked by passengers wearing explosives in their shoes. Apparently the bulletin did not name a particular airline or a window
Officials have been evacuated from Ukraine’s main government building close to clashes in the heart of Kiev that AFP reporters said left at least 17 protesters dead with apparent gun shot wounds. “This morning, all cabinet employees were evacuated from
On their Wednesday program, ESPN “Pardon the Interruption” co-hosts Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser reacted to the Russian Ice Hockey team’s early departure from the Sochi Olympic Winter Games after they were eliminated in a 3-1 quarterfinal game against Finland.
Due to the growing protests in Kiev, Ukraine, the United States placed visa bans on 20 Ukrainian officials. The State Department declined to say which officials were on the blacklist, which prevents them from traveling to the United States, but
On Wednesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist George Will pointed to the chaos in Kiev, the deteriorating conditions in Syria and the failures with Iran as products of President Barack Obama’s so-called reset with Russia
Violence is worsening in Kiev, Ukraine, and alpine skier Bohdana Matsotska and her father Oleg announced she will no longer compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. A group in favor of the opposition posted a picture on
USA speed skater Maria Lamb said the lack of leadership is why the team has not performed well at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. America has not medaled in speed skating. A few reasons given were humidity from
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovich agreed to a truce with opposition leaders in Kiev as the city still burns from protests that began in late November. According to the presidential statement the meeting was attended by opposition leaders Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vitali
On Wednesday, the White House announced that it would be taking a muscular new role in Ukraine: by deferring to the Russians. Again. As the streets burn in Ukraine, and with police cracking down on opposition protesters, Vice President Joe
PITTSBURGH (AP) — As protesters die in the streets of Kiev, Ukrainians living in the United States and Canada are voicing anger and calling for a stronger response by the U.S. and the European Union. In the Pittsburgh area, Ukrainian
