Winter Olympics: 5 Things You Missed Overnight

Many of the big Winter Olympics events happen after dark in Sochi, Russia — morning or early afternoon stateside. But plenty happens during the day in Sochi, too. So by the time Americans get out of bed, they're already hours behind on Olympics news. But fear not, dear reader: We're here to catch you up on the stories you may have missed overnight, so you can get a gold meal in sports talk around the watercooler on Friday morning.

The Early Results Are In

In Friday's earliest medal action, Marielle Thompson of Canada took gold in the women's ski cross — which, unfortunately, did not feature a hilarious photo finish like the men's event Thursday. Sweden topped China for the curling bronze in a precursor to Friday's gold-medal match between Canada and Great Britain. On the American side, Mikaela Shiffrin is gunning for gold in women's slalom — something a woman from Team USA hasn't medaled in for 42 years Read more...