Amy Purdy wins Sochi Paralympic medal, heads to LA for DWTS debut
Para-snowboarding took place for the first time in the history of the Paralympic Winter Games today and American snowboarder Amy Purdy captured a bronze medal. After the medal ceremony tonight, Purdy will catch a flight to Los Angeles to prepare for her next competition, a shot at the … [Read more...]
It’s a Wrap - Final Thoughts on the Sochi Olympics
The largest and most expensive Winter Olympic Games in history wrapped up in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia. There were lots of hits and misses over the past two weeks – surprise victories, heart-breaking losses and unexpected missteps. While I mostly rooted for Team … [Read more...]
Sochi Olympics Style Recap: From Golden Moments To Fashion Faux Pas
The Olympics take place on a grand stage and companies are tasked with designing apparel for athletes that merges technical innovations with a memorable style. At the Winter Games, competitions were marked by sartorial displays of team pride from countries across the globe. The Sochi style … [Read more...]
Bronze Medalist Erin Hamlin Partners with USA Luge Slider Search
Erin Hamlin is a three-time Olympian and the first female American luger to medal at any Winter Olympics, as well as the first American of either gender to medal in singles competition. Hamlin, a New York state native, came to Sochi to make amends for disappointment in Vancouver in 2010, when she … [Read more...]
You can literally see the inequality
Last weekish I wrote about my astonishment that there isn't a 4-women bobsled event and how this speaks to the inequality that still remains in the Olympics in spite of visible and highly touted progress (i.e., the much-belated inclusion of women's ski jumping) because of the lack of equality in the … [Read more...]
TheRoot: How Bobsledding Became a Black Winter Sport
“The treatment of women’s hockey in the U.S. and Canada should be infuriating to anyone who cares about equality”
Message from Home lifts Kaitlyn Farrington to Halfpipe Gold #Sochi2014
The Game Doesn’t Stop After A Bad Call: CAN Hockey beats USA 3-2 in 1st Round
Before we launch into that, let us pause for a moment to contemplate exactly how bad that call was. It was probably top three in the worst call pantheon I have personally witnessed. What makes it particularly egregious is that the referee knows she blew the whistle. It was her own … [Read more...]