The American men's hockey team looks to be ranked about where they should be (behind Canada, Russia and Sweden...maybe even behind Czech Republic and Finland, too). They are clearly less than 4th place, but in a single elimination tournament, anything can happen.
The Swiss have a good team with an awesome goalie (Hiller from Anaheim). Norway, otoh, has nothing.
Canada romped Norway, 8-0. Americans won pretty easily 3-1. The Russians were on too late for me on the east coast...when I turned it off, I think it was 3-0 after the 1st.
One thing to say...hockey without commercials is frickin awesome.
There are like ten NBC-affiliated channels providing Olympic coverage. NBC itself is going to have the big draws and more ppl watch figure skating than downhill. There is likely another channel providing superior Alpine coverage - check the NBC Olympic web site.
Exactly what I thought when I was watching the game yesterday
What do you mean no commercials? What channel?Exactly what I thought when I was watching the game yesterday
Well there goes our only realistic chance for a medal
Less less commerical breaks compared to NHL games
Slovenia?Well there goes our only realistic chance for a medal
Hey, we'll destroy each other in the WC
The game itself has no commercial breaks, so the network showing it (in the case of yesterday's games; USA, MSNBC and CNBC) have only a limited amount of time in game to get a little 15 sec spot in.
I watched the US game on USA and there were zero commercials while inside a period of play. MSNBC (the Canada vs Norway game), otoh, found itself able to fit in little 15 sec commercials during an icing or penalty call (sometimes these commercials "stepped on" the play, but no biggie really). I didnt get a good feel for if CNBC, which showed the Russia vs Latvia game.
All in all, its commercial free when compared to what we're used to.
Thanks for the explanation. I wasn't aware of this. I didn't get the memo.
Petra Majdič - ing amazing.
You can say that again.Petra Majdič - ing amazing.
Petra Majdič - ing amazing.
The snowboarding tonight was pretty sweet. Shaun White was doing tricks that you usually only see in video games. Props to him.
Goddamn, America kicks ass.
Majdič is done for the season - 4 broken ribs.
Winter Olympics - Norway's Bjoergen wins gold
Reuters - Thu, 18 Feb 02:34:00 2010
Buzz Up!
Norway's Marit Bjoergen easily won the women's 1.4km cross country sprint classic, capturing her country's first gold of the Games.
Bjoergen, a veteran sprinter, took the lead with about a third of the race left and crossed in three minutes 39.2 seconds, 1.1 seconds ahead of Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk.
Slovenia's Petra Majdic won bronze but deserved a special medal for extraordinary valour after conquering an excruciating injury over three races before painfully climbing to the podium.
"Today I won not only a bronze medal for myself, this is a gold with little diamonds on it," Majdic said. "I won a medal just getting to the start line."
The Slovenian, one of the pre-race favourites, plunged down a hill in practice but went on to struggle through two qualifying rounds and then finish third in the women's 1.4 km cross country sprint.
Majdic had hit a patch of ice on a corner and slid off the course during a warmup run earlier in the day.
"There was a big hole. I fell three metres. I fell on rocks. I broke one ski and both poles. I was screaming," she told a news conference, continuously wincing in pain.
"I was thinking, 'It's over,'" she said. "I thought it was over because I couldn't normally breathe or walk, or move."
The 30-year-old needed emergency medical attention for badly bruised back muscles and broken skin. Then she was told she should go to hospital.
"A part of me was screaming, 'I want to go to the start.' I didn't want to hear that I was finished," she said.
Majdic pushed herself through the pain barrier in the quarter-final and semi-final but ran out of stamina in the gold medal event, collapsing in a curled heap once she had captured Slovenia's first ever medal in cross-country.
The heroic achievement, and Majdic's clear state of agony afterward, overshadowed the gold medal-winning performance of Bjoergen.
Only after the final did Majdic agree to go to hospital, where an ultrasound exam revealed scrapes on her back, "a big punch on the muscles" but no broken bones.
Majdic, who walked gingerly into the post-race news conference with the help of an official, said it was unlikely she would race in Friday's 15km pursuit.
"I will try to focus myself for the 30km (on February 27). It's the only chance. All of the other races, no, they're gone because it's too painful," she said.
Bjoergen's gold was the first for Norway at the Vancouver Games and came as Norwegians were fretting about the lack of Olympic success.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/180220...wins-gold.html
Petra Majdič has 4 BROKEN RIBS. ing amaizing.
Wow that's really amazing.
Shaun White is awesome
Its weird seeing one person so far ahead of his peers in Olympic compe ion.
White's air alone was a good 5-7ft higher than everyone else's. I am not blind, however.
Halfpipe snowboarding is a very young sport, but he certainly dominates.
Good game yesterday between Czech Rep and Slovakia (Men's hockey)
Plekanec scored on Halak, his teammate in Montreal
Too bad Vonn fell in the slalom of the super combi.
Canada-Switzerland hockey game going to OT. Wow this would be awesome if the Swiss pulled off an upset. But even if Canada wins, the US is in first place.
The Swiss beat Canada in Turin in 2006
They can do it again
And Anaheim Ducks fans must be thrilled, Hiller has been sen-sa-tio-nal
Canada is so gonna get ed by Russia or Sweden
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