Sochi 2014
The Associated Press takes a retrospective look at the 2014 Sochi Paralympics, which concluded Sunday "under a Crimean cloud." Russian President Vladimir Putin's "isolation in the international community" grew last month as Russian forces took over Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
The Nation'sJules Boykoff and Dave Zirin say seeing the Sochi Paralympics "walk comfortably" with Russia's incursion into Ukraine raises a question: "whatever happened to the Olympic truce?"
National Post writer Bruce Arthur says Ukraine's protests at the Sochi Paralympic Games offered a "bit of honesty missing from the Olympic Games."
The New York Timesfeatures disabled service members who competed in the Sochi Paralympics and displayed a "will to win, after war's agony."
The Wall Street Journal's Matthew Futterman calls Sochi 2014 a "mistake that mustn't be repeated and an embarrassment for the IOC."
The AP says two-time Olympic host Lake Placid, New York held a ceremony Sunday towelcome back 12 members of the Sochi Olympic team.
New York Times reporter Kelley McMillan spotlights Norwegian alpine ski racerAksel Lund Svindal who has refocused following his "Olympic disappointment" in Sochi.
Road to Brazil 2014
A British expert tells The Independent that dengue, an infection spread by mosquitoes, could be a "significant problem" in some of Brazil's cities staging matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Professor Simon Hay says that growing evidence suggests the disease is "on the march" around the world.
AP writer Stephen Wade depicts Brazil as a "logistical mess" on the brink of "potentially violent anti-government protests" ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
Guardian Liberty Voice writerJohn Poltonowicz covers the "death squads terrorizing Rio de Janeiro" as Brazil readies itself for the 2014 World Cup.
In Other News
Season 18 of "Dancing With The Stars" premiered Monday on the ABC television network. This season's cast features Sochi gold medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White and Paralympian Amy Purdy.
Chicago Tribune writer Philip Hersh says Salt Lake City would be the "best Winter Olympic host choice."
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