Tim's Two Cents-March 1

Looking Back on 2010 Winter Games.  The two and a half week spectacle was quite a memorable one. 

Here are a few things that caught my eye:

-The Men's Hockey Tournament was amazing.  Congratulations to Canada for winning the gold medal in a sport that they were supposed to win.  The United States had a heck of a run but I don't think anyone really expected them to beat Canada for the gold medal.  There was a glimmer of hope when Zach Parise scored the equalizer with 24.4 seconds remaining in regulation, but when Sidney Crosby scored the game winner in overtime, I came back down to Earth.  Once the game was over, I switched the channel to the Laker game to see them come back to beat the Nuggets.  I didn't even see the medals ceremony.

-Apollo Ohno continued his dominance in short track speed skating.  We've seen him do real well before in the Olympics.  He's the Michael Phelps of the Winter Olympics.

-Curling is an enjoyable sport that doesn't make sense.  I just watched it for comedic relief.

-USA, not Canada, owned the podium.  We ended up with 37 medals to Canada's 26.  Canada did win the most gold medals with 14 to USA's 9 but we got the last laugh.

Photo courtesy:
Wikimedia Commons and Marilyn Burgess from Vacouver, Canada under CC-SA 2.0 License

Tim's Two Cents-February 22

Goalie Ryan Miller as Member of the Buffalo Sabres

Canada Versus U.S. Lives Up to the Hype.  It was one heck of a game as the U.S. beat Canada 5 to 3 yesterday.  It seemed a lot more physical than any women's hockey game. 

Goalie Ryan Miller was outstanding in front of the net making spectacular save after spectacular save.  As far as Canada's situation, they were the more aggressive team but they didn't seem to get many breaks.  The star power of the game was like watching an NHL game because every player is on an NHL team.  Call me crazy, but I thought it was more exciting than a regular season NHL game.  It was surprising that Martin Brodeur allowed as he did for Canada, given the career he has had up to this point.

So Canada continues to have an underwheming games in their home.  Good luck to USA in the next round against either Switzerland or Belarus. 

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Wikimedia Commons and kicksave2930 under CC-BY 2.0 License

Tim's Two Cents-February 12

The Torch is Lit on Vancouver Olympics.  The time has come for the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. 

I know I should probably be excited about it, but I'm not.  Many of the events are not that appealing to me.  There is the skiing and snowboarding to go along with hockey.  Other than that, there's not much else I'm dying to see.

Over the next two weeks, I'll be more focused on NBA action after the All Star break as we get closer to the playoffs. 

The Olympics also have the setback of being taped delayed for primetime viewing the last few years.  Even these Olympics will be tape delayed here on the West Coast.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked Vancouver is located on the West Coast in the Pacific Time Zone.  Way to go NBC!  If you want to know the results as they happen, you're better off tuning into the ESPN family of networks.