It’s tough to capture everything about yesterday’s gold medal game in one post. One can’t say enough about a young U.S. team that didn’t stand a chance to win gold. Yesterday I found myself at a generally deserted bar watching the “biggest” hockey game in my lifetime. As I began talking with the gentleman seated near [...]

Intrigue in sports is in the midst of hibernation, but there were still a few stories you should have kept an eye on this week.
U-S-A! U-S-A!  The Americans fielded (iced?) a team made up mostly of players 26 and younger, very few of which had seen action in the Olympics. The results so far couldn’t [...]

Well it’s still February, a month that amazingly continues its tradition of feeling like the longest month of the year while remaining the shortest.  Let’s get to the stories of the week.
Tiger Woods y’all. As this post goes up Tiger will be giving his statement to the media from Florida regarding his future and certainly [...]

Olympic hockey starts today for the men with the United States taking on Switzerland at 2 PM, followed by Canada and Norway at 6:30 (both times Central). Patrick Kane will skate for the Americans, while Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, and Jonathan Toews go for Canada.  Look for Marian Hossa and Tomas Kopecky on the Slovakian team as [...]

Welcome to the downtime after the Super Bowl. Most years I can’t get into much between the end of the NFL and the beginning of March Madness.  So this week’s Fab Five will be a little Super Bowl talk followed by four things to get you through this month.
Good for them.  The Saints and Colts continued [...]

Bulls lost in Game 7 if you haven’t heard.  As much as it’s dampening my mood, it was a great series and there’s a lot of promise for next season.  P.S.-Vinny sucks. [Blogabull]
Cubs won 6-4, but Z went down with some kind of leg injury.  Dammnit. [Bleacher Nation]
Uh-oh, the IOC is impressed by Rio’s bid [...]

Chicago’s Olympic bid  has gone from sure thing to no chance to possibility and back again.  Would it be good for the city?  That’s a topic for another day.  In the meantime, here is a video promo the Chicago Olympic Committee prepared for the IOC Evaluation Commission, which is in town this week to judge [...]