Your Friday Five Lists for January 31–February 4

Let’s rank stuff!

We are now ranking things, every Friday. We will attempt to stick to rankings of things that have some sort of connection to the news of that week, but we can’t guarantee anything. Want us to rank something? Put it in the responses, or email us at williamfleitch@yahoo.com.

Winter Olympic sports to watch in person

1. Hockey
2. Figure skating
3. Snowboarding
4. Speed skating
5. Curling
6. Luge
7. Skeleton
8. Bobsledding
9. Freestyle skiing
10. Biathlon
11. Alpine skiing
12. Cross country skiing
13. Ski jumping

I saw them all in Sochi 2014, and let me tell you: Nothing in the planet is more dull than watching ski jumping in person.