Olympics
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Putin, recalling Boston bombers, wants safe Olympics
The Chechen brothers accused of the 2013 Boston attacks hailed from just a few hundred miles away from Sochi.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
IOC considers independent body for whistleblowers
The IOC will consider setting up an independent body that allows whistleblowers to report information on doping, match-fixing and sexual abuse without fear of reprisals.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Olympians include Miami skater, Indian luger
In Sochi, athletes are truly coming from all parts of the world — whether their homeland is a winter wonderland or not.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
US figure skater Wagner likes Sochi’s rainbow hues
Ashley Wagner has been one of the most outspoken athletes against Russia's so-called gay "propaganda" law, and she couldn't help but mention to reporters Wednesday her amusement at the brightly colored graphics at Olympic venues.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Maria Sharapova relives childhood memories in Sochi
Siberia-born Sharapova spent six years in Sochi before her family moved to the United States, and she had her first tennis lesson there.
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PublishedFebruary 5, 2014
Shaun White withdraws from Olympic slopestyle
Concerns about the risk of injury led White to forgo the new snowboarding event.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2014
Hotbed for Maine Olympians loses its financing
The Aroostook County training center that is sending six athletes to the Olympics must raise $550,000 in three months.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2014
Putin arrives in Sochi, gets cuddly with leopards
Accompanying journalists apparently upset the cat, which scratched one of them on the hand and bit another on the knee, Russian news agencies reported.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2014
Former UMaine player Nyquist to play hockey in Sochi
He will play for Sweden in the Olympics because Detroit’s Johan Franzen is recovering from a concussion.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2014
Sochi’s city hall orders killing of stray dogs
Stray dogs tend to gather near construction sites where they are likely to get food and shelter from workers.
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