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Sports Central August 7, 2012 Brad Oremland |
Olympics: Gymnastics is Not a Sport I still believe what I wrote almost a decade ago: "If you need judges from seven countries to vote on who won, your activity is not a sport." |
Sports Illustrated October 23, 2001 Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Wonders With the 2002 Games approaching, here's what to expect -- from skaters to skeletons... |
Sports Central February 13, 2006 Mike Chen |
Olympic Preview: Tournament in Turin Predictions for the "big name" teams participating in the 2006 Olympic hockey tournament. |
Salon.com February 15, 2002 King Kaufman |
The puck starts here The Olympics: As Jamie and David take over the world, the hockey spotlight turns from the dominant U.S. women to the "Dream Team" men's tournament. |
AskMen.com Will Brody |
Top 10: Former Olympic Sports There have been many sports that have been dropped over the years. Let's take a look at some of the Olympic sports of yesteryear. |
Sports Central March 5, 2010 Mike Chen |
What Now, NHL? It's difficult to sustain the level of momentum the NHL experienced from the Vancouver games. Just about everything went right. |
AskMen.com February 12, 2014 Chris Aung-Thwin |
Is This The Year Team USA Nabs Hockey Gold? We chatted with Zach Parise and Julie Chu, who have won seven World Championships and four Olympic medals. |
Outside January 2010 Ryan Krogh |
The Rise of Curling Enough with the beer jokes -- curling's quickly gaining on classic Olympic sports like skiing. |
Sports Central March 13, 2004 Jonathan Moncrief |
Using an Idiot's Logic: The Case of Todd Bertuzzi Todd Bertuzzi acted like the ultimate thug during his on-ice attack of Steve Moore. Todd Bertuzzi is receiving the justice he deserves. Ms. Brennan should perhaps consider this in the future, before using a broad brushstroke in painting hockey as something we need to rid ourselves of. |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2002 Brian Cazeneuve |
Winter Games top 10 For those who have had enough of the pairs figure skating controversy, here, in no particular order, is a very unofficial Jamie Sale-and-David Pelletier-free list of the top 10 moments/sports/athletes, good and bad, from the just-completed Winter Games... |
Salon.com February 18, 2002 King Kaufman |
NBC shows its true colors You mustn't miss a minute of the Olympics, the network says, unless we can save a few bucks by you missing a whole day. Plus: Ohno, hockey and more... |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Olympic Athletes To Look For In Torino These skiers, skaters and sledders have an excellent chance of making their home countries proud by writing a page in the history books at the Winter Olympics February 2006. |
Salon.com February 22, 2002 Gary Kamiya |
Golden girl 16-year-old Sarah Hughes, who looks like America's composite babysitter, shocks the figure-skating world -- and bails out the beleaguered Olympic judges... |
HBS Working Knowledge March 6, 2006 James Aisner |
Winners and Losers at the Olympics Harvard Business School professor emeritus Stephen Greyser has been studying, teaching, and writing about the business of sports for over 30 years. Here, he discusses his perspectives on the the marketing aspects of the recent Turin Games. |
Sports Central March 8, 2007 Jeff DiNunzio |
Diversifying a Colorless Game Hockey prevents a huge number of people from ever participating because it is expensive. |
Sports Central February 15, 2006 Mark Barnes |
The Olympics Are No Longer Olympian There may be hockey in the 2006 games, but there's no Jim Craig, no Mike Eruzione, and no Herb Brooks. Is there anyone left to represent us, to fight for gold, to honor America by giving us a new athletic hero? |
AskMen.com Alvin Chang |
Watch Hockey I know, I know: You've never gotten "into" hockey. Well, give it a chance. |
AskMen.com March 8, 2014 Dave Golokhov |
This Paralympian Didn't Let 100 Broken Bones Stop Him From Going To Sochi Taylor Lipsett, born with osteogenesis imperfecta, is on his way to his third-straight Paralympic Games and he -- along with Team USA -- will be looking to defend their gold medal in sled hockey. |
Sports Illustrated February 21, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Canada's story can finally be gold In a few days Canada's Olympic hockey team has gone from a team that appeared overmatched and out of sorts to one that, essentially, needs only one tough win (over the U.S. v. Russia winner) to take the gold medal... |
Salon.com February 16, 2002 Kerry Lauerman |
Make Olympic skating judges accountable Awarding the Canadians the gold was a half-measure, but as long as figure skating is controlled by a bitchy sewing circle it won't be a real sport... |
Sports Illustrated May 5, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc. |
AskMen.com Phil Helm |
Top 10: NHL Colleges Over and over again, scouts in the NHL look to these 10 schools if they want a great player. |
Sports Illustrated September 22, 2002 Brian Cazeneuve |
Onward and upward Figure skater Sasha Cohen hopes to find her way onto future medal stands. |
