The 2012-13 ISU Short Track World Cup kicks off tomorrow in Calgary, Canada. Despite all the major dramz that has been happening with the US Team, now is the time for them to put all that behind and start showing what they’re made of. According to the ISU announcement, tomorrow is just a qualifying day with medal races taking… [read article]
(Photo by Gary Bogdon/Getty Images) The US Men’s National Team (USMNT) sets up to begin its run to the 2014 World Cup tomorrow with the start of FIFA World Cup Qualifying. Tomorrow night’s opponent, Antigua and Barbuda, is considered the weakest of the group - but the boys in the Red, White, and Blue are coming off of a 4-1 loss… [read article]
She’s set the women’s single-season World Cup point total with 1980 points. She won the World Cup Downhill, Super-G, and Overall titles. But on Sunday, after losing a pole at the start of her final run in the GS – the last event of the season, Lindsey Vonn fell just the tiniest bit short of her stated goal of… [read article]
(Photo by Stanko Gruden/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) Lindsey Vonn winning the 2012 Downhill World Cup title. The downhill is the longest and fastest event in alpine skiing A few weeks ago she clinched the 2012 downhill title, now Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn just won her fourth overall World Cup title, after taking the victory in today’s giant slalom event… [read article]
(Photo from the 2012 Winter Youth Games, Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) (Race commentator has some mild NSFW language, so if you’re at work, put the headphones in) There are few events more exciting than a short track speedskating relay. Short track, with it’s close calls, head-to-head races, and NASCAR-like crashes, is thrilling enough when it’s an individual race,… [read article]
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images) We’re not sure how many of you caught last night’s bobsled and skeleton action on the livestream, but holy cow! FIBT, the federation in charge of bobsled/skeleton, does a great job of producing and streaming their events. The feed quality was high, the events were exciting, and best of all – it was free and… [read article]
(Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images) The 7th bobsled and skeleton world cup of the season is set to begin today in Whistler, Canada with the the 2-woman bobsled and women’s skeleton events – and you can watch the entire event live! FIBT, the international organization in charge of bobsled and skeleton, is livestreaming the event here all weekend: http://eurovision.digotel.com/fibt/index.html… [read article]
(Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images) Well, ain’t THAT the truth. Apparently when FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke is not committing fraudulent business activity, he’s yelling at the Brazilians for not allowing beer to be sold. Hey, 50% batting average ain’t half bad! Brazil is hosting the 2014 FIFA World Cup and currently there is some crazy LAME-islation on the books that… [read article]
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) Hiya folks! I hope all is well this fine Sunday morn, well, I hope it’s fine where you are. It’s cold here. Which reminds me: speedskating. Today is the second day of the ISU Speedskating World Cup taking place in Salt Lake City, UT, and since you’re reading this, it’s a safe bet you… [read article]
(Photo of 2008 Bobsled World Championships. Boris Streubel/Bongarts/Getty Images) Although it’s true the US is awesome at bobsled, this past weekend’s world cup was a bit rough overall for the guys and gals in the red, white and blue. Bad weather and a home field advantage for the Germans seemed to take it’s toll on the US team. Jan…. [read article]
