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Curling: My new obsession
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:46pm

True confession time: I have become slightly obsessed with the U.S. Curling team. On the list of topics I could compose sonnets about, the U.S. Curling team has leaped onto the list, ranking above The Biggest Loser and Coffee Crisp candy bars yet slight...more

Olympic Hockey: Luckiest. Win. Ever.
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 23, 2010 at 2:28pm

As surprised as I was to find exclamations such as "Come on, Patty" rolling from my lips during the thrilling men's hockey game against Canada,* along with spontaneous shrieks, screams, curses, and excited clapping...the Canadians kicked our asses in that...more

2010 Olympic sport media gaffs…So far
by One Sport Voice
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:25pm

During the first week of media coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a few interesting things emerged in terms of sport media coverage and sport commentators. 1. It has been noted elsewhere by colleagues at the John Curley Center for Sport Media tha...more

I am woman (not a girl), Hear me roar, You Idiot!
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:23pm

Kathy and I are looking to buy a truck. Yesterday, when the salesman who swooped out to greet us introduced me to one of his male associates at the dealership, here is what he said, “And this attractive young lady is Pat.”I’ll pause here and take a ...more

Skier Marjan Kalhor carries hopes for Iran, Iranian women
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:18pm

By Mike Lopresti, GannettWHISTLER — On the window of an apartment overlooking this ski resort town, an unusual sight at the Winter Olympics: The flag of Iran. Inside sits the demure 21-year-old woman who carried it in the opening ceremony, wearing both...more

Olympic athletes' goodl luck charms: Lightning bolts, tiaras & Lady Gaga
by A Glam Slam
posted February 22, 2010 at 9:16pm

Rabbit's foot, dream catchers, old baby blankets. We all have our good luck charms. And Olympic athletes are no exception. Sometimes winning an Olympic medal takes a little something extra. USA figure skater, Evan Lysacek, defeated Russian, Yevgeny Plesh...more

Skating through tragedy
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 22, 2010 at 10:21am

The run was horrible. The pace was off. My heart rate was off. Nothing felt quite right. By the time my feet stopped moving tears were streaming down my face and the big ugly cry began. It was a few days after my grandfather had died. That run was ess...more

Olympic Miracle(s) On Ice
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 22, 2010 at 10:15am

Today is the 30th anniversary of the 1980 USA men’s hockey team’s “Miracle on Ice” win over the top-ranked then-USSR in Lake Placid that paved their way to beat Finland in the finals and win the gold medal. So I enjoyed Team USA 2010’s 5-3 wi...more

Because cheerleaders make everything better
by After Atalanta
posted February 21, 2010 at 3:25pm

I don't know who the woman is who is doing all the commentary on curling (or at least on women's curling--I haven't watched much of the men's). But she's ridiculous. She's definitely a former player and sounds like a native English speaker but I am sensin...more

Bode Miller - Expressions of a Champion
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 21, 2010 at 3:23pm

I need to come clean and admit something here. The men’s downhill has been and always will be, my favorite Olympic event. The downhill is the bull riding event of the Olympics. Instead of an 8 second ride however, you’re expected to stay on for about...more

Sport or not a sport?
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 21, 2010 at 10:57am

Perhaps the greatest debate in all of sport is actually what is sport. And the Olympics seem to give some people the perfect opportunity to play the favorite armchair game: Sport or not a sport? When the curling competition began some wondered why tha...more

2010 Olympics: Kelime Cetinkaya
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted February 20, 2010 at 11:45am

Turkey's Kelime Cetinkaya competes in the women's Nordic Cross Country individual sprint qualification at Whistler Olympic Park during the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 17, 2010. AFP PHOTO / DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Gett...more

Olympic fashion update: Good pants, bad pants
by A Glam Slam
posted February 19, 2010 at 9:51pm

A Glam Slam has been getting a lot of questions regarding the Olympic fashions thus far. And lately a huge topic of interest has been “pants.” While we expected to see some wild and crazy looks from this year’s athletes, some fashion choices have st...more

Snowboard: Australia's Bright wins women's halfpipe
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 19, 2010 at 8:26pm

Torah Bright won Australia's first gold of the Vancouver Games in women's halfpipe Thursday, ending long-standing US domination of the sport. Bright's winning score was 45.00 points, with 2006 champion Hannah Teter of America scoring 42.4 and her team-...more

Ski Jumping Scandal?
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:26pm

Ski jumping is one of many sports that I only see every four years when it’s featured in the Olympics. Despite pretty much forgetting that it exists in the interim, unless I happen to play it on the Wii Fit, I’m always enthralled by it and it’s on...more

Favorite Moments from Vancouver So Far
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:26pm

Excuse the watermarks. That's what happens when you don't have the funds to clear the rights to things. The aftermath of the cross-country sprint (Lars Baron): Marit Bjoergen celebrates her long-awaited gold (Emmanuel Dunand): They kept ca...more

Visa Honors Winter Olympian Julia Mancuso
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:26pm

Longtime U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding partner Visa Inc. (NYSE: V), a Worldwide Olympic Partner for more than two decades, Thursday released a special edition television commercial celebrating Team Visa athlete Julia Mancuso’s second silver meda...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:23pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

The weight culture
by Byline to Finish Line
posted February 19, 2010 at 3:23pm

The premise seems all wrong. A figure skater who is performing better after gaining weight? It just sounds counterintuitive, doesn’t it? After all we’ve been told about the dark side of figure skating for females and the prevalence of eating disor...more

Bright Competes, Wins Gold
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 19, 2010 at 2:28pm

Why did I think she had been injured and wasn't going to go? She crashed the Americans-only party the network was trying to set up (and they tried to make it stereotypically attractive blondes only, too, by paying much less attention to Clark in their...more

Olympics - Share Your Thoughts
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 19, 2010 at 2:28pm

The Olympic halfpipe events, which most participants have spent months, even years, preparing for, have come and gone, and it really was quite a good time. Shaun White totally stole the show (and for good reason) but with all the hype around White ...more

Team USA: Teter Silver, Clark Bronze in Pipe
by Dyla Magazine - Women's Action Sports Coalition
posted February 19, 2010 at 2:27pm

Olympic gold medalists Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) and Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow) added silver and bronze to their respective trophy cases, while Australia's Torah Bright brought the gold medal Down Under with a final run 45.0 in Thursday night's women's hal...more

NBC: World's best "girls" give it their all in the women's downhill
by Sports, Media & Society
posted February 18, 2010 at 9:18pm

As Julia Mancuso whipped around the gates during the women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics, the NBC announcers noted the icy and difficult conditions. “She likes a course that is rough and bumpy,” said analyst Christin Cooper. “She says that ...more

U.S. Snowboarding Best Friends
by Kaci Kust
posted February 18, 2010 at 7:32pm

The U.S. women’s snowboard team is a snowboarding dream team. Gretchen Bleiler, Hannah Teeter and Kelly Clark are each extremely talented snowboarders… they also happen to be best friends. They are cheering for each other at the same time tha...more

2010 Olympics: The influence of advertising on quality broadcast journalism
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted February 18, 2010 at 6:36pm

Imagine yourself as Linsey Vonn yesterday – a native of Saint Paul, Minnesota, who has been working her whole life, since she was two years old, to bring home an Olympic gold in women’s downhill skiing. She finally does it, gives hugs to her family i...more

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