Winter Olympics relevant again in America

[Hemi-Cuda]

Two things happened, though. The first: American stars elevated their sports.

The men's hockey team was great. Less than two hours after losing the gold-medal game to Canada, American forward Patrick Kane said he was already thinking about Sochi in 2014 "for revenge." Lindsey Vonn entered the Games as a star and left a bigger one. Bode Miller arrived in Vancouver aloof but emerged redeemed. Shaun White and Apolo Ohno were spectacular, adding a measure of electricity to a Games that bordered on the staid.

The second: The Winter Olympics, once the foreign province of Europe, became the North American Games. The backdrop of Vancouver gave the Games a special feel. The American medal haul was a record, but so too was the 14 gold medals collected by host country Canada.
The Americans and Canadians fought each other for the top of the podium, even in sports in which neither had been an overwhelming favorite -- women's bobsled, skeleton and speedskating, for example. Germany earned its luge medals, but both the U.S. and Canada took spots on the podium in bobsled, including a spectacular performance by the U.S. men in the four-man competition and the Canadian women.

...Vancouver gave people something to talk about. They are talking today, and will be talking tomorrow. And that is how it should be, because sports only live longest in the imagination.

http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/w...ard&id=4955287

very quality article by ESPN, i'm impressed

[GirlySports]

Except the Olympics in the US will be forgotten by.. about now.
Onto Spring Training and March Madness!