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August 20, 2008

Gotta give a shoutout to fellow Iowan Shawn Johnson for winning an Olympic gold medal in Beijing last night (two days ago? Whatever the time difference is). She finally managed to put one over the Chinese girls and her teammate Nastia Liukin on the balance beam to reach the top of the podium, joining a […]

August 11, 2008

Quite an amazing performance by the US 4×100m free relay team last night, winning the gold medal and breaking the old world record by almost four full seconds. Now I love rooting on the US team in the international games, and it’s great that Michael Phelps still has a chance to win a record eight […]

February 21, 2006

Out of the field of athletes boasting a connection to the Badger State, Molly Engstrom became the first to win a medal in this year’s Winter Olympics. Engstrom, a native of Siren, WI, and a UW Badger, helped the US women’s hockey team win the bronze medal today with a 4-0 victory over Finland. Team […]

February 14, 2006

Sorry to say the start of the Winter Games has not been very successful for out Badger state Olympians so far. Speed skaters Casey FitzRandolph and Kip Carpenter both stumbled during their runs in the 500 meter event yesterday. FitzRandolph, the US defending gold medalist, finished in 12th place after two runs and Carpenter ended […]

February 12, 2006

Catherine Raney took the ice for the first time today in Torino and placed 11th in the 3,000m speed skating competition. The Elm Grove, WI, native finished with a time of 4:10.44, which was good enough to put her in second place after 11 pairs. Unfortunately, such top skaters as Claudia Pechstein of Germany and […]

February 11, 2006

Sat down last night to watch the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Yes, I know it’s cornball and overblown, but it is nice to see, even in this day when there’s so much big money involved, that one honest moment of joy when the athletes are saluted by the stadium crowd. For some of them, […]