Sports Central March 2, 2010 Bob Ekstrom |
America Touched By a Different Midas For 30 years, I've have shied away from any Olympic hockey discussion. |
Sports Central August 27, 2004 Eric Poole |
An Immodest Proposal It seems we can't get through an Olympics without having some sort of controversy over judging. That's because gymnastics are fundamentally flawed. |
Sports Illustrated February 22, 2002 E.M. Swift |
The golden child With nothing to lose, figure skater Sarah Hughes was simply terrific... |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
On the fly The NHL players have at long last swaggered into the Olympic Village. |
Sports Central August 8, 2012 Diane M. Grassi |
Shocker: Unsportsmanslike Conduct at Olympics The entire world is watching, and given the attention that the global media has recently dedicated to unethical behavior of certain Olympic athletes, sports fans could mistake it for a newly introduced Olympic sport of its own during these 2012 London Summer Games. |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2002 |
Figure skating's black eye Another controversial decision hurts the sport. Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier were awarded the silver. |
Sports Central January 25, 2006 Diane M. Grassi |
Winter Olympics Athletes Face Double Standard Big media and corporate sponsorship of sporting events in the US have become as big a story these days as the sports and athletes they themselves sponsor, with nary an opportunity missed by advertisers and networks alike to promote themselves. |
Sports Illustrated December 28, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
La-La Land What has happened this year to the Kings? |
Sports Central May 24, 2005 Mark Chalifoux |
Sports Gosepl Mailbag, NASCAR-Style Reader reactions to a NASCAR article claiming that auto racing is not a sport. |
Sports Central December 10, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Learning to Love the Shootout The shootout is here to stay in the NHL. |
Sports Illustrated February 14, 2002 Brian Cazeneuve |
Dominoes continue to fall Changes must take place to ensure figure skating's integrity |
Salon.com February 16, 2002 King Kaufman |
Fixing figure skating would kill it Without the diva judges, the bad costumes and the chance for scandal, it's just a chili cookoff on ice... |
Sports Central August 14, 2004 Greg Wyshynski |
We're No. 3! What does the bronze medal mean to you? Runner-up to the runner-up? Close, but no cigar? How about ... LOSER? |
Salon.com February 22, 2002 King Kaufman |
So, they're all gay, right? Former U.S. figure skating champion Rudy Galindo talks about the Salt Lake Olympics, the sport's effeminate image and the reactions to his coming out. And no, they're not... |
Sports Central February 11, 2006 Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey's Higher Calling Hockey is bigger than the NHL, and if the NHL should ever go down, it's not taking hockey with it. |
Sports Illustrated February 12, 2002 Richard Hoffer |
Snowboarding's crowning achievement Snowboarding is still not really mainstream at the Olympics. |
Sports Central February 22, 2006 Matt Russell |
An Olympic NCAA Basketball Season A comparison between NCAA basketball and Olympic hockey. |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2002 Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
Salon.com February 13, 2002 King Kaufman |
Skategate A figure skating scandal rocks the Games and tragically overshadows some fantastic women's curling... |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Olympic fever breaks Can't seem to get that Olympic tournament out of my bloodstream, folks. It's going to be hard to reacquaint ourselves with the pace of the NHL after all that eye candy and those riveting, so-much-at-stake games... |
Sports Central June 18, 2005 Greg Wyshynski |
Wocka, Wocka ... What? Who is the real Video Game Generation? |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2001 Kostya Kennedy |
Wish you were there Pride-show, not sideshow, on display in a battle of the sexes between the US women's national hockey team and a squad of U.S. Olympic alumni... |
Sports Illustrated November 2, 2000 E.M. Swift |
Brooks appointment is master stroke My first reaction upon hearing that Herb Brooks had been named coach of the 2002 U.S. Olympic hockey team in Salt Lake City was shock. Say it ain't so, Joe! Then I tried to put together a list of candidates more suited for the job than Brooks. I couldn't come up with one... |
Sports Central June 13, 2005 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: On-Ice Advice Here are four amendments that would truly return hockey amongst the ranks of the major sports. |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Fighting mad Violence in hockey paints fans into two corners... |
Sports Central August 25, 2008 Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
Sports Central October 25, 2004 Eric Poole |
Hockey Strike? What Strike? It's difficult to tell which is worse, the total absence of any progress toward ending the National Hockey League's work stoppage -- or the lack of outrage about it. |