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Seventy-five-years ago, Finland fended off a Russian invasion. Today in Sochi, the Russians couldn’t fend off the Finnish invaders. As in 1939, the Russians struck first. Ilya Kovalchuk scored on a Russian power play at 7:51 of the first frame.

Americans worried over what disasters awaited in Sochi. Terrorism? Dingy hotels? Rabid dogs? They didn’t anticipate the disaster would be their Olympic team. U.S. snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg won the first gold medal of the Sochi games. Since then, to borrow

In the wake of gridiron prospect Michael Sam coming out of the closet last Sunday, the defensive end’s journalistic well-wishers have ridiculed the notion that homosexuality wouldn’t be welcomed within NFL locker rooms. Time’s Eric Dodds, for instance, accused those

In 1892, Harvard unveiled one of the most celebrated, and shortest-lived, plays in the history of football in a game against arch-rival Yale. The following season, Penn employed the same flying wedge to become the first team to score on

Michael Sam led the Southeastern Conference in sacks, won first-team All-American honors, and earned the Associated Press’s nod as the “best defensive player” in the nation’s best conference. So, casual fans assume that Sam, who announced his homosexuality to ESPN,

 NFL prospect Michael Sam earned praise from the First Lady of the United States, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Super Bowl MVP Malcolm Smith for revealing his homosexuality. But as the All-American defensive end predicted to ESPN, “There

Was it a snowflake or an Olympic ring? Were DMX and Zimmerman really going to fight? What did the SEC defensive player of the year just say? It was a wild weekend that you could have missed if you blinked.

The Olympic rings, the symbol of the games, became the symbol of Sochi–or at least four of them did–over the weekend. American viewers witnessed a glitch that marked a Mona Lisa of an opening ceremony with a pimple. Sochi happens.

Russian chess grand master Garry Kasparov has blasted the Sochi Olympics as a propaganda show for Vladimir Putin as the games get underway in Sochi. The man believed by some to be the best chess player in history dubs the

Once an employee expresses his opinion on a hot-button issue, does the unstated threat of a discrimination lawsuit mean that he lays claim to the job for life? Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe posted mediocre statistics in 2012 despite kicking

Broward County, Florida police arrested UFC light heavyweight contender Thiago Silva after a SWAT standoff outside of the fighter’s home late Thursday night. Earlier that evening, folks at the Pablo Popovitch Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Oakland Park, Florida allege that

What’s causing athletic fields once teeming with kids to resemble ghost towns? A study by the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) reports that youth sports lost 11 percent of its casual participants since 2008. Although gymnastics, beach volleyball, and

“They are missing the teamwork, putting your team ahead of yourself, perseverance, goal setting, and how to learn from your mistakes,” high school baseball coach Steven LaForest explained in a Breitbart Sports feature on the decline in youth athletics participation.

How did an unknown summer resort with stray dogs roaming its streets, a civil war raging nearby, and hotels without heat, shower curtains, or clean water land the Winter Olympics? It’s not as though alternatives didn’t exist. Instead of squalor,

Syracuse doesn’t owe anybody an apology for the way they’ve been playing basketball. As for a couple daring to support Duke in a crammed Carrier Dome Saturday night, they’re deserving of more than an “I’m sorry” from the Orangemen for

The pigskin and politics make strange bedfellows. But efforts this past week by both the White House and National Football League Players Association, as well as Super Bowl sideshow coverage of the legalization of pot in the home states of

Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead obtained (PDF) more than 1,000 text messages between Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, the two Miami Dolphins embroiled in a he-said/he-said bullying controversy. The published texts reveal crude banter, an overbearingly social guard, and

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) lashed out at quarterback Joe Namath for flipping the coin before the Super Bowl in a fur coat. The group’s Twitter account asked followers, “[H]ow many animals died to make Joe

It’s not Sunday’s beer or the bad food. It’s the end of the football season that’s bringing you down. Be not afraid! Pitchers and catchers report next week. Cornucopia Destiny Did you hear the one about OJ Simpson rooting for

A Big Apple Super Bowl didn’t make for a big-budget Super Bowl for Madison Avenue. Gone were the Pets.com sock puppet, Paul Harvey’s “So God made a farmer,” and other memorable spots. In their place were a bare-bones collection of

MetLife Stadium, home to rowdy tailgaters sixteen times during the regular season, forbade such celebrations in their parking lot prior to the Super Bowl. In fact, the NFL permitted fewer than 13,000 cars in in the Giants-Jets shared facility. The

NEWARK — What UFC 169 lacked in action, it made up for in news. The promotion’s Prudential Center card appeared on paper stacked. But in practice it just lacked. In the main event, featherweight champion Renan Barao defeated Uriah Faber on

Breitbart Sports reports from two rows from the Octagon at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Here are the results from tonight’s action….  Fight 12: Renan Barao (champion) v. Uriah Faber, Bantamweights Round 1 The California Kid appropriately enters

Breitbart Sports will be reporting live from Octagonside at tonight’s UFC 169 pay-per-view card held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Notable fights include championship scraps between Renan Barao and Uriah Faber and between Jose Aldo and Ricardo

So I’m floating on the Hudson River with the Denver Broncos. The party boat borrowed from a late-’90s rap video serves as a strange backdrop for a team that repeats variants of their coach’s assertion, “We’re on a business trip.”

ESPN broadcasting legend Chris Berman discussed whether the best teams are playing Sunday, Richard Sherman, the permanent shadow cast by the fallen Twin Towers on the event, Seattle’s secondary matching up with Denver’s receiving corps, and much more when Breitbart

NEW YORK — Roger Goodell gave a state of the sport address at Rose Hall in Manhattan today that tackled everything from a team in London to altering the league’s policy outlawing marijuana to expanding the playoffs. But his most controversial

NEW YORK CITY — Coaches John Fox and Pete Carroll met for perhaps the last time until their midfield handshake late Sunday evening. Their joint press conference at Manhattan’s Rose Theater featured the prize both seek but neither dared touch:

Dana White addressed the “the wussification of America”–only dropping the “w” for a “p”–at a press event on Thursday promoting UFC 169. “We’re all going to get hurt,” the UFC’s blunt-spoken president relayed. “We’re all going to die someday. It

Several of the biggest names in mixed-martial arts blamed New York’s failure to sanction their sport on the corruption of labor unions on Thursday. “I’m starting to think it’s a New Jersey thing,” Dana White told Breitbart Sports regarding the

We are what we play. Given the inflated Techmo Bowl statistics that offenses compile in twenty-first century football, it’s unsurprising that some of the game’s most potent scoring weapons spend their time away from the game playing games. Specifically, the

ESPN asked NFL players which coach they would most want to play for. Nearly one in four players chose Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks. The former USC head honcho ran away with the balloting, besting the support of the

Count record-breaking kicker Matt Prater as among those opposed to Roger Goodell’s scheme floated to eliminate the kicked point-after touchdown. Breitbart Sports sat down with the Denver Broncos kicker Wednesday, when he discussed making the longest kick in NFL history,

“We have obligations that we try to fulfill the best we can,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday of running back Marshawn Lynch’s frequent disappearing acts once the cameras appear. “Not everyone is the same…. We celebrate the uniqueness and

JERSEY CITY, NJ–The boat screamed party. The Broncos exuded business. A garish cruise ship on the Hudson River made for a strange setting for the Denver Broncos’ press event on Wednesday. “We’re on a business trip,” Head Coach John Fox

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — On Wednesday, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman spoke to Breitbart Sports about the Super Bowl on Sunday against the Denver Broncos.