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 …
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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. …
Olympic Briefing: Schedule 13 February 2014
Press Clippings: A great schedule of events for Thursday’s day of competition at the Sochi Olympics, from the BBC. Times are GMT; adjust times for your own location.
Olympic Briefing: Medal Count
2014 Sochi Olympics Results as of 10AM CST, 12 February 2014
Olympic Briefing: The Luge
Press Clippings: One of the more unusual downhill sports at the upcoming Olympics is the Luge. No doubt you’ve seen it before and said…”what the hell?”. The luge is a small sled that can hold one or two people and is used to run a prepared course, down an icey chute, much like a bobsled run. …
Olympic Briefing: The Firehose
Press Clippings: The New York Time has an incredible advanced still photography initiative going on at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. It’s call The Photo Firehose and it provides a continuous stream of photos from the games, not just from Times photographers but from AP, Reuters, Getty Images,European Press Photo Agency, Agence France-Press and others. It’s …
Olympic Briefing: The History of Bobsledding
Paying Attention: Bob sledding is one of the glamour sports of the Winter Olympics. The History of Olympic Bobsledding video (above) shows the growth of the technology of the sleds and the development of the tracks, but the legendary personality who did so much to make the sport popular, the peerless Eugenio Monti, is not singled …
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The Handwriting Is On The Tablet
Breaking: This (disturbing) piece of news: Barnes & Noble, which had previous released their VP of Hardware for the Nook project, just let go their entire Nook hardware engineering group. Unable to compete with the Kindle or the iPad, B&N found itself in a very difficult corner with no apparent way out. I applaud their …
Olympic Briefing: Bobsled
Press Clippings: In an effort to get everyone pumped up for the Sochi Olympics,we’ll continue posting videos that highlight the top sports. Today, let’s go with something that always gets the adrenaline pumping: Bobsled. This time, with a twist, in a run with a bobsled designed/produced by German car maker BMW for the US Team …