The company that designed the uniforms has been warned by the IOC that they are running afoul of the trademark and sponsor rules for suppliers. There is a threat of a $1 million fine and on top of that, the maker is threatening to counter sue the Russian Olympic committee because some of the athletes are not wearing the gear (they say it hurts and looks ugly). ]]>
A commenter on the Post’s blog has an idea about Shani and Chad: Oh, I swear, can’t someone just hit someone on the leg with a crowbar and get this thing overwith? Posted by: mkf | February 22, 2006 02:27 PM]]>
Oh yea, we lost in hockey. C’est la vie]]>
Navy’s QB was charged with rape, and despite a multi-paragraph story in the Post you don’t end up knowing a whole lot more than that. “No comment” is said a few times, along with the boring rehash of previous stories and a rundown on his statistics last year, but other than that, you don’t get many details on what happened. I haven’t looked at the depth charts for next year, eventhough I’ve already received my season ticket renewal form. Guess I have to get on the ball.]]>
The Post’s Olympic blogger has finally written about the story I mentioned a few days ago concerning Norway’s coach helping the Canadian skiier. He finally wrote about it because someone followed the trackback link I posted about the skating controversy back to my blog and then read it and mentioned it in the comments on his blog and then their blogger did a post which I am now trackbacking to again. Boy, that is confusing.]]>
dipped his toe into the Shani-Chad controversy and was surprised to find it nearly bitten off. He published a piece yesterday that ran only pro-Shani e-mails, and was deluged with e-mails from Chad supporters. I think like a lot of the reporters in Tornio he didn’t see Shani’s interview with NBC after he won the games and doesn’t quite understand where many Americans are coming from (not the first time with a reporter by the way). Anyway–I’m done with this subject, unless one goes postal in the team village or something. Let’s talk about something more interesting, like the Norway skiing coach helping the Canadian or the Korean-American looking for his birth parents.]]>
Maybe Washington should have stuck with Senators instead of Nationals as it appears a name squatter is fighting for the rights to the Washington National’s name. God I hate IP law…]]>
Shauna Rohbock won the silver today in the women’s bobsled, despite a torn rotator cuff that kept her out of duty in Iraq. Shauna Rohbock’s phone rang one afternoon in December 2003 at the bobsled training center in Lake Placid, N.Y. She doesn’t remember the caller’s name, only that he was a sergeant. But she’ll never forget the words. Her Utah National Guard unit had been deployed. She needed to be on an airplane immediately. more….]]>
DanActive, though I’m not sure what good it will do. ]]>
If you haven’t seen the video of the Canadian ice dancer biting it hard then you need to check out that link. It was just painful to watch–you could feel the pain as she slammed into the ice. She got up to get off the ice, but they dropped out of tonight’s competition.]]>