Month: February 2006

Kansas City Stars column what many people are probably saying about the Olympics. “There are no stars,” she says. “And a lot of the Americans are jerks.” Sad, but true. I’ve been kind of surprised by some of the classlessness of our athletes (and some from other countries as well). I haven’t compiled a list, but: Bode Sasha Cohen and Emily Hughes (say one nice thing about Michelle) Russian Pairs (ignoring the Chinese effort) Shani Davis (and others in skating). Better not put his face on Wheaties or I’ll eat Cheerios for a year. Johnny Weis (ego/ability imbalance) Any others?]]>

The Goons lost to the Swiss today in a hard fought game that would have been a bit closer with a different ref. A pretty definite goal was called off by the replay official and several penalties against Canada probably wouldn’t have been called in the NHL. Canada is still debating the role of chief punk Todd Bertuzzi who served an 18 month suspension for a cheap hit in the NHL but somehow was called up to represent his country. ]]>

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This hurt. US Snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis crashed just yards away from the finish line in a race she led by 3 seconds. You could just feel the pain of this Silver medal. I don’t know if she was showboating or not. She did grab her board on all the previous runs I saw her make, though this one seemed to be a bit more extreme than her previous “stablizing” grabs. Talk about being haunted…she won’t forget this wreck for years to come I suspect.]]>

NBC has the scoreline. UPDATEThe Washington Post did a write up about the game and the missed penalty shots. This kind of blows as I really wanted to seek revenge on Canada.]]>

You can read this post at another blog to get my gist]]>

The BBC is reporting that the German cross country skiiers are really skating for Belgium, that is if you look at their headgear. Due to a mix up at the Addidas factory, the teams are misattired. In case you were wondering, Germany’s flag has black, red and gold horizontal stripes, while Belgium’s black-gold-red is vertical.]]>

You knew the Russians would whine about something. Not really a whine, but not really the kind of supportive comment you would like from a professional. Perhaps it was resentment over this, or simply pure honesty, which prompted Totmianina to offer a rather un-generous opinion on the Zhangs’ misfortunes. “I felt nothing special,” she said, when asked about the fall. “They were kind of aggressive in warmups. “They didn’t let us warm up properly.” Please….someone should head slap this Russian girl (oops, that already happened the hard way). But one thing I’m trying to get my head around this year is the number of socially clueless athletes making just stupid statements like this. ]]>