Five Ring Circus

There really doesn’t seem to be much hype around the Olympics or the Super Bowl. Let’s try to get a little excited with the story of Dick Hammer. Sam Darnold’s grandfather, Dick Hammer, is the stuff of LA legend.

+ The Athletic: John Biever has photographed every Super Bowl. Here are his 5 favorite shots.

+ “While the Opening Ceremony isn’t scheduled until Friday, the first event of the Milan Cortina Games was held Wednesday with a set of mixed doubles curling matches.” About five minutes into the event (and the Games), the lights went out. (I guess it’s a good thing Don Meredith didn’t sing in Italian…)

+ ‘Penis injection’ claims in Winter Olympics ski jumping investigated by Wada. (Interesting. I would have assumed that the penis injections would have been related to the dick hammer story…)