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Nordic Ski Regionals: Day 2
by Endurance Meg
posted February 22, 2010 at 10:17am
Today was the skate races! Men: 15K, Women: 10K. Both were exciting races to watch.
On the men’s side, Oskar Lund finished first for Michigan Tech, followed by Jesse Lang and Jesse Smith. The men’s overall winner, George Cartwright, skated across t...more
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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
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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
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Nordic Ski Regionals: Day 1
by Endurance Meg
posted February 21, 2010 at 2:14pm
Yesterday, I watched the men’s and women’s NCAA Midwest Regional classic races at the Michigan Tech Trails! Woohoo! Check out some of the video I took here:
Michigan Tech represented well! Henna finished fourth for women and Oskar won the collegi...more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Spring Training
by Running in the Bike Lane
posted February 18, 2010 at 7:55pm
Thank the President's! Or thank my lovely employer for granting me Monday off this week. I was shocked to learn that a lot of people are not getting Presidents' Day off as a holiday any more. I've always had this day off, through many, many jobs, so it ce...more
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Who's haute? Hannah Teter
by A Glam Slam
posted February 18, 2010 at 7:53pm
It's been a successful Winter Olympics thus far for Team USA, with five gold medals and surely more on the way. Hannah Teter will seek to add to that list today, as she competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe. Hannah began snowboarding at age 8 and qui...more
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Lindsey Vonn: The Epitome of Mental Toughness
by One Sport Voice
posted February 18, 2010 at 6:32pm
Congratulations to Lindsey Vonn who demonstrated the epitome of mental toughness by winning the gold medal in women’s downhill at the Vancouver Olympics. Mental toughness is defined as being able to perform at the top range of your abilities, on comma...more
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Emily Brydon on Lindsey Vonn: "She's superhuman"
by Athletic Women Blog
posted February 18, 2010 at 12:49pm
If you watched women's Olympic downhill skiing yesterday, you understand why Emily Brydon and her fellow competitors might think such a thing. We saw again the awesome difference strength can make in sports, seemingly almost any sport. The Vancouver Sun m...more
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Tonight, the Olympic Show was painted white
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 18, 2010 at 11:13am
Tonight back at Cypress Mountain, the Olympic Games continued, with the much-anticipated men’s halfpipe competition taking center stage. And with all four US riders – Scotty Lago, Greg Bretz, Louie Vito, and Shaun White – making their way into the m...more
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Debunking the Double Cork, Today’s trick to watch
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 17, 2010 at 5:19pm
It is the infamous trick that has been all the rage this Olympic season - the double cork 1080. And with a successful two days of snowboardcross behind us, it is the trick everyone will be watching out for over the next two days. Today, the men’s Ol...more
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Luge: "I would rather die than be called a woman"
by After Atalanta
posted February 17, 2010 at 12:42pm
That's the message I am getting after the start of the men's single luge competition was moved farther down the track in an attempt to temper the high speeds that seemed to result in the death of Georgian luger, Nodar Kumaritashvili,* during a training ru...more
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Jacobellis returns home empty handed (again)
by Westbound Boarder
posted February 17, 2010 at 11:19am
Today and throughout the week, the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver continued … So far, I have really enjoyed watching the events I have been able to watch. Growing up as a little girl, the ice skating was always my favorite; that is, until snowboardin...more
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