It was a dream scenario for the men’s hockey team from Canada. The Canadians were embarrassed in the preliminary rounds, only to find themselves in the Gold medal round facing off against the bullies to their south who had so traumatized them just a week earlier. A spectacular come from behind rally to tie it [...]

As I write these words, the sound of Canada’s loss to the US in Men’s Hockey is reverberating throughout the Great White North. It sounds a little bit like “What just happened, eh?” The US team’s 5-3 victory over Canada puts the US in the driver’s seat for the gold and Canada in the loser’s [...]

The Olympics have a funny way of making us suddenly care about sports that we’ve never been interested in, maybe never even heard of, before.  Two years ago, it was women’s volleyball.  Two years before that, curling captured everyone’s attention.  What new sport will land on America’s collective radar this year?
If American Johnny Spillane had [...]

Trash talk is very common in sports.  However, if you are going to talk trash for weeks about someone you better have more than a fancy swimsuit to back up your words.  Michael Phelps proved this point of mine against Milorad Cavic in Rome recently in the World Championships.
Milorad Cavic is the swimmer Phelps beat [...]

Last week, I wrote about the incredible ballet of strength, speed, and stamina that is Ninja Warrior (called Sasuke in Japan). The contest is held twice a year in Japan and attracts contestants from all over the world. If you’ve seen the show Wipeout on ABC, I want to assure you that Ninja Warrior is [...]

“Breaking news story just in, more baseball players have been determined to be using a skill-enhancing drug called steroids!” My stance on the subject… who cares.
The media widely has been known to blow things substantially out of proportion, and this is certainly one of those cases. It can be argued for hours on end, one [...]