Confession: I’m an Olympics junkie. The fact this blog has an Olympics category ought to be a bit of a clue to that fact. That said, my beloved state is only represented by a whopping four athletes at the Vancouver games. Sure, sure, who’d think the Lone Star State would have winter sports? Its called...
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Olympic Randomness
Headlines you might not hear much about during NBC’s broadcasts… American Eller wins double trap gold–fellow Texan!! Yao has delivered, now it’s China’s turn–I never realized he was practically playing year-round. I think he’s earned the right to have the NBA offseasons as vacation time! Domo Beijing 2008 Pin–and its the only one I spotted...
Today's observations…
Olympic and otherwise…
Tonight's wrapup…
4:14.05 That’s what the youngest runner–a sixteen, yes 16, year old runner ran in the 1500m semi’s just now. Not only did she qualify for the finals, but she broke a national high school record as well. She’s also supposed to compete in the junior World Championships in Poland. Needless to say, Jordan Hasey’s one...
inspirations…
Follow your dreams… Isn’t that what our parents tell us to do as children? Then you get told, “do something that you can make a comfortable living at.” Sometimes that means not following your dreams. Well, these two ladies are following their dreams, and while they may not be making millions doing so, they are...
its the most wonderful time of the…
[every four two] year[s]. Yeah, that doesn’t sound as good as the original. But pretend it does. Anyway, I’m a huge Olympics junkie. Winter, Summer, I love them both. I tend to lean more to the Summer Games because there’s more sports I love competing. Track & Field, Swimming, Gymnastics, Soccer…and that’s the starters. I...
torino weekend (& Monday) wrapup…
Just a few news articles from the Winter Games in Torino…via Yahoo! News Current Medal Standings Grandma Luge out of Turin Games with broken wrist after crash American pipe: U.S. snowboarders dominate again Class Act: Kwan’s Exit from the Games Quelle surprise! France’s Deneriaz bests Bode, Rahlves et al, wins downhill Luger Has Concussion, No...
