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Key factors: drama, watchability, intensity, personalities, competition format, and fan interest.
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Winter Olympics sport-by-sport preview Where and when all your favorite events will be held ? complete with a world view of the competitors and the outlook for US athletes.
US women?s hockey team feels long overdue for a gold The Americans have the Canadians? number in World Championships, but the Olympics are a different story.
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Routines in the final minutes before competition can serve as an indication that it is go time.
Live updates: The Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics are kicking off this weekend with an Opening Ceremony that begins Friday at 6 a.m. Eastern time.
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Tara Sullivan
Maybe it was always too much to expect satisfactory answers from the USOC members about the ongoing fallout of the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal.
Versus | Magazine
Which is better, the Winter Olympics or Summer Olympics? With the 2018 Games about to begin in Pyeongchang, we ask which edition of the international competitions is the best.
Perspective | Magazine
Lessons on Olympic spirit from a small New England town How Norwich, Vermont, might hold the key to changing a win-or-else culture.
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The House began meeting at 4 a.m. to vote for the budget bill and end the government shutdown that began at midnight on Friday.
No one ever wants to catch the flu. But this year, the stakes feel even higher.
As powerful political players pressure marijuana regulators to slow down, activists are striking back.
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
Republicans and Democrats seem to have finally found something they agree on: Deficits are no big deal.
In a surprising development, a spacecraft that was believed dead for more than a decade has been sending signals back to Earth.
Omarosa talks President Trump on ?Celebrity Big Brother? ??It?s so bad.?? That?s Omarosa Manigault Newman?s take on the Trump administration.
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The town gathered Thursday night for a vigil outside the Prospect Street home where a mother allegedly stabbed her two young boys to death earlier this week.
CELTICS 110, WIZARDS 104 (OT)
Kyrie Irving led Boston with 28 points and hit three clutch free throws late in regulation.
Fla. woman says she flushed her hamster after suggestion from airline A Florida woman says an airline told her to flush her hamster down a toilet at the airport because the emotional support rodent wasn?t allowed to fly with her.
KEVIN CULLEN
I still deeply admire the good, ordinary priests and nuns who work with the poor, visit the sick, and try to emulate Jesus. As for those self-regarding bureaucrats at corporate headquarters in Vatican City, well, I couldn?t care less.
CAPITAL SOURCE
The group behind Question 2 (yes, from 2016) has been shuttered Its board of directors made the decision after investigating a complaint of ?inappropriate behavior? by its executive director.
Airport contract workers call off Logan strike Contract workers at Logan Airport abruptly called off their strike Thursday after two days, but picked up support from local officials who vowed to assist their efforts to unionize.
Talking points
Baker?s big-money play for MassMutual There goes Governor Charlie Baker, flexing his muscles again.
Things that Work
Here?s one idea to make ?Storrowing? a thing of the past In Australia, a sheet of water pours from the ceiling of the tunnel entrance, with a holographic image of a massive, red stop sign.
The Season Ticket podcast Dan Shaughnessy joins host Chris Gasper to discuss the ramifications of Josh McDaniels backing out of the Colts head coaching job.
Editorial
The state Senate?s path forward With the naming of Harriette Chandler as full president, the body has a chance to move forward in a thoughtful and deliberative way.
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The best Blizzard of ?78 stories you could dig out The Globe?s call last week for reminiscences about the Blizzard of ?78 resulted in a veritable flurry of stories from our readers. Here are some highlights.
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He calls animal testing ?taxpayer-funded torture.? The FDA listened Anthony Bellotti has taken a novel approach to animal rights advocacy, branding animal testing as government waste.
Kyrie Irving led Boston with 28 points and hit three clutch free throws late in regulation.
Janet Jeghelian, 83, of Walpole, who died Feb. 3, was a pioneering female talk radio host in Boston, and had been a candidate for US Senate, lieutenant governor, and Congress.
Georgian architecture in the Boston area made its mark this week, snagging three of the top spots for most expensive home sales.
The Legislature will have the final say on the $160 million supplemental state budget bill released Thursday.
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The National Science Foundation is tightening its restrictions on grants after reports of sexual harassment by scientists the agency has backed.
Officials approved sharply higher premium increases last fall for popular mid-level health plans.
?Fifty Shades Freed? concludes the sexy trilogy ? and it?s not nearly as fun as it should be.
The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
Play the crossword Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.
The Big Picture
The Blizzard of ?78 is a storm that will be remembered. When it was over, 73 Massachusetts lives were lost and hundreds of houses destroyed.
