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Short Track World Championships: Relays, Super Finals & Social Media Mayhem
This weekend I discovered how to watch obscure winter sports that have been rudely neglected by Universal Sports (which had recently made me so happy regarding the Alpine ski season), purely thanks to the wonders of social media. Between Twitter … Continue reading
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Money Poor with Kathleen
One of these days, Kathleen‘s blog will get up and running. Until then, it is my responsibility to bring these little nuggets of joy into your life. Imagine that you are in the New York City subway heading to the … Continue reading
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Apolo Ohno & Meredith Viera
Just do us all a favor and watch this. It’s pretty hilarious and reminds me why I should always remember that Today during the Olympics is something that needs to be watched. Hopefully I will remember that in the future. … Continue reading
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US Success on Short Track Friday
Over all it was a great night for American speed skating, resulting in two medal winning races on the short track. Good stuff. Katherine Reutter had an awesome race night in the 1,000 meter, executing an awesome passes along the … Continue reading
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The 500m: Apolo Ohno & Ultimate Mayhem on the Short Track
In case you have a life and missed it… SPOILER ALERT, because I firmly believe in OnDemand, DVR and NBColympics.com… go watch the men’s 5oo meter short track finals and then come back. Maybe take a Valium. Don’t be caught … Continue reading
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I Almost Forgot: Apolo Ohno & the 500m Heats
This probably isn’t news, but I feel bound to make a note even a full 24 hour lag behind. My humblest apologies, I got very sidetracked by the speedy ladies today and forgot the dudes. Yeah I said ‘dudes,’ what’re … Continue reading
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Flag Stompin’ Drama: Women’s Short Track 3000m Relay & Co.
I think at this point you have to be living under a rock to be unaware of the short track powerhouse that is South Korea. Always at the top, seemingly never tired and impossible to count out. It’s a little … Continue reading
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Two Slices of Crazy
Of course women’s short track got pushed to the end of the night on Saturday, and we had a little incident in the apartment. First, congrats to Katherine Reutter who made an Apolo-like pass during her 1500m qualifier and then … Continue reading
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Apolo Ohno… that race almost gave me a heart attack
I’m not known for shouting at televisions. I’m not known for shrieking during sporting events… except short track which just seems to bring it out in me. The races turned out just as forecasted by Apolo Ohno who told viewers to be … Continue reading
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Apolo Ohno on Soccer Talk Live. True Story.
On Monday nights the Fox Soccer Channel features Soccer Talk Live, hosted by Kyle Martino a former MLS and national team player. Martino sits at a weird box desk in a faux locker room set hung with various team kits. … Continue reading →
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