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Puck Daddy: What We Learned: Why would Olympic fans watch this nonsense?
You and I are hockey fans. We love hockey. We’d watch hockey on a 13-inch black and white TV even if it was fuzzy and an Oilers game. We don’t care. But say you’re just some guy that didn’t care about hockey up until last Sunday’s Olympic gold medal game, and you watched that game [...]
A Top Women’s Ski Jumper Watches From the Sideline
Coach Jochen Danneberg was walking toward the bottom of the jumping hill at the Whistler Olympic Park on Friday when he spotted a familiar face across the fence. Alissa Johnson, an American ski jumper who holds 10th place in the women’s world rankings, was standing on the side reserved for spectators. “Where are your skis?” [...]
The Winter Olympics Are Snubbing The Greatest Winter Sport
Sure, the Olympics are great. Men and women from different countries pitting their athletic talents against each other in dozens of events. Events like basketball, wrestling, swimming…
Wait.
The winter Olympics?
Yeah, those are cool too.
Sports Jabber Radio – No Football? No Problem! – Wednesday 2/10/10 at 9:00pm CST
Join Mark and Ben as they discuss the Saints’ victory in the Super Bowl and help you deal with football withdrawal. Plus, we’ll talk NASCAR and Olympics! Mark will do his usual sports world whiparound to cover the other major stories and Ben will keep you up to date with everything happening at Sportsjabber.net. Join [...]
Bolt Vs Gay: Something’s Gotta Give
There is little doubt that Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. After all, he destroyed the competition at the Beijing Olympics, breaking his old world record while setting a new one of 9.69s in the 100m with relative ease. He even slowed down at the end raising his hands in victory. He [...]
Michael Phelps Is Back On The Scene With A New Mustache And A New Book
So it seems that Michael Phelps has put his “trouble” behind him and is back in the pool again. And just in case you’ve forgotten, Phelps is pretty good in the pool.
The superstar from the Beijing Olympics clobbered the competition in the 200-meter butterfly at the Santa Clara International Grand Prix on Friday night.
Phelps touched first in 1 minute, 54.31 seconds, beating the field by 5.67 seconds.
