The GIST: Team USA women’s hockey came up just short in their quest for repeat gold, losing 3–2 to our Northern neighbors early this morning. This one stings.

The GIST: Before we get into the latest from Beijing, how could we not talk about last night’s Super Bowl halftime show of millennial dreams?

The GIST: Overnight, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva — the ROC skater at the center of a doping scandal — was cleared, with conditions, to skate in tomorrow’s women’s singles short program. A dramatic conclusion to this bombshell story.

The GIST: With next week’s women’s singles figure skating competition looming, the story of Kamila Valieva — the 15-year-old ROC star figure skater at the center of a doping controversy — continues to accelerate.