Sports | Sports

Why Is Tiny Norway Totally Dominating the Winter Olympics? - The Ringer

With a population of just more than 5 million people, Norway has lapped the U.S. in both gold and total medals. The lesson: Be rich and chill.

Sports | Sports

How did average American skier Elizabeth Swaney make Hungary's Olympic team?

Thanks to consistency in attending events and shortage of competitors, American Elizabeth Swaney made Hungary's Olympic ski team.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Stuff

Just How Hard Is It to Execute a Triple Axel in Figure Skating? | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Politics | Op-Ed

Dear Gay Olympians, We Get It, You're Gay, Get Over It

Dear Gay Olympians, We Get It, You’re Gay, Get Over It

This is exactly correct. It's enough. Either everyone's sexuality needs to be endlessly discussed publicly or no one's does. Meaning: the gay community needs to choose whether it wants to be treated as part of mainstream society or singled out a "the other." The latter is what the left claimed that it was fighting for decades. You can't have it both ways. You can't continually claim that something is normal and insist at the same time that it makes you special.

"The bottom line is that being gay doesn’t make you special, it makes you gay. It doesn’t make you a cultural mouthpiece for the western world, nor does it make you a mouthpiece for the LGBT community at large. It’s a diverse crowd with diverse opinions, and I know too many who roll their eyes so hard at the behavior of people like Kenworthy and Rippon that they nearly fall out of their sockets."

Sports | Sports

Why Won't Team USA Dip the Flag at the Opening Ceremonies?

America is the only country that refuses to do so.

The reason is fascinating, and makes me even happier that we don’t do it!