Quaker2001

Lindsey Vonn has officially qualified and will be skiing for at her 5th Olympics! She first competed at the 2002 Salt Lake games as a 17 year old. Would be an absolutely remarkable story if she wins a medal in Cortina

Very true point. Although I think at this point everyone is just holding their collective breath until the test event. The NHL isn't going to rage anymore until then because it's not like that would make the arena progress go any quicker

Wouldn't be a proper lead-up to an Olympics without plenty of fear-mongering from the media. There are concerns, but not the existential crisis that some want to make it seem like everything is going to come crashing down.

with a steal of 3 in the 8th end, can't make the last shot to stay alive.

Oh yea. Seemed like they were starting to get some less than elite pitchers, but the commits they've had in the last 12 hours have been stellar. Now the staff feels like an embarrassment of riches. They have 3 elite starters and a bunch of guys that can eat innings. Thrilled what Mark DeRosa has been able to put together.

with a successful draw on the last stone of the 8th end to defeat 6-5 and earn a spot in Cortina. It will be vs tonight for the final spot

It is, but the tickets are limited. And you have to be a registered supporter of a particular team in order to access them. They're not really available to the general public

Wow. Figured that Australia was in deep trouble with the loss to Netherlands. Didn't expect that to happen. Go Aussies!

They didn't report specifics, but the story is that there was an illness with 1 of the players

That could sideline him into next season. Couldn't be a much worse day for the Chiefs who are now eliminated from the playoffs

I know you're joking, but that wouldn't even work because that day is the Super Bowl. So NBC will only have coverage on the broadcast network until Noon ET and then will have a shortened primetime show and late night after the game. Which means they'll have to condense Vonn in the downhill and the final day of the team figure skating event into that brodacast

Wow. That would be an incredible story if she can grab a medal in February. Can only imagine how much NBC is excited over the prospect of having her in contention.

Was in a meeting so I wasn't following, so as soon as it ended, first thing I did was check the score. Go Team !! Thrilled to have both teams in Cortina. And don't need to go through qualifying in mixed doubles

Team Casper is headed to Milan-Cortina!! Lots of misses by China throughout the match, some of which were just bad luck. Thrilled for Danny and company. Glad they don't have to play another game

Halfway through the - men's match. US has had 3 straight steals and leads 4-2 after 5 ends. Some bad luck by China, but otherwise they seem to be making more mistakes than the Americans