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YANQING, China — Mikaela Shiffrin spent her darkest moments of a dark Olympics staring into a spotlight. At the base of the “Ice River,” the ski slope that felled her, again and again, she’d hop from one television camera to the next, and bare her soul. She’d laugh and cry and probe, searching for proper words, exploring the intricacies of failure. Many people would rather anguish in private. Shiffrin, who anguished more than most at these Games, broadcast her emotional… Source link

The Olympics have a men’s hockey problem. It isn’t very good. That is said with all due respect to the former NHLers, career Euro leaguers and college kids who play as hard and as well as they possibly can to represent their countries. This isn’t even their fault. Part of the low quality of play stems from the fact these guys were thrown together on makeshift teams, given about three practices and told to hit the global stage. The IOC, true to its well-established arrogance, has always taken the… Source link

ZHANGJIAKOU — There comes a moment in the life of every gunslinger when the competition’s just too young and too fast. They come for your crown and your name, and if you stick around too long, you’ll lose both. For Shaun White, the moment he realized his time was done came last November in Austria. He watched younger snowboarders pulling off tricks that were beyond the reach of his 35-year-old body. His knee hurt, his ankle hurt, his back hurt. Exhausted and defeated, sore all over, he… Source link

Google Play is introducing a new “Offers” tab to help users discover deals on games and apps, Google announced on Thursday. The company says the tab will surface deals across travel, shopping, media, fitness and entertainment apps. The new tab is rolling out over the coming weeks to users in the United States, India and Indonesia. Google plans to launch the new tab in more countries later this year.  The tab includes an “offers for apps you might like”… Source link

Google is adding an “Offers” tab to the Google Play app that’s intended to help you find deals on games and apps, the company announced Thursday. Google says the Offers tab will include things like sales on games and in-game items, rewards and bundled offers, discounts on movies and books, and apps offering free trials. The new tab launches this week with a rollout that’s “underway,” and Google says it will be available to “more people in the United States, India and… Source link

Recruiting never stops. Less than two weeks after Georgia beat Alabama in the national championship game, both Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Alabama’s Nick Saban have continued their pursuit of prized 2023 quarterback Arch Manning by attending Manning’s basketball games. Saban was at Isidore Newman’s basketball game on Saturday along with Alabama defensive coordinator Pete Golding. Their attendance came just days after Smart was at a game along with Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken. NCAA… Source link

Google is launching a limited beta of its app to bring Android games to Windows PCs. Google Play Games will be available in beta in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan today, allowing Windows PC owners to play popular Android games like Mobile Legends, Summoners War, State of Survival, and Three Kingdoms Tactics. Players in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan will be able to sign up to access the beta and access Google’s standalone app on Windows PCs. Google is promising “seamless… Source link

Carry1st, a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). This is a16z’s first investment in an Africa-headquartered company (the firm has previously invested in Branch and Zipline, companies with some of its operations in Africa but headquartered in the U.S). Carry1st also received investments from Avenir and Google; it’s the latter’s second check from its Africa… Source link

Somehow, we get Washington Football Team on Sunday night when the NFL has what amounts to two division title games. So much for flexing.  There are two great matchups in the NFL in Week 16 and both happen at 1 p.m. ET. Both should directly affect who wins a division title.  Let’s start with the undercard, and that’s the Baltimore Ravens at the Cincinnati Bengals. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns are still hanging around a wild AFC North race, but whoever wins Ravens-Bengals will… Source link

Nobody should have been rooting for more Monday afternoon and Tuesday NFL football after last season. But here we are.  COVID-19 has again caused massive disruptions across sports, and last Friday the NFL finally decided to push back three games due to outbreaks. The first of those rescheduled games is the Las Vegas Raiders at the Cleveland Browns, which was initially going to be played on Saturday.  Let’s discuss that game before the regularly scheduled Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears… Source link