I wanted to give everyone a final update on the two record chases we were following:
• The United States won the medal count for the 2010 Winter Olympics finishing with 37 medals, easily beating out its closest competitors in Germany with 30 and Canada with 26. Canada finished with the most Gold Medals, however, finishing with 14 after a late surge, beating Germany’s 10 and the U.S. and Norway’s 9 Golds. This was the first time since 1932 that the United States won the winter games’ medal count and was actually the most medals in Winter Olympic history. First, winning the most medals in Winter Olympic history (beating Germany’s record of 36 in 2002) does not mean a whole lot when they add a number of events every year. In 2010, there were 258 total medals available, in 2006 there were 252 total medals, in 2002 there were 234, and only 114 back in 1980. So that accomplishment is not nearly as great as it may sound. Second, I understand that the U.S. does not have as long and as proud of a tradition in the winter sports as some other countries may have, but the money and resources this country invests in its athletes should lead to more than one medal count victory in 78 years. I would hope and expect that the U.S. builds on this momentum in future Olympic years.
• Kevin Durant’s consecutive games streak of 25+ points was ended last week against the San Antonio Spurs. Durant’s streak ended at 29 games when he “only” scored 21 points against the Spurs in a game that also saw the end to the Thunder’s 9 game winning streak. Durant’s 29 game streak was the longest since Michael Jordan had 40 games all the way back in 1986-’87. Durant is in a dead-heat with LeBron James for the scoring title, trailing James by only a few percentage points with approximately 20 games remaining.
Showing posts with label Winter Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter Olympics. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Olympic Ending!!
The International Olympic Committee, known more formally as the “IOC” and less formally as the” idiots who run the Olympic games”, could not have scripted a better ending to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The United States-Canada gold medal hockey game will probably go down as one of the “where were you when you watched” sport moments of our lifetime. Something like 27.6 million people watched the game in the United States (and another 26.5 million in Canada, 80% of their population!) and I am sure that number will swell to 100 million people who will claim to have watched it one day. I know I will always remember where I was because I missed the freaking overtime!! We will get to that in a moment, but first what a great game those 50 million plus people got to see. Even when the U.S. went down 2-0 the game was crisp, fast-paced and had you on the edge of your seat. When Ryan Kesler scored for the States to make the game 2-1, the intensity and anticipation went up to a whole new level, lasting for a solid period and a half until Zach Parise scored to tie the game with 25 seconds left on the clock. When Sidney Crosby, the official hero for the Canadian Olympics, scored 7:40 into the overtime the nation to our north could collectively breathe out again. The homegrown superhero that has been in their lives for almost 10 years despite being only 22 years-old came to the rescue and where was I to witness this…stuck on an airplane sitting on the runway!
That’s right, I missed the overtime. I had to travel the past few days for business and knowing the gold medal game was scheduled for 3pm on Sunday, I booked a 5:45pm flight thinking that would be plenty of time to catch the game before boarding since most of these Olympic hockey games have lasted right around two hours or so. I got to the airport around face-off and settled into a seat at TGI Friday’s amongst a large crowd that had a certain big game buzz running through them. It was actually a pretty cool atmosphere to watch the game in. You could almost feel the immensity of the moment. Of course the game was pushed back and even started a little later than the new 3:15pm eastern start time, but that was still fine as we got the ok from our gate to delay boarding until 5:30pm. Then overtime happened! As I sat on the plane trying to follow along with the action on my Iphone, we got an announcement that we would be stuck on the runway for at least 45 minutes. Talk about a kick in the groin when you are already down….
I got this text from my brother that signaled the end of the United States’ brilliant run through the Olympic Games, “sid the kid gamewinner!” Unbelievable was the first word that came to my mind. How could they have possibly scripted this game and this ending better than it turned out? The second thing that came to mind was wondering how much this goal would mean to Crosby financially, $50 million, $100 million, more? I mean, we are talking about the guy who was already the face of Canadian hockey, now becoming the face of the entire country and the Olympics themselves. Crosby will be the hero now amongst his countrymen forever and probably has vaulted himself to Gretzky level in terms of fame and potential fortune. I will also say that if the U.S. was going to lose, we could not have asked for a better way to go down. Crosby has proven himself to be a respectable, humble and mature person despite being just 22 years of age. As hard as the loss was to take as an American, I am sure most Penguin fans and hockey diehards could at least appreciate how and who ended the game. At the very least, millions and millions of Americans and Canadians will remember where they were for this game….especially if they were stuck on a plane for overtime!
