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Olympics Closing Ceremony
Well, here we are two short weeks later and the party’s over. And everything that the opening ceremony was – a celebration of British history and culture, rebellion, anarchy, humour, literature, imperfection, solidarity – the closing ceremony wasn’t. As someone posted on Reddit’s /r/unitedkingdom thread about the closing ceremonies, “It’s like when you start playing crap […]
One Race, Every 100m Medalist Ever
The NYT with a very cool graphic demonstrating some of the changes that have happened in 100m sprinting over the past century as well as a few thoughts on what the future may bring to this sport.
Friday Fun Link – What’s Your Olympic Body Match?
Although we probably tend to think of world class athletes as muscular models of perfection, there are a wide range of body shapes competing in the Olympics – from gigantic basketball players to teeny gymnasts – with different body shapes suited best to different sports. wThis cool app shows which athlete your height and weight […]
Social Media Olympics
The Universal: Television, The Internet and the End of Space & Time (PDF w/ Speaking Notes) from headtale When I did my favourite presentation ever in library school where I looked at the future of broadcasting in a Media Studies course on the History of Communication, I may have made one mistake. At the time, […]
Five Pop Topics Round Up
Recurring feature alert! I've done this before where I do five quick hits on my five most common topics on this blog and why not, let's do it again.Here's a few quick hits on my most popular topics… HockeyUhm, it's July 28. This does not bode well for this aspect of the Pop Topics recurring […]
Vote for My Hometown to Win a $25 000 Sports Upgrade Courtesy Kraft & TSN
My hometown of Indian Head is one of two Saskatchewan finalists for a $25 000 make-over courtesy Kraft & TSN. You can vote for Indian Head today until noon. If we get the most votes, the money will be used to upgrade our historic ball diamonds (20 000 people used to come to our small […]
Blackhawks Win 2010 Stanley Cup
The best part is that the Toronto Maple Laffs now have the longest Stanley Cup drought in the NHL. And the way that team's going, the Kitchener-Waterloo Blackberries have a better chance of winning a cup before the Laffs do!
Belated NHL Playoff Predictions
Each year at the start of the NHL playoffs, I usually do my predictions for the first round. (I miss the old playoff system when you could see the entire playoff brackets all the way through instead of the new system where seeding can impact who plays who each round.) So yeah, even knowing the […]