- Greeeeeeeeat. Donald Trump wants a military parade. Can we please have at least one regiment or whatever break into "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" or something to make a fool of this jackass masquerading as President?
- The CAS will announce it's decision to appeal the bans of over three dozen Russian athletes tomorrow.
- Competition actually begins tonight our time, with mixed-doubles curling. The curling and skating programs have so much to do in their different disciplines that the events now have to start two days beforehand.
- The IOC has announced no new winter sports for the next Winter Olympics in Beijing (should we survive these...).
- The 2024 Paris Games have been moved up a week.
- Temperatures for the open-air Opening Ceremonies have been revised upward... to between -2 and -5 with wind chills of -10!
A couple others this morning...
- The norovirus outbreak could be a major issue in these Games, with the number of confirmed cases now up around 90. (ESPN)
- The International Paralympic Committee is allowing clean Russian athletes the same right to complete in the Pyeongchang Paralympics as their Olympic counterparts on the Olympic Athletes From Russia. (ESPN)
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