That’s right, I missed the overtime. I had to travel the past few days for business and knowing the gold medal game was scheduled for 3pm on Sunday, I booked a 5:45pm flight thinking that would be plenty of time to catch the game before boarding since most of these Olympic hockey games have lasted right around two hours or so. I got to the airport around face-off and settled into a seat at TGI Friday’s amongst a large crowd that had a certain big game buzz running through them. It was actually a pretty cool atmosphere to watch the game in. You could almost feel the immensity of the moment. Of course the game was pushed back and even started a little later than the new 3:15pm eastern start time, but that was still fine as we got the ok from our gate to delay boarding until 5:30pm. Then overtime happened! As I sat on the plane trying to follow along with the action on my Iphone, we got an announcement that we would be stuck on the runway for at least 45 minutes. Talk about a kick in the groin when you are already down….
I got this text from my brother that signaled the end of the United States’ brilliant run through the Olympic Games, “sid the kid gamewinner!” Unbelievable was the first word that came to my mind. How could they have possibly scripted this game and this ending better than it turned out? The second thing that came to mind was wondering how much this goal would mean to Crosby financially, $50 million, $100 million, more? I mean, we are talking about the guy who was already the face of Canadian hockey, now becoming the face of the entire country and the Olympics themselves. Crosby will be the hero now amongst his countrymen forever and probably has vaulted himself to Gretzky level in terms of fame and potential fortune. I will also say that if the U.S. was going to lose, we could not have asked for a better way to go down. Crosby has proven himself to be a respectable, humble and mature person despite being just 22 years of age. As hard as the loss was to take as an American, I am sure most Penguin fans and hockey diehards could at least appreciate how and who ended the game. At the very least, millions and millions of Americans and Canadians will remember where they were for this game….especially if they were stuck on a plane for overtime!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Durant and Olympic Updates
• Kevin Durant extended his streak to 29 games of 25 or more points last night with a 36 point, 8 rebound effort in a loss to the Phoenix Suns. The streak is now the longest since Michael Jordan had 40 consecutive games back in 1986-87. What’s more impressive, however, is that was the young Thunder’s first loss in 10 games, and they are 20-9 overall during the streak. Not only is “Durantula” putting up massive points, he is leading his team to victories. The Thunder sit 33-22 overall and are only two games out of a top-4 seed out West and having home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The MVP is probably LeBron’s in a foregone conclusion but Durant, who now leads the NBA in scoring, just might make it a little tougher on voters if he keeps this up.
• Everyone saw or heard about the United States’ 5-3 victory over Canada Sunday night, leaving the entire country of Canada in shock. The game was relatively meaningless in the overall scheme of the Olympic Competition, but set up an unbelievable quarterfinal match-up tonight of Russia vs. Canada. It is unbelievable because these were the two favorites heading into the Games and now one of them will not medal. My prediction is that Sidney Crosby comes up big once again and leads his team to victory tonight.
• The U.S. will take on Switzerland in what looks like an easy victory for the States. The puck actually drops just a bit later today and the U.S. better be sure to not overlook a dangerous Swiss team. One poor performance and Team U.S. will be left packing their bags in this tournament.
• The United States holds a tight lead in the overall medal count with 26 medals, including 7 Golds. Germany is right on their heels with 23 overall medals and the same 7 Golds. The United States has not won the Winter Olympics medal count in 78 years, going back to 1932. With 81 medals still up for grabs, the final medal count should come right down to the wire making every medal that much more important.
Couple of housecleaning notes:
• I am putting the finishing touches on my first thoughts on your 2010 Buccos. Look out for that piece at some point tomorrow. Let’s just say that I am predicting a historical season for the home team.
• I received a few emails asking when my 2010 offseason plan for the Steelers would be coming. The NFL calendar designates March 5 as the beginning of a “new year” so let us stay in line with the NFL, the king in our sports world, and set that day for the release of my 2010 offseason plan. In the meantime, I would like to see the Steelers start by placing the franchise tag on Casey Hampton.
• Everyone saw or heard about the United States’ 5-3 victory over Canada Sunday night, leaving the entire country of Canada in shock. The game was relatively meaningless in the overall scheme of the Olympic Competition, but set up an unbelievable quarterfinal match-up tonight of Russia vs. Canada. It is unbelievable because these were the two favorites heading into the Games and now one of them will not medal. My prediction is that Sidney Crosby comes up big once again and leads his team to victory tonight.
