The Ukrainian flag bearer’s disqualification from skeleton over a helmet featuring athletes killed in the war with Russia is yet another example of how politics and the Olympics cannot be separated.

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One year into Trump 2.0 — and one day after his speech at Davos iterating, with some caveats and eschewals of violence, his Greenland demand — how close is anybody to clarity? The answer is obvious ...

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