2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics government

Support for Olympic Curlers (and other athletes?)

As I have watched the curling from the 2010 Olympics, I have heard several of the commentators tell us that

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2010 Winter Olympics hockey

That Giant Sucking Sound from Edmonton

That sound you heard at the end of each period in the US-Canada gold medal game was the giant sucking

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2010 Winter Olympics Olympics

Olympic post-mortem

Personally, less viewing was more fun. It was a shame though, to see “home-cooking” in the Men’s 500m short-track race,

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2010 Winter Olympics Olympics

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

The Room for Debate blog at the New York Times runs a series of short opinion pieces today about the

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2010 Winter Olympics

“Own the Podium”? Why bother?

The 2010Winter Olympics will soon begin in Vancouvre, BC, and environs. In the media build-up that is taking place in

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2010 Winter Olympics Canada hockey

Canadian Hockey, Sex, and My Golf Game

Related to Skip’s post, how much happiness was generated in Canada by Sunday’s hockey victory? “Thousands on street” in Vancouver

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