NBC New York reporter Emily Feldman says backlash is "swelling" over Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko's "last-minute" withdrawal from Olympic figure skating.
NBC Olympics writer Nicholas McCarvel looks back at the "revered and divisive" Plushenko's legendary career.
Washington Post writer Mike Wise features Chinese curler Xu Xiaoming who will be in the "strange position" of rooting against his wife, South Korean curler Kim Ji-sun, on Valentine's Day.
Olympic bobsledder Lolo Jones tells the Associated Press thatSochi is "for the underdogs."
USA Today features five athletes"we've fallen in love with" at the Sochi Olympics.
Toronto Starcolumnist Rosie DiManno discusseswhat Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan "needs to do today to win gold" at the Winter Games.
Columnist and television commentator Sally Kohn lists five ways in which "gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people around the world - and many of their allies - are protesting the Sochi Games," in light of Russian anti-gay legislation.
Time Magazine's Simon Shuster says the "Olympic spirit" in Sochi is "challenging old Russian habits."
Wall Street Journal's Market Watch writer Michelle Coffey predicts Sochi is bracing for its highest temperatures since the start of the Winter Games.
Voice of America reports that Russians and Americans are using the internet to "save Sochi's stray dogs."
CBS News features United States freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy who is adopting "stray Sochi puppies."
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