Olympic wake-up: The end of Bode Miller

No more brodiums for Bode Miller, the IOC is sticking to its strange anti-political/anti-feelings armband rule, and a Canadian snowboarder chides the U.S. team for not taking care of one of their own. Here is what happened while you were sleeping:

No more Bode Miller Olympic updates

U.S. skier Bode Miller did not go out with a bang in his final Olympic race. It was more like a slow whooshing noise with lots of creaky sounds. He tweaked his left knee during the first run of the giant slalom, and that was that. The second run did not go as well, and prompted him to drop out of the slalom. He didn't officially say it say it, but barring a miracle, it is safe to say he will probably not be back for 2018. Because then he will be 40. 

Miller did win bronze in super-G earlier this week, and claimed six Olympic medals in his career. He is now the most decorated U.S. alpine skier. And the oldest to win an alpine medal. One of these he probably does not want to talk about. 

It wasn't all bad news on Wednesday: Teammate Ted Ligety became the first American to win the giant slalom. His last Olympic gold medal was in 2006 in the combined.

IOC says no to Ukraine wearing black armbands

The International Olympic Committee is really sticking to their "no armbands allowed" rule. When the Norwegian cross country team wore them to pay tribute to commemorate the recent death of their teammate's brother, the committee said no. Now Ukraine wants to wear armbands after deadly clashes between protesters and the authorities in Kiev killed at least 25 people. Still, the IOC said no. Because they don't want politics in the Olympics. It is a magic bubble of weird polar bear mascots and puppies. Did you forget?

"Sharing deep pain over the loss of fellow countrymen, the Ukrainian Olympic committee appealed to the International Olympic Committee to allow Ukrainian athletes wear black armbands as a sign of mourning, an expression of sorrow and sympathy," the Ukrainian Olympic committee said in a statement. "The answer was received from the IOC that in accordance with the Olympic charter it is not possible to do this."

Jasey-Jay Anderson is not happy with U.S. snowboard team

Vic Wild switched to the Russian team after the U.S. snowboard team cut his funding. Then, he won gold in Sochi in the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom. Canada's Jasey-Jay Anderson, who was the defending gold medalist but did not crack the quarterfinals, really wanted to let the U.S. know how he feels about the whole situation. Wild married Russia's Alena Zavarzina, a bronze medalist in the same event, and this is how he was awarded citizenship.

Coming up

FIGURE SKATING: WOMEN'S SHORT
10 a.m. ET (TSN, NBCSN)
Yuna Kim is trying for a second straight Olympic title, but it will not be easy - especially now that we know about 15-year-old Russian skater Julia Lipnitskaia. Americans Gracie Gold (who has the best figure skating name of all time) and Ashley Wagner (who is now an Olympic meme) will also be skating. 

WOMEN'S BOBSLED
11:15 a.m. ET (SPORTSNET ONE); 8 p.m. (NBC)
Lolo Jones is cool and all, but it looks like Lauryn Williams is going to be the one who makes history. If Williams and driver Elana Meyers win the women's bobsled on Wednesday, the track athlete will become the second American to claim gold in both the Winter and Summer Olympics. She was part of the U.S. gold-medal 400-metre relay team.

MEN'S HOCKEY: CANADA, U.S. IN ACTION
12 p.m. ET (CANADA/LATVIA, CBC/MSNBC; U.S./CZE, TSN2/NBCSN)
Even though they are at the same time, we can't pick one. You're going to have to use a second screen for this. Canada will play Latvia for a spot in the semifinal, and if all goes to plan, the U.S. will join them after getting through the Czech Republic. And then we will probably end up watching a gold-medal quality game masquerading as a semifinal. Good work, Olympic schedule.

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