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The World Cup is one of my favorite events of any kind. I've attended four of the last five tournaments, and cheering on the United States during a big victory is one of the greatest treats a sports fan can imagine. Which is why it would be particularly painful for me if America boycotts the 2022 World Cup. The problem, though, is that a boycott of Qatar is the only reasonable course of action. The time has come for America, and other reasonable first-world nations, to put an end to the disgraceful actions committed by "global organizations" such as FIFA. ...

  It's been four years since Bode Miller fizzled out in Turino and I'm finally coming around to the notion that maybe he was right all along. No, it's not just because he is now officially by any reasonable measure, the greatest skier in my nation's history.  It's because four years have come and gone since Turino and I've thought about a few things since then... Back then, I thought that Bode Miller was a jerk... And I still think that he's a jerk. But, my opinion does not and should not count. Why? Because a week from right now, I will be done watching the Winter Olypmics. I'll stop ...

We've done it! After over 15 years of waiting, the human race has finally outdone itself in the category of Idiotic Sports Crime. We all remember when — in January, 1994 — figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was ruthlessly beaten during the United States Figure Skating Championship in Detroit. It was idiotic, not just because of the inhumanity, but also because it was the most poorly planned assault in American history. The time and place of the attack, the identity of the assailant, the proximity to the Olympics. There was nothing less than a 100 percent chance that the attackers would be caught and held ...