Win or lose, the North Korean cheerleaders are at the 2018 Winter Olympics to do two things: be positive and be awesome. Dubbed the “Army of Beauties,” the North Korean cheerleaders have made quite an impression in Pyeongchang, South Korea. And that was especially true during the Korean women’s hockey team’s 8-0 loss to Switzerland Saturday night. Despite the lopsided score, the cheerleaders never stopped showing their support. Check this out: Wow. Here’s some fantastic context, courtesy of Bleacher Report’s Joon Lee: At the end of the day, the score didn’t matter, as the game was a truly historic event. The Kor... NESN.com
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North, South Korea To Unity In Sports At Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony
The 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will include unprecedented displays of unity. North Korea and South Korea announced Wednesday in a statement they’ll march together under a unified flag next month at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony, according to Bloomberg’s Kanga Kong. The countries also will field a joint women’s ice-hockey team in an apparent sign of thawing relations between them. The unified flag might be similar to the one the Koreas displayed at numerous sporting events in recent years, including the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. Tensions over North Korea’s nuclear p... NESN.com
Andrew Ference Brings Stanley Cup Back to Boston, Hosts Cup’s First Ever Flash Mob in North End
The Stanley Cup has had a long journey since the the Bruins captured it in Game 7 of the Cup Final in Vancouver. But on Monday, it returned to Boston, home of one of the most exciting victory parades in recent memory. Andrew Ference spent the day with the Cup, bringing it to the North End, where it became the center of a flash mob. Earlier in the day, Ference brought it to the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. To hear more details about Ference's day with the Cup, including what made him come up with the idea for the flash mob, check out the video above from NESN Daily.