• The U.S. will take on Switzerland in what looks like an easy victory for the States. The puck actually drops just a bit later today and the U.S. better be sure to not overlook a dangerous Swiss team. One poor performance and Team U.S. will be left packing their bags in this tournament.
• The United States holds a tight lead in the overall medal count with 26 medals, including 7 Golds. Germany is right on their heels with 23 overall medals and the same 7 Golds. The United States has not won the Winter Olympics medal count in 78 years, going back to 1932. With 81 medals still up for grabs, the final medal count should come right down to the wire making every medal that much more important.
Couple of housecleaning notes:
• I am putting the finishing touches on my first thoughts on your 2010 Buccos. Look out for that piece at some point tomorrow. Let’s just say that I am predicting a historical season for the home team.
• I received a few emails asking when my 2010 offseason plan for the Steelers would be coming. The NFL calendar designates March 5 as the beginning of a “new year” so let us stay in line with the NFL, the king in our sports world, and set that day for the release of my 2010 offseason plan. In the meantime, I would like to see the Steelers start by placing the franchise tag on Casey Hampton.
Friday, February 19, 2010
TGIF
Nothing beats a Friday and what better way to wrap up the week than with a smorgasbord of thoughts from around the sports world. Yes, I just went smorgasbord on you…
• Last night was an incredible night of sports on TV. We had great college hoops on including Syracuse-Georgetown and Pitt-Marquette among other games. Olympic action was on two different channels including Canada’s shootout game against Switzerland in hockey. Four of the top six teams in the NBA were in action on TNT. I couldn’t flip channels fast enough. I wish every night was like that…then again I would probably be divorced if that were the case.
• Pitt played what I thought was their best all-around game of the season last night with the possible exception of the Syracuse game. Despite getting only two points from leading scorer Ashton Gibbs, the Panthers other four starters scored in double figures and they had solid contributions from Gilbert Brown, Travon Woodall and Dante Taylor off the bench. The Panthers got a host of dunks using dribble penetration (did somebody recommend this just last week!) and pounding the ball down low. If they can continue this, Gibbs should be freed up even more on the outside. The Panthers played great defense as usual and really took it to Marquette giving Jamie Dixon his first win in the Bradley Center.
• With that win Pitt is well-positioned to get a top 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Sunday’s game at the Pete against Villanova should tell us a whole lot about Pitt’s chances of making a sustained run in the Big Dance. I will be watching this game with a very close eye on how Pitt can defend great penetrating guards, something that can kill you come tournament time.
• Tiger Woods, as the entire world knows, breaks his silence today in another protected, boring press conference. Blah…let me know when he decides to golf again.
• In Olympic action, the American stars have come to shine as Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White and Shani Davis have all taken home Gold in their respective events. It makes the Games somewhat more enjoyable when you have actually heard of the competitors competing for and winning medals. The U.S. now has a comfortable lead in the medal count with 18 medals (9 Golds), seven more than second place Germany.
• Speaking of making the events more enjoyable; if you want to make it interesting throw a wager down on an underdog in an event and have a rooting interest (if gambling were legal of course). I watched the half-pipe event with my brother who threw a small bet down on Scottie Lago at 10-1 odds. Of course Shaun White was the heavy favorite and put on an unbelievable performance, but that didn’t make it any less fun after Lago had a fantastic run to take the early lead. I never watched a winter event with more enthusiasm. Lago finished with the bronze by the way.
• In hockey action, the U.S. looked solid again posting a 6-1 win over Norway getting a goal and an assist from local boy Ryan Malone. Canada won on a shootout goal from Sidney Crosby and Russia was not as fortunate losing in a shootout against Slovakia. Pool play is not integral to winning the tournament but the U.S. and Canada do square off in an interesting match on Sunday. The winner will receive a bye in the first round of tournament action. Canada and Russia being pushed to shootouts goes to show you that no matter how talented a team is a hot goaltender can be the great equalizer. When tournament play begins and it is one loss and done, the question will be whose goaltender comes up big.
