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Your Monday Morning Roundup

By Kyle Scott

Published: Feb 17th, 2014 · 11:01 AM EST

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Crazy weekend and we shall waste no time with pleasantries this AM. We’re in the middle of the Cold War again, so quit Stalin and get under your desks, children!

Let’s hit it!

 

But first, a word from our sponsors:

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[We’ve updated the shirt ever so slightly to correct some spacing issues in the original design. This is the version that will ship.]

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The roundup:

Our T.J. Oshie-related coverage from Saturday:

The Herb Brooks Miracle joint has amassed over 255k views in under two days. We got a Tweet from Kenny Albert LIVE FROM SOCHI. KENNY ALBERT!

Bar reaction videos.

The Russians’ grapes are sour.

The Russians hate US.

Oshie’s hot girlfriend.

Lavs fist pump.

 

Excited Putin before it all came crashing down. WHY DID THE COMMUNISTS AT NBC NOT SHOW PUTIN REACTIONS AFTER USA GOALS? Biggest travesty of the Olympics right there.

Not enough balls to show Putin’s reaction… but enough balls to open a secret Starbucks in their Sochi media center.

Wrestling puss under water. Giant penis snowman.

Jeff Carter’s girlfriend is over in Sochi and I’m sorry, where were we?

Oshie’s path to Sochi.

Sponsors are tweeting for athletes in Sochi. I don’t have a problem with this sort of thing, but there should be a disclosure in the Tweet. I always try to include “sponsored” or “SP” when I have a sponsored Tweet… which by the way are available for you business owners out there! Call me. Thanks.

Roy Halladay wants to sell his house to A.J. Burnett and that makes me sad.

Steve Yzerman is so fucking tightly wound for these Olympics. Too much pressure. He buckled, overthought picking the team. Canada isn’t getting to the Gold Medal Game. USA! USA!

USA! USA!

Where were we? Here: NBC reporter basically pulled out a photo book of Bode Miller’s dead brother to get him to cry on-air. [Video]

Olympian Gus Kenworthy would like to swing on Miley.

Plane troubles: Bomb discovered at Alaska airport. Ethiopian pilot hijacked his own flight seeking asylum. A passenger plane crashed in Nepal.

The psychology behind being a troll. Take note, commenters who can’t understand why someone might want to make money selling things to people.

PHANTOMS BRAWL! FRANK THE ANIMAL BIALOWAS. BULLIES. CULTURE. [No but really this is awesome.]

Charles Barkley singing Gin and Juice.

DeSean Jackson featured on D-Shep’s Cake remix.

Bob Costas returns tonight, thankfully. Watching the Olympics with Meredith Vieira was, quite frankly, horrible.

 

Podcasts

Little did we know that the title of the latest Crossing Streams, Munching Mara, would be so timely and appropriate. Listen or download. Subscribe with iTunes. Grab the RSS feed. Listen with Stitcher. All are mobile-friendly links.

New Cord Snipped coming today in which Dan and I discuss Comcast’s world takeover and what it means for your cord-cutting. Listen or download. Subscribe with iTunes. Or listen with Stitcher. All are mobile-friendly links.