WHEN POLITICS CRUSH OLYMPIC DREAMS
Linda Cornelius Waltman will probably be watching the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Vancouver next month. Like while watching all Olympic Games since 1980, she will likely feel a pit in her stomach for what she missed out on as a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team.
Waltman, like all of her [...]
HOCKEY GOLD IS NOT THE ONLY PATH TO OLYMPIC SUCCESS FOR CANADA
By Beaker
With the Olympics right around the corner, I’ve heard it be asked “will the Olympics be a failure of Canada doesn’t win a gold in men’s hockey?”
In a land where hockey reigns supreme and runs paramount to anything athletic, I can see the temptation to ponder such a myopic question.
The answer clearly is no.
If [...]
BOBSLED RUNNER GILLIAN COOKE REVEALS BACKDOOR
Whoever said that bobsled isn’t sexy enough was wrong. In fact, everything about bobsled is hot & sexy. I never saw any female bobsled runner who wasn’t sexy or unrevealing. Yah them suits are so tight that you can actually view anything and everything. I love watching bobsled and I hope to see many women [...]
AN OLYMPIC ATHLETE….WITH AN ASTERISK
For the first time ever, the U.S. Olympic Volleyball Team a berth in the Olympic Games. The year was 1980 and Debbie Landreth, now Debbie Landreth Brown, and her teammates were more than excited to be a trailblazing team in women’s sports and American volleyball. However, the dreams of her and her teammates of Olympic [...]
30 Years After 1980 US Olympic Boycott - The Wounds Are Still Healing
NEW YORK - It’s been nearly thirty years after the 1980 U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games, but the wounds of some of the American athletes who lost their one and only chance to compete in the Olympics still have not healed.
“After 30 years, it is not surprising that a lot of the athletes [...]
Thirty Years After 1980 U.S. Olympic Boycott - The Wounds Still Healing
NEW YORK – It’s been nearly thirty years after the 1980 U.S. boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games, but the wounds of some of the American athletes who lost their one and only chance to compete in the Olympics still have not healed.
“After 30 years, it is not surprising [...]
Lebron Misses The Point But Deserves Benefit Of Doubt
Someone I know is fond of saying “you can do nine great things but the minute you slip up once by making a mistake, people will remember that and forget everything else”.
There’s some truth to this. I kept reading about how Lebron James “gets it”. A superstar that is the new face of the NBA [...]
Angry Commentary: The Montreal Canadiens And A Bunch Of Douche Wannabe Owners
By Beaker
Like anything in life, sports has its fair share of dipshits, defenders of mediocrity, bad commentary and egomaniacs. That’s just the way it is. I totally get why bloggers are angry. I’m not like these guys but some day I just may be.
Enter Pierre-Karl Peladeau. Boy-man CEO of a bunch of Quebec-based businesses I [...]
Olympics: City Vanity Rarely Pays Off
Here’s a surprise, the Olympics will cost Vancouver taxpayers a bundle. Someone is gonna cash in and it won’t be the residents of Vancouver.
Since we’re on the subject, commercials are running saying “no athlete has ever won a gold medal on Canadian soil.” Maybe, but I wouldn’t be advertising it.
yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = “Olympics: City Vanity Rarely [...]
Diane Roy Ridiculously Robbed
The International Paralympic Committee really messed this one up.
Roy won the 5000 m T54 but was forced to return the gold medal after protests by the Americans, Australians and Swiss teams who felt the crash-filled race wasn’t fair.
And the IPC agreed and ordered a rerun. How silly!
Roy subsequently won silver.
Man, imagin ehow many reruns we [...]