• LeBron James is incredible. He finished last night with 43 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds for his 27th career triple-double. He also chipped in 4 blocks and 2 steals for good measure. (In case you thought these numbers were inflated by overtime LeBron had 37, 15, 13, 4 and 2 at the end of regulation). For anyone that thinks there is even a debate anymore about who the best player in the world is, get with reality. The only question left for me is whether James enters the debate with MJ himself someday as the greatest player ever.
• The Cavs lost the game 118-116 in overtime to the Denver Nuggets by the way. Carmelo Anthony had a fantastic night himself scoring 40 points including the game winning jumper over LeBron with 1.9 seconds left in overtime. Despite the loss, it was a great day for the Cavaliers who added Antawn Jamison in a trade on Wednesday. Cleveland is my pick to win it all this year and give LeBron his first of what will be many championships.
• Pitchers and catchers reported to Bradenton on Wednesday. Hard to believe baseball has begun when we are buried in three feet of snow up here. Spring brings eternal hope for baseball fans, except those that are fans of the Pirates. We will be talking a lot of baseball in the coming weeks, but for now look out for my initial thoughts on the Buccos in the next few days.
• I do not understand why NFL players get upset when they are franchised. I bring this up in light of Vince Wilfork of the Patriots “slap in the face” comment and Casey Hampton expressing similar feelings. The one year salary that franchised players receive is often equal or close to the amount of guaranteed money they would receive in a longer term contract with the added ability of becoming a free agent again the following year. I think this attitude stems from players not being Nobel Prize winners in economics and their agents feeding them propaganda looking for their own guaranteed paychecks.
• Despite many so-called “experts” feeling as though the Steelers biggest need is offensive line, I could not disagree more. The Steelers are built to win now. Any lineman drafted by the Steelers will not start this upcoming season. There are simply no starting jobs available on the line and despite popular opinion, the line performed quite well last year. I hope the Steelers trade up for a defensive back, the position that could make the most impact on the coming season. If the Steelers stay at number 18, I would be an advocate at taking the best player available as they need depth at linebacker, the secondary and both lines.
• Another teaser alert….I will be back in the next few days with more on the Steelers including what my full offseason plan would be were I to wake up the next day with Kevin Colbert’s job.
• Last night was an incredible night of sports on TV. We had great college hoops on including Syracuse-Georgetown and Pitt-Marquette among other games. Olympic action was on two different channels including Canada’s shootout game against Switzerland in hockey. Four of the top six teams in the NBA were in action on TNT. I couldn’t flip channels fast enough. I wish every night was like that…then again I would probably be divorced if that were the case.
• Pitt played what I thought was their best all-around game of the season last night with the possible exception of the Syracuse game. Despite getting only two points from leading scorer Ashton Gibbs, the Panthers other four starters scored in double figures and they had solid contributions from Gilbert Brown, Travon Woodall and Dante Taylor off the bench. The Panthers got a host of dunks using dribble penetration (did somebody recommend this just last week!) and pounding the ball down low. If they can continue this, Gibbs should be freed up even more on the outside. The Panthers played great defense as usual and really took it to Marquette giving Jamie Dixon his first win in the Bradley Center.
• With that win Pitt is well-positioned to get a top 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Sunday’s game at the Pete against Villanova should tell us a whole lot about Pitt’s chances of making a sustained run in the Big Dance. I will be watching this game with a very close eye on how Pitt can defend great penetrating guards, something that can kill you come tournament time.
• Tiger Woods, as the entire world knows, breaks his silence today in another protected, boring press conference. Blah…let me know when he decides to golf again.
• In Olympic action, the American stars have come to shine as Lindsey Vonn, Shaun White and Shani Davis have all taken home Gold in their respective events. It makes the Games somewhat more enjoyable when you have actually heard of the competitors competing for and winning medals. The U.S. now has a comfortable lead in the medal count with 18 medals (9 Golds), seven more than second place Germany.
• Speaking of making the events more enjoyable; if you want to make it interesting throw a wager down on an underdog in an event and have a rooting interest (if gambling were legal of course). I watched the half-pipe event with my brother who threw a small bet down on Scottie Lago at 10-1 odds. Of course Shaun White was the heavy favorite and put on an unbelievable performance, but that didn’t make it any less fun after Lago had a fantastic run to take the early lead. I never watched a winter event with more enthusiasm. Lago finished with the bronze by the way.
