tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post7336275574927811432..comments2024-03-29T05:08:30.047-04:00Comments on The Heath Post: Olympics UpdateGoHeathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-54266586550144652652013-04-10T07:43:20.422-04:002013-04-10T07:43:20.422-04:00Meanwhile, also in Canada's backyard, the Unit...Meanwhile, also in Canada's backyard, the United States has reclaimed the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship. Champs in 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011, Team USA lost the title to Canada in the 2012 tournament played in Burlington, Vt. <a href="http://womensworlds.usahockey.com/news_article/show/245947?referrer_id=" rel="nofollow">On Tuesday, however, the United States came from behind to beat Canada, 3-2, in Ottawa, Ontario</a>. The big stars were Brianna Decker and Amanda Kessel, a couple of 22-year-olds from Wisconsin. (That means they were born in 1991!)<br /><br />Incidentally, the <a href="http://womensworlds.usahockey.com/news_article/show/243278?referrer_id=714895" rel="nofollow">"video coach" of Team USA</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Hedican" rel="nofollow">Bret Hedican, who was my favorite Carolina Hurricane back when we lived in Cary and is the husband of Kristi Yamaguchi</a>, the gold-medal figure skater at the 1992 Albertville Olympics and 2008 <i>Dancing with the Stars</i> celebrity champ!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-78361447334387192752013-04-08T09:01:03.812-04:002013-04-08T09:01:03.812-04:00And Sweden wins! In Canada's backyard!<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UriwGK0PNPo" rel="nofollow">And Sweden wins! In Canada's backyard!</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-82220319130418709082013-04-05T08:08:05.007-04:002013-04-05T08:08:05.007-04:00Scotland, Sweden, Denmark and Canada play this wee...<a href="http://www.worldcurling.org/wmcc-2013-scotland-sweden-denmark-and-canada-into-play-offs" rel="nofollow">Scotland, Sweden, Denmark and Canada play this weekend for the championship.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-25744514561505647492013-04-04T18:53:40.895-04:002013-04-04T18:53:40.895-04:00What a debacle.What a debacle.GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-65548051558430266112013-04-04T14:55:11.474-04:002013-04-04T14:55:11.474-04:00ARRRRRRRRRRGH!
Terry Kolesar @terry_usacurl 17s
...ARRRRRRRRRRGH!<br /><br /><i>Terry Kolesar @terry_usacurl 17s<br />Brady is heavy with his draw and RUS wins.<br />1:54 PM - 4 Apr 13</i>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-49653813304299993782013-04-04T14:46:30.466-04:002013-04-04T14:46:30.466-04:00Terry Kolesar @terry_usacurl 9m
RUS skip throws t...<i> Terry Kolesar @terry_usacurl 9m<br />RUS skip throws the dynamite to bust up circle of 5 stones in four-foot. Leaves RUS with two on the button.<br />1:34 PM - 4 Apr 13<br /><br />Jon Wilson @jwcurls48 7m<br />Russia sitting 1 and 3. Brady sitting good in front of Russia stones. Russia discussing.will try draw for 2.<br />1:36 PM - 4 Apr 13<br /><br />Terry Kolesar @terry_usacurl 5m<br />Thanks to Brady's final draw, RUS does not get the deuce. RUS skip comes up short. RUS 6, USA 5 after 9<br />1:37 PM - 4 Apr 13<br /><br />steve lundeen @seattlecurler 4m<br />down 1, with hammer, coming home in the 10th. these are the notes on brady's piano. let's go, #teamUSA! #2013wmcc<br />1:38 PM - 4 Apr 13</i>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-19370767271870158492013-04-04T14:42:53.789-04:002013-04-04T14:42:53.789-04:00COME ON, USA! ONE TIME, BABY! ONE TIME!COME ON, USA! ONE TIME, BABY! ONE TIME!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-91042246877992721402013-04-04T14:35:58.519-04:002013-04-04T14:35:58.519-04:00I'm following several Twitter feeds that are f...I'm following several Twitter feeds that are following the action from Victoria, but I'm pretty sure that only two of the Tweeters are actually at the event. The rest of us are, instead, just refreshing the <a href="http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/?e=12#" rel="nofollow">Canadian Curling Association's scoreboard</a>. It reminds me of a picture from the 1920s or so that used to be in the Bowling Green <i>Daily News</i> archives of men in suits filling the newspaper parking lot at lunchtime, watching a man on a stepladder updating the score of a World Series game on a chalkboard.