I remember watching him on telly when he was awarded the gold in the last Winter Olympics at Torino. Then I hear in the news a bit of info about him. Born in Canada but now resides in Melbourne, Australia. He’s only 21 but is already rich beyond his years. He owns an internet pop-up […]
Grazie Torino, Grazie Italia!!!
Thanks for a wonderful 2 weeks of fun, sports, and a celebration of humanity at its greatest!
The 2006 Winter Olympics at Torino came to a close last night at the Stadio Olimpico. And what a closing ceremony it was.
We had ‘Pagliacci‘ Clowns in a Carnival atmosphere, Italian Opera with Human Tarot […]
There we go…no moh ohno jokes…
Apolo Ohno finally won his first Gold at these Winter Games by taking the Men’s 500m Short Track event.
All competitors were so pumped up for the ‘Superbowl’ of the Short Track event that there were two false starts. But as soon as the race started, Apolo clawed his way […]
The 2006 Winter Olympics is one Bode Miller wants to forget.
Coming in as the Poster Child of the American delegation, Miller exits the game, frustrated, ego-bruised, and empty-handed.
Some Miller would be great for Bode right about now… (Source: Newsweek Magazine)
This is not a slam on Bode, he is still a great athlete. But looking […]
The Czech Republic wins the Bronze in a lopesided game!!!
The Gold Medal Game between Sweden and Finland is tomorrow. DON’T MISS IT!!!
A tough fight for a Bronze Medal Finish (Source: NBC)
Czech Republic beats Russia 3-0
Tags: Ice_Hockey, Torino_2006, winter-games, winter_olympics, winter_olympics_2006
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Here are today’s events … (local time Torino, less 6 hours ET)
Biathlon
10:00 - Men’s 15km Mass Start - List
12:00 - Women’s 12.5 km Mass Start - List
Alpine Skiing
15:00 - Men’s Slalom - 1st Run - List
18:30 - Men’s Slalom - 2nd Run
* Competing Canadians: Thomas Grandi, Michael Janyk, Patrick Biggs, Jean-Philippe Roy, […]
Julia Mancuso became the first American Woman to win an Olympic Alpine Skiing event (Giant Slalom) since Picabo Street did it back in 1998.
Skiing in less-than-perfect weather sans her signature good-luck tiara (athletes MUST WEAR Head Protective Gear in the Giant Slalom event), Julia had two very strong runs down the challenging slopes, in both […]
O.K. , since nobody seems to think Figure Skating is a sport, much less want to cover it, I’ll do the readers a favor by writing the story.
Over the last couple of days, after a tough back-and-forth battle for first place between Sasha Cohen (U.S.) and Irina Slutskaya (Russia), many were stunned when Shizuka Arakawa […]
Xiaopeng Han’s (China) aerial acrobatics propelled him to first place in the Men’s Aerial Freestyle Skiing event. Han’s total score was 250.77, 2.09 points ahead of his nearest competitor, Dmitry Dashinski (Belarus), and 4.01 ahead of the bronze medalist, Vladimir Lebedev (Russia).
The ‘Hurricane’ a la Peterson (Source: AP Photo)
American Jeret “Speedy” Peterson’s signature move, the […]
What is it with the Swiss and Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom (PGS)?
After the SHEER, “SCHOCHING” victories of the Schoch Brothers yesterday, Swiss Miss Daniela Meuli took the Gold at the same event today.
Meuli competing at a pre-Olympic event (Source: NBC)
American Rosey Fletcher took the Bronze, vindicating the U.S. Men’s defeat yesterday. By the way, […]
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Written by Sandy Mitchell [email] for b5media.
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