Vancouver 2010 - DQ MY EYE, IOC

For those of you who watched the 500m gold medal race in which Apolo got disqualified for no reason, I probably swore more at the television than you did.

He touched nobody; he was in the last position, for Christ's sake. He almost fell himself because of the collisions going on. Oh and by the way, gold medalist Hamelin actually touched the Korean skater before he wiped out. Is the referee biased? I certainly think so. Apolo is taking it with a smile, and I have no idea how...I saw tears during his interview with Cris Collinsworth and I can tell he wanted to break somebody's nose. Now before I get people attacking me for being biased because he's a great skater, I'm gonna stop now.

That is all.

I'll post an article when I find one. I missed the final race and only saw replays because of driving-related issues.

UPDATE: I found an article not just on Ohno, but on other speedskating news as well.

Click here

--AZ

The Chick Fight Update

Booze and cigars? Ruh roh.
Sounds like what the Phillies did to honor the late Harry Kalas but with champagne instead of beer.

However, 18-year old Poulin was involved with this, and the drinking age is...19.


Read more...

--AZ

The Tim Tebow Chronicles: Not Throwing?

Is he saving himself, or is he just being a whiny guy?

I have no idea. The NFL to me is like the Mandarin language.

--AZ

MLB BATGIRLS?! SIGN ME UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Then I read the requirements to do this batgirl thing. Not eligible since I don't have a family member who went through it. I'm not saying that I'm upset that I don't...geez, that would be mean.]

This is a really nice idea. MLB will be teaming up with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure on Mother's Day to raise money. Of course, this isn't the first time the MLB has been in union with the organization, as many of the players have used pink bats or wear pink sweatbands in the past on Mother's Day. However, reading this about guest batboys/batgirls who have a story of their own thing is really unique.

Read all about it. It's for a good cause.

--AZ

Vancouver 2010 - USA vs. Canada: Chick Fight for the Gold

Yeah.
Remember that whole crazy neighbor war from Sunday night? Tonight was basically it's younger sister having a harsh PMS session. Tonight wasn't the night for the Americans to party however; the Canadian women brought the honor of the sport back into their country by winning 2-0 in the gold medal match. Eighteen-year old Marie-Philip Poulin scored the two goals for Canada [side note: when you hear of a girl younger than you doing this stuff, you wonder what you've done all your life]. Throughout the game the announcers kept calling her the "female Sidney Crosby." I did not see facial hair on that girl. You not so funny people. [Insert rimshot]
There were also a whopping 11 penalties committed during the game. With all of the physicality during the match, it reminded me of that scene from Mean Girls when Lindsay Lohan (drug-free at the time) tackled Rachel McAdams in a daydream.
You could clearly tell that the US players were tense and nervous; the passes weren't very clean, and once the puck was stolen from one of them, they would nearly draw penalties. Head coach Mark Johnson, one of the US players from the 30-year old "Miracle on Ice," wasn't able to keep these girls cool during the game.

You know what though? If I were a member of the US team, I'd be happy with how far we had went. They blew out the oppositions just about every game, and took down Sweden in the semifinal game--as Sweden upset the US in the semifinals in Turin in 2006.

[Side note: At least I wasn't Slovakia and have my team blown out by Canada 18-0.]

For more information on this game, click here

--AZ

Stephen Strasburg: "The Kid" Wonder

Yesterday showed the second session of the "Natinals" #1 pick Stephen Strasburg, and so far he is living up to his hype.

Full article: Latest Strasburg session astounds


--AZ

2010 Vancouver Olympics - "Well, this sucks..."

I just read an article from Yahoo! Sports this morning about a speedskating mishap that cost a favorite a gold medal. No, it's not Apolo Ohno, but it's Sven Kramer of The Netherlands, who made a sort of "wrong turn" during the 10,000m race. The way it works is every lap they need to move from the inner lane to the outer lane and vice versa in order to even out the time sustained during the race. Do I find it confusing to go in and out for a whole 7 1/2 miles or so? Yeah, absolutely. But Kramer is apparently taking the blame for this as he should have remained focused. In the article, he was quoted:

“I wasn’t getting tired at all." “I skated one of my best 10,000s ever, if not my best. I thought something was wrong but you have to decide in a split second.”

He threw his glasses off after the disqualification and dealt with a screaming coach. Many skaters have dealt with this happening (even in World Championships) firsthand and know the pain that ensues. From experience, they know that the fault is by the unfortunate skater.

As a millionaire coming from a country that lives on speedskating, Kramer is definitely going to have a hard time swallowing this Olympic-sized mishap.

View the Yahoo! Sports article here: Coach sends Kramer on embarrassing wrong turn

--AZ