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This Day In Sports History (May 21st) – Sweden Men’s Hockey
It was on this day in 2006 that the Swedish men’s hockey team won gold at the World Hockey Championships. Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 4-0 in the championship game played in Riga, Latvia. Sweden became the first country in history to win gold at both the Olympics as well as the World Hockey Championships [...]
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Dammit, High Priestess, You Had One Job!: The Olympic Flame Goes Out (Video)
If the Olympic flame represents the spirit of competition, than the Olympics are gonna sorta suck this year, because the Olympic flame was extinguished mere moments after it went out. Someone known as a high priestess was in charge of holding the flame in some sort of bowl during what I can only assume was [...]
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Canadian Paralympics Curler Jim Armstrong Banned For Dopping
The life of Canadian curler Jim Armstrong can best be described as a wild roller-coaster ride. The 61-year-old dentist had represented British Columbia at six consecutive Brier curling tournaments during the 1980s. In 2003, he suffered a car accident, which forced him to sell his dental practice and has placed him in a wheelchair ever [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 24th) – Canada Wins Hockey Gold
It was on this day in 2002 that the Canadian men’s ice hockey team won a gold medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Canada beat the USA by a score of 5-2 in the finals to capture their first Olympic gold medal in men’s ice hockey in 50 years. Assistant [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 23rd) – Albertville ’92
It was on this day in 1992 that the closing ceremonies were held for the 16th Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, France. The Germans took home the most medals with 26 (10 gold, 10 silver, 6 bronze) and their 10 gold’s were more that any other country. This would be the final time that the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 22nd) – Miracle On Ice
It was on this day in 1980 that the United States Men’s Olympic hockey team shocked the world by beating the heavily favored Soviet team. Mike Eruzione scored the winner with ten minutes to go in the third period for a 4-3 victory. What most people do not realize is that this game did not [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 21st) — Kristi Yamaguchi
It was on this day in 1992 that Kristi Yamaguchi won an Olympic gold medal in women’s figure skating. IT would be the first, and only, Olympic medal won by Yamaguchi during her figure skating career. Going into the ’92 Albertville Games, USA’s Tonya Harding and Japan’s Midori Ito held the advantage of being able [...]
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This Day In Sports History (February 13th) – Calgary ’88
It was on this day in 1988 that the XV Olympic Winter Games kicked off in Calgary, Alberta. The games would run for the following 15 days, before closing out on February 28th. The games were dominated by the Soviet Union and East Germany, as they finished first and second, respectively, in the final medal [...]
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Ricky Rubio To Kobe Bryant: USA Will Win Silver At The London Games (Video)
Kobe Bryant is one of the best trash-talkers in the NBA at the moment, but it appears as though he may have met his match, as he and the Timberwolves rookie guard, Ricky Rubio, exchanged words in the locker room area following their game Sunday night. While Rubio was busy catching up with fellow Spaniard [...]
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J.J. Jegede Jumps Over Three MINI Coopers (Video)
J.J. Jegede will be looking to earn his country a gold medal during the 2012 London Games, and if there is a competition that involves jumping over MINI Coopers, we like his odds of doing just that. In an effort to promote the all new London 2012 MINI Cooper models – which feature the symbol [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 27th) – United States Men’s Olympic Baseball Team
It was on this day in 2000 that the United States men’s Olympic baseball team captured its first gold medal since 1988. The Americans defeated the heavily favored Cubans 4-0 in a game played at the Sydney Baseball Stadium in Sydney, Australia. These Olympics marked the first time that professional baseball players were eligible to [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 19th) — Greg Louganis
It was on this day in 1988 that US diver Greg Louganis hit his head on the diving board during during the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Louganis suffered a concussion after hitting his head on the springboard while performing a reverse 2 1/2 pike during the preliminary round. However, the injury would not [...]
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This Day In Sports History (August 4th) – Carl Lewis
It was on this day in 1984 that American Carl Lewis won the men’s 100 meter race to capture his first gold medal. The race took place at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California. This race marked the beginning of a wonderful Olympic career for Lewis that saw him win nine gold medals and [...]
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This Day In Sports History (August 3rd) – 1980 Summer Olympics
It was on this day in 1980 that the closing ceremonies were held for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games. The games were held in Moscow, U.S.S.R., making this the first time ever that the Olympics were held in Eastern Europe. The 1980 Summer Olympic Games are most remembered for being boycotted by the United States [...]
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9 Olympic Flash-In-The-Pans
It’s hard to call any Olympic athlete a “flash in the pan.” First off, they clearly had a lot of success to get to the Olympic games. Secondly, the inability to achieve Olympic success doesn’t necessarily mean that one hasn’t achieved lot of success in other venues. However, there have been plenty of athletes that [...]
