How to follow your new favorite winter sports even though the Olympics are over

While icy tears roll down our cheeks, the Winter Olympics bid farewell for another four years. And, yet, there's a lot to be thankful for because now we have some new favorite sports that we can obsess about while we wait for the 2022 Beijing Games.

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These sports all have lives beyond the four-year Olympics cycle. Sure, everything seems to culminate at the games, but there's so much more happening between those big, global events and it's gotten even easier to follow them in the internet age.

From World Cup competitions to regular leagues, there are a bundle of ways to keep following your new favorite Winter Olympic sport through the rest of the year. You'll learn more about the athletes and come to appreciate the years-long effort it takes to make it to the Olympic medal podium, too. Read more...

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