America was never supposed to be a contender in these Olympics. The pundits all said it would be Canada v. Germany out in front in the medals race.
But Team USA had a strong first week, and now we need to hang on to our lead.
This has been tough the last few days as the Germans have [...]
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German Blitzkrieg closing medal gap [Olympics]
Team USA is kicking ass, taking names [Olympics]
This was supposed to be Canada’s games. Ever since Vancouver was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada has been fixated on taking home the most medals. The Government poured more than $118 million dollars into a special program called Own The Podium that recruited and trained potential athletes and is even offering $20,000 [...]
Who is winning the Olympics?
If you’re not watching the Olympics you should be. They are great. Not because speed skating or curling are particularly interesting sports (there is a reason we only televise these sports every four years), but because the Olympics determine what the best country in the world is. That, and they allow us all to engage [...]
Football games are a triumph of TV production
Now that we’ve all just spent an entire evening glued to our big screen TVs watching the Super Bowl, I thought it would be a decent time to reflect on exactly how much football we saw over the last four hours or so.
It turns out, not that much.
According to an analysis by the Wall Street [...]
