Top news in Myriad sports this weekend:

Check the Team USA roundup for more Olympic sports. Meanwhile, we had a little story that’s causing sports journalists to think pretty carefully about their jobs …

So if you’re an athlete who mentions a spouse, I may need to see a marriage certificate. If you mention a boyfriend or girlfriend, I’ll probably need to avoid putting that in my story altogether. I have no idea how I’d verify such a thing. The two of you could kiss in front of me and still be lying. (I’m planning to write something more about this muddled topic later.)

And if you want to get really “meta” on hoaxes …

Last word on hoaxes goes to Tiffany Weimer …

Here’s something we know to be true: Magnus Carlsen and Novak Djokovic are great, and they don’t mind working late to get the job done. Five sets, Novak? Ha. Try 92 moves.

In snowboarding, Arielle Gold won a world title, which will get roughly 1/10th the publicity of the X Games winner. If that seems a little unfair, perhaps you can even it out and watch her in action …

And a good follow-up question …

But snowboarders are indeed putting greater emphasis on the Olympics, at least, which is fly Shaun White will be keeping his triple cork on snow.

And if you think White has been around a while, consider 2002 gold medalist Kelly Clark.

More from the X Games-ish sports that have gone Olympic …

The program for Sochi includes even more of these flipping and twisting sports, along with the various “cross” sports, leading CNN to post this:

But in case you forgot that Alpine skiing is kind of “extreme” in its own right …

And heeeere’s Lindsey …

Ski jumping also can get kind of rough …

As can skeleton …

And so can figure skating. At least when they party …

Over to summer sports, silver medalist Sarah Hammer is already back in great form.

The handball World Championships continue with little to no English-language coverage, so I’ll sum up: 
– Germany upset France in the last round-robin game to win Group A, with Brazil and Tunisia also qualifying. Argentina’s out.

In soccer, MLS has now survived longer than the NASL, prompting a bit of reminiscing about the NASL’s decline and “Team America.”

While in Europe, the weather’s a bit of an issue. Maybe instead of the USA switching to the European calendar, Europe should switch to ours?

No such trouble in Africa …

The first NWSL draft surprised some people, most notably Chris Henderson, who spends more time scouting colleges than most of us.

Elsewhere: Ryan Lochte is still swimming?

And Missy Franklin is taking a break from high school?

This week: Handball and snowboarding World Championships continue, the UFC and Bellator have another big weekend, the X Games hit Aspen, and the U.S. figure skaters throw down in Omaha.

Looking a little farther ahead, Kelly Whiteside looks at one of the contenders for the Olympic program …

And finally, Rio tries to get a little classier in its hotels. Will they still have hourly rates? Journalists might need naps, you know.