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We've got a rip-roaring curling dispute.

South America is on the medal table.

The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes is an enthralling biography of Alfred Tennyson in his youth.

The most anticipated movie of the season comes with an equally anticipated soundtrack.

How a helmet became the center of an enormous Olympics dispute.

AI is making everyone's dating app profiles look the same. The only way to beat it? Be weird.

Long before Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen, Olivia Newton-John and John Denver took country roads to pop superstardom.

The spectacular triumph on the night of the Games' biggest debacle.

The sadness of watching the Quad God fall apart.

This is what peak athleticism looks like.