• In hockey action, the U.S. looked solid again posting a 6-1 win over Norway getting a goal and an assist from local boy Ryan Malone. Canada won on a shootout goal from Sidney Crosby and Russia was not as fortunate losing in a shootout against Slovakia. Pool play is not integral to winning the tournament but the U.S. and Canada do square off in an interesting match on Sunday. The winner will receive a bye in the first round of tournament action. Canada and Russia being pushed to shootouts goes to show you that no matter how talented a team is a hot goaltender can be the great equalizer. When tournament play begins and it is one loss and done, the question will be whose goaltender comes up big.
• LeBron James is incredible. He finished last night with 43 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds for his 27th career triple-double. He also chipped in 4 blocks and 2 steals for good measure. (In case you thought these numbers were inflated by overtime LeBron had 37, 15, 13, 4 and 2 at the end of regulation). For anyone that thinks there is even a debate anymore about who the best player in the world is, get with reality. The only question left for me is whether James enters the debate with MJ himself someday as the greatest player ever.
• The Cavs lost the game 118-116 in overtime to the Denver Nuggets by the way. Carmelo Anthony had a fantastic night himself scoring 40 points including the game winning jumper over LeBron with 1.9 seconds left in overtime. Despite the loss, it was a great day for the Cavaliers who added Antawn Jamison in a trade on Wednesday. Cleveland is my pick to win it all this year and give LeBron his first of what will be many championships.
• Pitchers and catchers reported to Bradenton on Wednesday. Hard to believe baseball has begun when we are buried in three feet of snow up here. Spring brings eternal hope for baseball fans, except those that are fans of the Pirates. We will be talking a lot of baseball in the coming weeks, but for now look out for my initial thoughts on the Buccos in the next few days.
• I do not understand why NFL players get upset when they are franchised. I bring this up in light of Vince Wilfork of the Patriots “slap in the face” comment and Casey Hampton expressing similar feelings. The one year salary that franchised players receive is often equal or close to the amount of guaranteed money they would receive in a longer term contract with the added ability of becoming a free agent again the following year. I think this attitude stems from players not being Nobel Prize winners in economics and their agents feeding them propaganda looking for their own guaranteed paychecks.
• Despite many so-called “experts” feeling as though the Steelers biggest need is offensive line, I could not disagree more. The Steelers are built to win now. Any lineman drafted by the Steelers will not start this upcoming season. There are simply no starting jobs available on the line and despite popular opinion, the line performed quite well last year. I hope the Steelers trade up for a defensive back, the position that could make the most impact on the coming season. If the Steelers stay at number 18, I would be an advocate at taking the best player available as they need depth at linebacker, the secondary and both lines.
• Another teaser alert….I will be back in the next few days with more on the Steelers including what my full offseason plan would be were I to wake up the next day with Kevin Colbert’s job.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Leftover Thoughts and News from Yesterday
Here is some more news and thoughts pertaining to yesterday’s talk on the Olympics and the NBA:
• Canada opened their Olympic pool play win an 8-0 win over Norway, generally considered the worst team in the Olympics. Sydney Crosby contributed 3 assists in his first Olympic game.
• Russia and Sweden are considered the biggest threats to Canada bringing home the Gold. Russia opened up their pool play with an 8-2 win over Latvia. Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist while Sergei Gonchar did not record any points. Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals and former Penguin Alexei Morozov, serving as the Russian captain, had a goal as well. Yes, that Alexei Morozov, the guy who could never live up to his potential in a Penguin uniform. Sweden opens up pool play this evening against Germany.
• No medals were awarded last night, leaving the medal count the same as yesterday with Germany leading the United States by one.
• The Olympic Games are obviously being played in Vancouver which is in the Pacific Time Zone. This means that action continues on into the late night here on the East Coast. This doesn’t bother me too much as I am generally a night person anyhow and it sure beats when the Olympics are held across the globe and the events you most want to see are in action in the middle of the night (such as the Men’s Basketball Gold Medal game last summer which started at approximately 3am local time).
• Kevin Durant led his Oklahoma City Thunder to another win last night, beating the newly revamped Dallas Mavericks. Durant finished with 25 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists, extending his 25 points or more streak to 26 games. Durant scored his 25th point with a runner in the lane with about 30 seconds remaining in the game thus avoiding the first ever blog jinx.
