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Feb 282010
Winter Olympics: Final thoughts

And the games end with a bang.
Or rather an overtime goal by Sidney Crosby.
The much hyped game of the United States and Canada for ice hockey goal was everything everyone expected to be though probably a bit too nerve racking for most Canadians as it went into overtime.
Overall, this was been a most satisfying Olympics [...]

Feb 172010
Winter Olympics Preview: Day 6

Events:

Alpine – Women’s Downhill
Cross – Country – Men’s Individual Sprint, Women’s Individual Sprint
Luge – Men’s Doubles
Short track Speedskating: Men’s 1000m ,Men’s Relay, Women’s 500m
Snowboarding – Men’ s Halfpipe
Speedskating – Men’s 1000m

Canadian Medal Hopes:
Day 6 of the Olympic Games is probably one of the most days for medal events on the Games calendar. Several venues are [...]

Feb 172010
Winter Olympics Review: Day 5

Another golden day for Canada as Maelle Ricker won gold in the women’s snowboard cross. It was a challenging day for her as weather conditions played havoc with course causing her to put in a poor first run.But she maanged to put it together for the second run to get a great seed and for [...]

Feb 132010
The first gold

Being a Canadian Olympic athlete comes with incredible pressure. Traditionally, Canada has not been considered to be an elite sporting nation when it comes to the Olympics. Receiving a few medals here and there was considered to be an accomplishment. Doing well was an achievement and getting a bronze or silver was just superb but [...]

Feb 132010
Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremonies

Well, there were mechanical issues but I will not let that prevent me from appreciating what I believe was an outstanding opening ceremony to start off the Winter Games.
Before the actual ceremonies itself, NBC gave viewers a preview of what to expect for the Olympics as well as acquainting people with Canada itself. Tom Brokaw [...]

Feb 122010
825 hours of television for the 2010 Winter Games ... maybe

For these Winter Games, the broadcaster of note here in the United States, NBC, is promising 825 hours of coverage which is for that network unprecedented for a Winter Games. That is about an average 48 hours of coverage each day over the main NBC network and its affiliated channels (Universal, CNBC, MSNBC,USA).
That [...]

Nov 292009
A Life Reset

The website gets a new look and a new direction.

Oct 292009
World, meet my son Patrick

Introducing to the world, my newborn son Patrick.