Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of essays profiling all of the cities set to host World Cup games this summer. Eliot Rothwell visited every venue to get a sense of how preparations were ...

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Long Beach is a lot closer to Sochi, Russia, than residents may think – but not in a physical sense. Sochi, a city with a population of more than 343,000 and the site for the upcoming Winter Olympics, ...

For the second time in six years, Long Beach is connected to the Olympic Games through its Sister Cities of Long Beach Inc. In 2008, the Chinese city of Qingdao hosted the sailing events in what is ...

The 2014 Winter Olympics begin tonight in a place of snow and dreams that's also as warm as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. There's a high of 50°F in Sochi and no chance of any snow or rain and ...