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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

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

Five things to know about Curling
by Pretty Tough
posted February 18, 2010 at 2:36pm

From USOC site comes a great piece about the sport everyone loves to knock during the Winter Olympics – Curling. Here are some of the terms used in this ancient sport: Sweeping. Broomstacking. The hog line. No, they don’t refer to tidying up a pi...more

Olympic Fever: U-S-A!
by Jennie Finch
posted February 18, 2010 at 12:54pm

Watching the Olympics this week I have been filled with so much emotion! It is truly amazing! I am filled with such great pride, appreciation, gratitude, honor, passion, and love!Love for our Country, Sports, Red White & Blue, People from all over the...more

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

How to watch women’s Olympic ice hockey with your three-year-old daughter (and why it matters)
by Fair Game News
posted February 18, 2010 at 12:11pm

Team USA faces off this afternoon against Finland in the final day of preliminary round play. Medals rounds ahead! By Emilie Liebhoff I recently took my three-year-old daughter ice-skating for the first time. I skated a few laps, did some quick crosso...more

Olympic training
by Chic Runner
posted February 18, 2010 at 11:55am

I love all sports so when the Olympics come on I get super excited. It’s so many great sports and exciting races and videos rolled into two jam packed weeks. I love watching the athletes compete and get so excited when watching certain events. I love ...more

NBC not winning Olympic gold
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 18, 2010 at 11:16am

I love the Olympics. Summer, winter, team sports or individual, I love it all. < p> However, I’ve had it with the NBC coverage on the West coast. Vancouver is in OUR TIME ZONE, for Pete’s sake. < p> In 2008, Dick Ebersol gave the followi...more

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