Just had good talk with America's newest hero. Only don't call T.J. Oshie that. "The American heroes are wearing camo. That's not me." #USA
— Dejan Kovacevic (@Dejan_Kovacevic) February 15, 2014
At 7:00am (US eastern time live on NBC Sports) the United States hockey team will face the Russians in their second game. The U.S. and Russia are in the same bracket and both won their first game. Today they face off.
UPDATE: USA Wins – I CAN’T EVEN DESCRIBE THE GAME – EPIC – UNREAL – ETC.
TJ Oshie is the MAN !!
…. and Milford Connecticut’s USA Goalie Jonathan Quick was AMAZING…..
In a recent Washington Post article author Mike Wise opines the winter Olympics are an international assembly of white people and compares the athletic contest to “the inside of a snow globe”.
Apparently the absence of black athletes is due to institutional racism. Perhaps it’s time the Eric Holder DOJ rules of “disparate impact” are applied to Olympic athletics to insure more black people don skis, skates and snowboards equitably.
(I swear no bias toward curling implied)
Perhaps Olympic medals should be divided and shared; after all, at some point, you’ve just got to reach the conclusion whitey has earned enough medals. Heck, why go through all the pesky mathematical formulations to insure statistical representative appropriateness – perhaps the IOC could just appoint medals based on the same qualifications of Peace Prizes, or something.
The ridiculous diatribe actually published in the Washington Post is absurd beyond an imaginable magnitude; but what the heck, why let athletics out of the race-baiting equation. (more…)
HUGE congrats to @sagekotsenburg and @HK_Ski for getting the USA on the board with our first two medals! #GoTeamUSA #FollowTheirLead
— John Shuster (@Shoostie2010) February 8, 2014
Apparently the historic Soviet Empire was on full glorious display during the opening ceremony:
Check out the accommodations of the Swiss Olympic Delegation
A lot of complaints about the accommodations. This is the foyer of my apartment. #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/gKnxCywKF0
— Mark Connolly (@MarkConnollyCBC) February 6, 2014
It appears the Sochi winter Olympic venue is quite a mess. Hotel rooms missing beds and some still under construction as guests arrive. Some of the pictures being shared on twitter are quite funny. You can follow HERE
https://twitter.com/SochiProblems/status/431120611264303105
https://twitter.com/SochiProblems/status/431086821737365504
https://twitter.com/SochiProblems/status/430800007298424833