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Sidney Crosby
With everything wrapping up in Vancouver last night, this should be the last Olympics-related post for a while. When you arrive at work today, you’ll likely run into a conversation about yesterday’s Gold Medal hockey game between Canada and the United States. Canada won 3-2 in overtime after a thrilling comeback by the U.S. with [...]
Miracle on Ice facts
It was 30 years ago today that the United States hockey team pulled off one of the greatest upsets in sports by defeating the almighty Soviet team in the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. The story is as timely as ever with yesterday’s impressive victory by the United States over Canada.
The captain of [...]
Gold Medal has little gold metal
Now that we are knee deep in Olympics coverage and gold is trading at or near all-time highs, I’m sure you’ve had that moment where you thought to yourself, “hey, are those REAL gold medals?!” Not exactly, although the medals were made out of the metals that you would have assumed back in 1912.1
Nowadays, that [...]
Brief date night primers – Georgia, Nordic combined
If you’re going to find yourself out to dinner tonight in celebration of Valentine’s Day, your date is likely to bring up the tragic death of the luger from Georgia. You should know that Georgia is a country south of Russia and north of Turkey. 4.3 million people live in the country which the United [...]
Canada’s “Own The Podium” Program
Not intent on just hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada is hoping to make a splash on the medal stand. You’ll probably hear some talk of “Own the Podium” during the hours and hours of coverage on NBC, so you best know what it is.
“Own the Podium” refers to a program started by the Canadian [...]
Super Bowl 44 prep
It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and for many of us, nothing else matters today. If you are not one of the die hards, however, you will still end up at a Super Bowl party, so you’d better know a few things. Dinner Topics is here to make sure you know what’s going on around you when [...]
Weekly Sports Roundup
If you’re not heavily into sports but know you will be around people this weekend that are, this is the post for you. Here’s a brief synopsis of the current sports stories you should know about.
Last night Alabama beat Texas for the college football BCS National Championship. What’s notable about the game was Texas’ star [...]
Football on Christmas night!
When the spiced wine starts kicking in, you may notice some people in your house have flipped on a football game. No, it’s not Sunday, but yes, that’s the NFL. Tonight, the Tennessee Titans host the San Diego Chargers.
What you need to know: the Titans started the season 0-6, but have since changed their quarterback [...]
