Quaker2001

Tour de Ski to wake up the morning.  Disappointed in the Americans' performance.  Looking forward to the sprints tomorrow.  Olympic Channel here in the US is airing that live, so I'll DVR it for first thing when I wake up in the morning!

3 hours ago, Grassmarket said:

Awful day for , top place only 20th. 

Not sure what happened to Diggins and Maubet Bjornsen.  That's a shame considering the Americans were off to such a good start in the World Cup season

50 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Definitely in the right place. What do you do media wise? I’d love to work an Olympics (I’ll be in Tokyo as a “freelance”, though I run my own publication)

I work mostly as a video editor and schedule supervisor now.  Wait until you see what I've got cooking up for this summer.  For the 2018 Olympics, I did a big spreadsheet in Google docs with all the event schedules plus the TV coverage.  Trying to do something similar for Tokyo.  

Just now, intoronto said:

Nice to see you here ! I am assuming you are the same person from GB?

You assume correctly.  I think I asked someone over there to tell me if there was a forum that's more Olympics than Olympic bidding.  This looks like exactly what I'm looking for!

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Eh-Oh! Another American joins the forum! (another member of the media as well ). Welcome @Quaker2001 (I’d guess Northern New York based on the name)! We love users that are active. Have a wonderful time around the forum (and a late Merry Christmas)!

Thank you!  Glad to be here.  Been looking for a forum online for discussion the Olympics and Olympic sports.  Looks like I'm in the right place!

I'm actually from NYC.  The "Quaker2001" name is a reference to where and when I went to school.  I am indeed in the media.  As I told another poster, I actually worked for NBC once upon a time, including working in Salt Lake at the Olympics in 2002.  Definitely one of the more fun sports experiences of my life!

13 minutes ago, intoronto said:

What a hockey match between Canada and USA

 

Also with all the advertising on the ice/boards it makes the game look like it took place in Canada lol

One of the great rivalries in sports lives up to the billing.  Hopefully this isn't the only USA-Canada game in this tournament.  Would be awesome if we got a repeat of the 2017 final.