dispatches from rio

Sports

The Rio Games Were An Unjustifiable Human Disaster, And So Are The Olympics

08.22.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Watching Neymar and Brazil Win Gold With the Three Old Ladies

08.21.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

The Craziest Thing About the Ryan Lochte Saga Is That It Got Investigated At All

08.19.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

The Coffee? Good. Business During the Olympics? Not So Good.

08.19.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

How the Olympics Are Saving Rio’s Cats and Dogs

08.18.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Rio Didn’t Need an Olympic Golf Course, But They Built One Anyway

08.17.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

We Sat With An Iranian Protestor As She Fought to Display Her Banner at the Olympics

08.15.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Rio Officials Want To Silence Boos At The Olympics

08.15.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Trying to Experience Rio Outside the Olympic Bubble

08.11.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Rio’s Olympic Legacy Bus System Is Leaving Poor and Working Class Residents Behind

08.10.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Qatar’s Rejuvenated Handball Team Has A Distinct Shortage of Qataris

08.09.16

By Aaron Gordon
Sports

Olympic Hospitality Houses Are a Place to Cry and Party During the Games

08.08.16

By Aaron Gordon

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By Shaun Cichacki, Dwayne Jenkins, and Matt Vatankhah
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Gaming

I Want To Give Microsoft the Benefit of the Doubt, but Why Are They So Bad at Marketing Their First-Party Exclusives?

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By Shaun Cichacki
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Gaming

Finally, a Game Lets Me Beat Up Murderous Weirdos With My Stinky Feet

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