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-44298675070354654432013-04-04T14:30:32.115-04:002013-04-04T14:30:32.115-04:00Czech Republic back ahead by two on Japan, but Swe...Czech Republic back ahead by two on Japan, but Sweden back to a tie with Denmark.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-27835651285946414192013-04-04T14:26:23.352-04:002013-04-04T14:26:23.352-04:00And Scotland picks up two on four-loss China in th...And Scotland picks up two on four-loss China in their eighth end!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-24199631866844620392013-04-04T14:19:55.910-04:002013-04-04T14:19:55.910-04:00U! S! A! 5-5 THROUGH EIGHT! RUSSIA HAS HAMMER ROCK...U! S! A! 5-5 THROUGH EIGHT! RUSSIA HAS HAMMER ROCK IN UPCOMING NINTH OF 10 ENDS!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-27771582964170727232013-04-04T14:17:27.376-04:002013-04-04T14:17:27.376-04:00It's been a rough last half hour for the U.S. ...It's been a rough last half hour for the U.S. rink at the #2013WMCC. Russia has taken a 5-4 lead through seven ends of its match with the United States. Five-loss Team USA needs to not only win its match but also have some of the teams in the four-loss tie drops theirs. Four-loss Sweden, however, has scored two points in both the sixth and seventh ends of its match with Denmark to take a 6-5 advantage; four-loss China has inched within 5-4 of Scotland, and four-loss Czech Republic is tied, 5-5, with Japan.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-39324748744806995282013-04-04T13:47:45.421-04:002013-04-04T13:47:45.421-04:00Jon Wilson @jwcurls48
End 7 USA with hammer. Cent...<i>Jon Wilson @jwcurls48<br />End 7 USA with hammer. Center guard, corner guard, come around, hit and stick with first 4 stones. Basic end shaping up.<br />12:40 PM - 4 Apr 13</i>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-2665952359362111102013-04-04T13:46:33.085-04:002013-04-04T13:46:33.085-04:00COME ON, USA!COME ON, USA!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-77936877027522857132013-04-04T13:41:09.032-04:002013-04-04T13:41:09.032-04:00Russia scores one in the sixth, so we're tied ...Russia scores one in the sixth, so we're tied at 4 with four ends to play at the Save-On-Foods!<br /><br />Four-loss Sweden trails, 2-5, to Denmark; four-loss Czech Republic and China are tied with Japan and Scotland, respectively.<br /><br /><br />Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-71584809668398287452013-04-04T13:25:20.103-04:002013-04-04T13:25:20.103-04:00U! S! A! 4-3 through five!U! S! A! 4-3 through five!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-42637850525233216062013-04-04T13:13:02.839-04:002013-04-04T13:13:02.839-04:003-2, Russia, through four ends ...3-2, Russia, through four ends ...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-23618727936490823342013-04-04T12:52:14.830-04:002013-04-04T12:52:14.830-04:00China and Sweden losing (good) and Czech Republic ...China and Sweden losing (good) and Czech Republic winning (bad).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-13095777811109923212013-04-04T12:50:49.230-04:002013-04-04T12:50:49.230-04:002-2 through three ends!2-2 through three ends!Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-10544598370615272582013-04-04T12:24:58.184-04:002013-04-04T12:24:58.184-04:002-0, Russia, over the United States after one end....2-0, Russia, over the United States after one end. Other matches have Sweden playing Denmark (we want Denmark to win), the Czech Repubic playing Japan (we want Japan to win) and Scotland playing China (we want Scotland to win).Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-91010247198064253372013-04-04T11:14:08.400-04:002013-04-04T11:14:08.400-04:00I guess. I'm not sure.I guess. I'm not sure.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-31123235887374976682013-04-04T10:48:04.672-04:002013-04-04T10:48:04.672-04:00So are we still doing that dumb thing where we jus...So are we still doing that dumb thing where we just send whichever team wins our championship, instead of sending an all-star team?GoHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122010542579322600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1697242053625998558.post-47401530667198048432013-04-04T10:02:29.288-04:002013-04-04T10:02:29.288-04:00Great, great stuff from the Toronto Star on how th...<a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2013/04/03/russians-reeling-at-world-curling-championship" rel="nofollow">Great, great stuff from the <i>Toronto Star</i> on how things at the Save-On-Foods relate to Sochi.</a>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218278987255792995noreply@blogger.com