Kate Beckinsale to start the week...... USA, Canada set records in the medal count..... It's your turn Russia to host the Winter Olympics...... It just had to be Sidney Crosby..... Marie Osmond's son committed suicide...... 'Shutter Island' tops the box office again...... Of course there was a protest during the USA-Canada game...... Purdue misses Robbie Hummel...... Jay Leno returns to the 'Tonight Show' today...... Jim Carray is already a GrandfatherGatorade has dropped Tiger Woods as one of his sponsor's (Entertainment Weekly)
There was a lot of people in Vegas this weekend because of this event (SI)
How will the 2010 Winter Olympics be remembered? (USA Today)
Why shouldn't Cherokee player refuse to play for the Redskins? (Sports by Brooks)
John Smoltz for Congress? (Online Sports Guys)
The FBI questions the Mets Jose Reyes (The 700 Level)
Vancouver gets the gold for the most booze drank (Time)
The Gold Medal game will not help the NHL (CNBC)
Shaq will most likely miss the rest of the season (Fear the Sword)
Craziest video that you'll see all day (ABC 12)
The Gold Medal game will not help the NHL
ReplyDeleteI clicked on that expecting a well-reasoned, fact based article, instead, it was a column with an opinion that I greatly disagree with it. I see it more from this the side with this quote and opinion piece from Deadspin.
"It hurts because you care. And maybe you're already a huge hockey fan, and you understood every nuance of the game. But there are a ton of people out there who are only hurt because they supported their country by tuning in. They just happened to see one of the most exciting hockey games ever. Before Vancouver, maybe they never saw a hockey game. Now, hockey made them care.
Someone made the decision to watch their NHL team's next game. Some kid just made the choice to play hockey. Someone just learned the names Crosby, Miller, Luongo for the first time. Hockey has some new fans.
People are going to be talking about hockey tomorrow. So while Canada takes home the gold medal — and all due congratulations to them — it's hockey as a whole that wins."
While I can't expect the Stanley Cup to get to top last night's 17.6 rating, it will surely be beyond stunning if local NHL ratings and hockey ratings in general don't receive a decent sized bump upward.
Deadspin link: http://deadspin.com/5482294/canada-wins-but-so-do-you