U.S. wins shootout against Russia in hockey, 3-2. Game was telecast on NBC Sports Live. Catch the replay on one of the NBC networks.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Olympic Briefing: Breaking News
The Russians and the U.S. are going into a shootout in their hockey game. Score is tied after overtime at 2-2. Game is on NBC Sports live NOW.
Olympic Briefing: Schedule 15 February 2014
Press Clippings: A great schedule of events forSaturday’s day of competition at the Sochi Olympics, from our go to guys at the BBC. Times are GMT; adjust times for your own location. Check back here for updates and videos.
Olympic Briefing: Giant Slalom
Press Clippings: The Giant Slalom, along with slalom, is considered one of the two technical disciplines of Alpine skiing. The difference between the two is that slalom gates are very closely spaced, requiring extremely quick changes in direction and giant slalom (GS) gates are more widely spaced and taken at a higher speed. Some experts …
Ain’t Nothing You Can Do
“When you got a headache Headache powder soothes the pain Go right back to sleep And you feel all right again When you got a backache A little rubbin’ ‘ll see you through When you got a heartache There ain’t nothin’ you can do There ain’t nothin’ you can do There ain’t nothin’ you can …
Ain't Nothing You Can Do
“When you got a headache Headache powder soothes the pain Go right back to sleep And you feel all right again When you got a backache A little rubbin’ ‘ll see you through When you got a heartache There ain’t nothin’ you can do There ain’t nothin’ you can do There ain’t nothin’ you can …
Olympic Briefing: Spectator ClickPack Update
Press Clippings: About a week ago, we posted the first Spectator ClickPack. The idea was to gather, in one spot,lots of the key information necessary to get the most/see the most/learn the most from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Time marches on and since we’re in continual research mode here in the Media Bunker, we …
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Olympic Briefing: Schedule 14 February 2014
Press Clippings: A great 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.
Olympic Briefing: The Cresta Run
Deep Background: In the previous post, I mentioned the legendary Cresta Run, (the previous link to the wiki is repeated) located in St. Moritz, Switzerland. It was, for a time, the only place where the skeleton sleds ran (1928 and 1948) as an Olympic sport;prior to Olympic inclusion (Skeleton became a permanent Winter Olympic Sport …
Olympic Briefing: Skeleton
Press Clippings: The Olympic Skeleton run is a more traditional type of sledding in which the athlete rides lying face down on a prepared sled run. The sport was put into the Olympics on a permanent basis in 2002; previously, it had been featured in the 1928 and 1948 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland only. …