Press Clippings: A great schedule of events for Sunday’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.
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Olympic Briefing: Slalom Skiing
Press Clippings: Ted Ligety is one of the top U.S. Alpine skiers and one of our best hopes for an Alpine medal in the Sochi Olympics. Ligety was 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist in the combined and four time World Cup giant slalom champion. To give you some perspective of what’s involved in the alpine skiing …
Olympic Briefing: Medal Count
2014 Sochi Olympics Results as of 6 PM CST, 14 February 2014
Olympic Briefing: Say What?
Press Clippings: As the Olympics get deeper into the heart of the competition schedule, figure skating is going to move to the head of the line. Along with figure skating will come the figure skating commentators, who will toss out a series of terms, nomenclatures, and phrases that are indecipherable to anyone but…..figure skating commentators. …
Olympic Briefing: Figure Skating
Press Clippings: The next wave of endorsement queens is headed your way from Sochi. Although the formal name in the United States is the Women’s Figure Skating Competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, we in America already know–or will soon know–these competitors as endorsers for everything from breakfast cereal to energy drinks to airlines. Hey, …
Olympic Briefing: Breaking News
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.
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 …