• Many of you are probably Bill Simmons (of ESPN.com) fans already. If you are not or do not know who I am talking about, Simmons is a writer for ESPN nicknamed “The Sports Guy”. He is a common sense columnist for ESPN that gives comedic opinions on sports, life and reality TV to name just a few topics. His niche, however, is the NBA. Yesterday, my favorite column of the year of his came out dissecting the trade value of the top players in the NBA. Give it a READ; it will get you caught up on all the players you need to know about if you do not follow the NBA too closely. A certain someone I discussed yesterday just happens to fall in at number 3 as well, right behind Dwight Howard and LeBron James.
• Canada opened their Olympic pool play win an 8-0 win over Norway, generally considered the worst team in the Olympics. Sydney Crosby contributed 3 assists in his first Olympic game.
• Russia and Sweden are considered the biggest threats to Canada bringing home the Gold. Russia opened up their pool play with an 8-2 win over Latvia. Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist while Sergei Gonchar did not record any points. Alexander Ovechkin scored two goals and former Penguin Alexei Morozov, serving as the Russian captain, had a goal as well. Yes, that Alexei Morozov, the guy who could never live up to his potential in a Penguin uniform. Sweden opens up pool play this evening against Germany.
• No medals were awarded last night, leaving the medal count the same as yesterday with Germany leading the United States by one.
• The Olympic Games are obviously being played in Vancouver which is in the Pacific Time Zone. This means that action continues on into the late night here on the East Coast. This doesn’t bother me too much as I am generally a night person anyhow and it sure beats when the Olympics are held across the globe and the events you most want to see are in action in the middle of the night (such as the Men’s Basketball Gold Medal game last summer which started at approximately 3am local time).
• Kevin Durant led his Oklahoma City Thunder to another win last night, beating the newly revamped Dallas Mavericks. Durant finished with 25 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists, extending his 25 points or more streak to 26 games. Durant scored his 25th point with a runner in the lane with about 30 seconds remaining in the game thus avoiding the first ever blog jinx.
• Many of you are probably Bill Simmons (of ESPN.com) fans already. If you are not or do not know who I am talking about, Simmons is a writer for ESPN nicknamed “The Sports Guy”. He is a common sense columnist for ESPN that gives comedic opinions on sports, life and reality TV to name just a few topics. His niche, however, is the NBA. Yesterday, my favorite column of the year of his came out dissecting the trade value of the top players in the NBA. Give it a READ; it will get you caught up on all the players you need to know about if you do not follow the NBA too closely. A certain someone I discussed yesterday just happens to fall in at number 3 as well, right behind Dwight Howard and LeBron James.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Olympic Update
The United States got off to a good start in Olympic hockey today during their first game of pool play. The U.S. won 3-1 over Switzerland, getting 14 saves from Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres. The U.S. also got a goal from Ryan Malone, born and raised right here in Pittsburgh. Sydney Crosby and the Canadian National Team begin pool play tonight against Norway. The United States and Canada will face off Sunday Night at 7:40pm EST in what will be the most anticipated game during group play.
If you have not watched much Olympic action to date like me, here is an article from Chris Chase of Yahoo getting you caught up in what has happened so far: LINK. The medal count currently sees Germany in first with 9 medals (3 gold), the United States in second with 8 medals (2 gold), followed by France with 7 (2 gold), and Canada with 5 (2 gold).
If you have not watched much Olympic action to date like me, here is an article from Chris Chase of Yahoo getting you caught up in what has happened so far: LINK. The medal count currently sees Germany in first with 9 medals (3 gold), the United States in second with 8 medals (2 gold), followed by France with 7 (2 gold), and Canada with 5 (2 gold).
Saturday, February 13, 2010
(Not) Excited About the Winter Games
The Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics took place Friday Night with the games beginning on Saturday. I cannot say that I am very excited for the Winter Olympics. I am looking forward to the hockey tournament as Sidney Crosby plays in his first Olympics on his native Canadian soil with all the pressure in the world on his shoulders to bring home the gold. Outside of hockey, however, I doubt that I will find myself tuning into many live events unless history is at stake. I will catch up on the highlights from Sportscenter, watch some of the events that may have a compelling story or name, but in general, there is not too much that excites me about the Winter Games.
Bob Smizik, whose blog on the Post Gazette website I really enjoy, shares my sentiment and expresses many of my feelings in his short rant on the Winter Games. Check out his thoughts here: Smizik's Thoughts.
Bob Smizik, whose blog on the Post Gazette website I really enjoy, shares my sentiment and expresses many of my feelings in his short rant on the Winter Games. Check out his thoughts here: Smizik's Thoughts.
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