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The Beijing Olympics are coming to a close in a few days, so now is a good a time as any to look back and think about what we’re going to remember from the 2022 Winter Games. As you’d expect, it’s going to include the controversy that’s taken over the headlines this week:
1. Some amazing routines in figure skating, like the German ice dancers who broke out the Joker and Harley Quinn and Madison Chock and Evan Bates’ wonderfully weird dance.
2. Eileen Gu flying through the air to win a trio of medals.
3. Chloe Kim leaving our jaws on the floor with her halfpipe run.
3. Nathan Chen and Lindsey Jacobellis overcoming past disappointment to win gold.
4. Those awesome but quirky smokestacks at the big air venue.
5. The absurd mishandling of Kamila Valieva’s positive drug test. The adults, not the 15-year-old Russian figure skater, are to blame.
6. Another amazing chapter in Canada vs. USA women’s hockey.
7. Erin Jackson making history.
8. Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor going 1-2 in monobob.
And there are a few more memories to be made in the next few days.
Quick hits: The Daytona 500 is coming! … So is the USFL again … The Rams and Matthew Stafford did a good thing … and more.
— The Daytona 500 is coming on Sunday, and Michelle Martinelli has you covered: Here’s her feature on Brad Keselowski, the driver who’s now a team co-owner some odds to look at for the big race and four big storylines to follow this NASCAR season.
— The USFL is coming back and here are the uniforms you’ll see.
— The Rams and Matthew Stafford will cover the medical bills for the photographer injured in a fall during the Super Bowl parade.
— Here’s our latest NFL mock draft, courtesy of Christian D’Andrea.