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You can kinda hear the soccer announcer guy - and the excitement in his voice when a team scores a goal!  You know what I am talking about, right?  Well, that’s almost exactly what happened this afternoon at…. wait for it ….the curling venue.  It was the United States versus Japan in the first round [...]

So, my initial impressions of Vancouver 2010 can be summed up in one word - underwhelmed.
From the death of the Georgian Luger (and the horrible PR that followed), to the torch lighting malfunction, the problems associated with Vancouver’s weather, the fact that it’s Canada, the complete screw up of the long track speed skating, and [...]

So, Day 2 was a pretty big one - so big I couldn’t even put it into words until now - so, really, it’s not news anymore - but Team USA finally won a medal in Nordic Combined.  I know, Nordic Combined, right?  WTF?  Such an interesting combination of skills.  First, you do flying jump [...]

Disappointment, again, for the Canadians…
As previously noted, Canada holds the distinction of being one of the only host nations to not win gold during their prior hosting games - and the entire country has been on a mission to see that change.  On day one of the Vancouver games, Canadians were supposed to have at [...]

Okay - Okay.  A lot has already been written about the opening day of the Vancouver Games.
First and foremost, the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training run definitely set a somber tone.  I am sure I will write my own commentary on the issue, but there was an amazing discussion on UHD this [...]

I don’t always make it a habit of directly responding to a comment from one of my dedicated fans - but the tone of Kody’s comments to my initial observations makes me feel as if I am letting poor Kody down.  So, here goes.
First, yes, while the opening ceremonies of the Calgary games, were, in [...]

Yay!  I am so excited that the Olympics are back.  In fact, as I write this we are 25+ hours away from Opening Ceremonies!!!  I gotta say, I am a little concerned about the Vancouver games.  First, they are the first Olympics to follow China - and that’s gonna be a hard show to follow. [...]

What exactly is a Fortnight?  And, why do I care?  Well, first, a definition.  The fortnight is a unit of time equivalent to fourteen days. The word derives from the Old English feorwertyne niht, meaning “fourteen nights”.[1][2] (taken from Wikipedia).  
Now, why do I really care?  Well, if you are a fan of tennis, as I am (so I am sure BrettCajun [...]

It seems like the most controversial of the Olympic events - women’s gymnastics in particular - has come to a grand ending.  Just to recap - the Chinese women took the gold over the Americans and Romania made a surprise bronze medal showing.  While there were minor scoring questions during the team competition and the [...]

Well, today was the men’s day to prove they are medal worthy, and well - they are doing pretty well, as well!  Here’s a recap of how our US Men’s teams are doing…
Men’s Volleyball - another nail-biter in volleyball (See DurbanBud, I told you - and the men are hotter than the women!).  The men’s team [...]