S O C H I 2014 Winter Olympics Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye: Finland Blows Out U.S. Men in Hockey. Austria wins Men’s Slalom Gold. Ligety DNF(Did Not Finish). Not So Fast: South Korea Protests Women’s Skating Results. American-now-Russian Vic Wild wins second Snowboard Gold in Parallel Slalom
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Olympic Medal Count: 22 February 2014
Press Clippings: The Olympic Medal Count as of 9:30PM, CST, 22 February 2014…Courtesy, Bloomberg.com (thanks guys!)
Olympic Briefing: Pushing The Limits
Press Clippings: After the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics end on this Sunday, the world’s winter sports contestants, enthusiasts, coaches, suppliers, and supporters will return home, many to the slopes of their own town, and–in some cases–to a totally different form of skiing: extreme skiing (called “off-piste” in Europe), conducted out of bounds on steep terrain …
Olympic Briefing: Schedule 22 February 2014
Press Clippings: A schedule of events for Saturday’s day of competition at the Sochi Olympics, from the BBC. Times are GMT; adjust times for your own location. Check back here for updates and videos. Special Thanks to the BBC for developing this very comprehensive listing.
Olympic Briefing: Late Night Headlines
Press Clippings from the Olympic News Wire: 21 February 2014 at 10:00PM, CST. The news you need before tomorrow’s competitions. Mikaela Schiffrin wins Gold in Women’s Slalom; Phenom on top of Podium. Canada Beats U.S. 1-0 in Men’s Hockey; U.S. can’t get past our friends to the North. Not so fast: U.S. fails to win a …
Olympic Briefing: The Last Slalom Runs
Press Clippings: On Saturday, the 22 of February, the last Alpine event of the 2014 Sochi Olympics will take place: the men’s slalom. The women’s slalom is already completed and we have a new prodigy on the top of the podium–Mikaela Schiffrin–and now its time for the men to make their runs. Bode Miller will …
Olympic Briefing: Very Best Medal Count Chart
Press Clippings: At the Media Bunker, we hunker down for financial and other news and data from Bloomberg. We like the site, the editors, the reporters, and the guy who started it all. It’s all good. Over the course of the Olympics, we’ve posted up our own Medal Count graphic, but it’s pretty basic: Country, …
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Olympic Briefing: Schedule: 21 February 2014
Press Clippings: A schedule of events for Friday’s day of competition at the Sochi Olympics, from the BBC. Times are GMT; adjust times for your own location. Check back here for updates and videos. Special Thanks to the BBC for developing this very comprehensive listing.
Olympic Briefing: Late Night Headlines
Press Clippings from the Olympic News Wire: 20 February 2014 at 11:00PM, CST. The news you need before tomorrow’s competitions. Russian skater Sotnikova wins Gold in Women’s Figure Skating. Gracie Gold (US) takes 4th. Maddie Bowman (U.S.) takes gold in women’s Ski Halfpipe. Canada comes from behind to beat U.S. in Women’s Ice Hockey Thriller . Bonjour, …
Olympic Film Festival: Lindsey Vonn, Slalom Slo-Mo
Press Clippings: Lindsey Vonn is not at the Sochi Winter Olympics, but she is not forgotten, for a variety of reasons. Seeing Lindsey on the air as an expert commentator on skiing is just fine, but seeing Lindsey on the slopes is the best possible view of her. Above, a nice slo-motion film of Lindsey …
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