Articles filed under Washington Post
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is anonymous at the Olympics, and that's fine with himFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Amid the earsplitting shrieks of 12,000 short-track-speedskating-obsessed South Koreans, Japanese, Chinese and Dutch, NASCAR's 15-time most popu...
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For Olympic snowboarder Red Gerard: Have gold medal, will travelFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - In the days after he became an Olympic champion, 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard undertook the spoils of instant stardom. He told Jimmy Kim...
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In Zagitova's figure skating gold, judges chose athleticism over artistryFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - The battle of the Russians was singular in its excitement, but the fundamental tension of the competition was as old as the sport of figure skating itself: Should techni...
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An exhausted Mirai Nagasu hopes to land on 'Dancing with the Stars'Feb 23, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - All of Mirai Nagasu's life had been building to this moment, toward attempting the triple axel in her final Olympic skate - the one that could v...
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Shani Davis says goodbye, maybe, quietlyFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - GANGNEUNG, South Korea - After a strong seventh-place showing in what will likely be his final Olympic race, at the end of his fifth Olympic Games, Shani Davis sneaked o...
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Four more years? Olympians confront life after the OlympicsFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - You want the moment to last beyond that split-second in time, to slow it down, because when Maddie Rooney stopped that final puck off the stic...
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Everyone take a deep breath. Your Instant Pot pressure cooker has not been recalled.Feb 23, 2018 12:00 am - Last weekend, Instant Pot shared a post on its Facebook page about some of its products potentially melting and asked customers to stop using them. The story started gai...
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Cross-country skier Jessie Diggins will be US flag bearer in Closing CeremoniesFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - Jessie Diggins, who with teammate Kikkan Randall captured the first Olympic women's cross-country medal in United States history by winning the team sprint gold, will be...
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Algorithms are one reason a conspiracy theory goes viral; another reason might be youFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - The false belief that a 17-year-old who survived the Parkland massacre is actually a paid actor, or perhaps being nefariously coached by liberals to promote gun control,...
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An ambling journey around the world, without leaving PyeongchangFeb 23, 2018 12:00 am - PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Sweden's house sells Swedish meatballs from a cute hut for 11,000 Korean won ($10.22), then mingles them into a cup with mashed potatoes, cran...