The last few days of Olympics coverage has provided tons of exciting blog fodder: McDonald’s declaring they own the word burger; NBC mistaking Michael J. Fox for Terry Fox; Lloyd Robertson’s waxy exterior. But it’s hard to be a snarky jerk in the face of such horrific tragedy. As we all know now, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili did not survive after losing control and striking a steel pole during a practice run. CTV just aired the accident (I was in the other room but heard the exclamations from the kitchen), which has now been taken off YouTube and other
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Best Medal Hope at the Olympics
Australian snowboarding star Torah Bright just “threw down a double cork.” That’s shredding lingo for a double backflip, which is practically unheard of in female snowboarding, writes 24-year-old Dartmouth-born snowboarder Sarah Conrad in an email from the other side of the world. “To put it in perspective, there aren’t many guys trying this trick yet, […]
