Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’
An angry Dmitry Medvedev, president of all Mother Russia, has issued a fiery statement about his country’s Olympic athletes biffing it so hard in the just-ended Vancouver games. He wants the resignations of Russian Olympic officials on his desk immediately! More »
And you thought the Olympics were over. America’s two best female skiers sparred on Twitter after Vonn’s crash messed up Mancuso’s giant slalom. Now, check out Julia’s Facebook page. Her fans totally hate that chick. And her big, gold-medal-winning butt. More »
This week, the Olympics and the political career of our accidental governor both slowly, painfully ground to a halt. More »
Canada’s women’s hockey team took the Olympic Gold yesterday, at which point its members commenced the traditional Canadian victory ritual of getting shit-drunk on a massive slab of ice while wearing jerseys. For some reason, people got upset. More »
Some might say so! With malfunctions both technical and human, with real sadnesses and imagined ones, these winter games have been fraught with hiccups and hold-ups. So do we leave them with a grim feeling? More »
Reaching… Olympics… saturation… point… about… to… explode… JUST KIDDING. We could watch crazy weird winter sports all day every day until we are lowered into the grave. Tonight: Women’s free skate, men’s freestyle skiing, giant slalom. And… (sigh) nordic combined. More »
The Way We Live Now: Trying to cover our bad bets. We are seriously bad gamblers. Worse than the average gambler (who is not good, in the first place). There’s an upside, though: coke, models, and booze! Cheap booze. More »
Watching the silly drama unfold yesterday about disappointed skier Julia Mancuso‘s mean Tweets about teammate Lindsey Vonn, I started considering how the internet has played a part in these Hotlympics. And I don’t like it! More »
Whew! Whatchya gonna watch tonight: Hockey on MSNBC CNBC or a bunch of other sports on NBC? Things might get messy in the Olympic Village tonight as team sport collides with individual glory. DRAMA! EXCITEMENT! HOT CHOCOLATE! OLYMPICS! More »
During last night’s short program, Tom Hammond noted that an American woman has made the figure skating podium every Olympics since Peggy Fleming. This year, that streak might be broken. That sort of…