On a night that veteran Chauncey Billups worked to whip his young USA Men’s Basketball squad into shape, Nuggets teammate Carmelo Anthony committed himself to the US Team for the 2012 Olympics in London.
With the way Sidney is racking up hockey hardware (enough to grace a neighborhood worth of fireplace mantles), and logging memorable moments (the 6-disc Blue Ray collection will sell for $887 in 2022) it’s only a matter of time.
As much as they may not want to hear about it now, as much as this loss will sting as no other before it, Team USA returned American Hockey to its rightful place among the best teams in the world.
I believe in the US win at Vancouver enough to pick them over the Canucks. Anything less would be a letdown as history threatens to come full circle.
The Gold Medal Game is in the US Men’s Hockey Team’s sites. In the way is a semifinals date with well-established Team Finland.
The United States Olympic Men’s Hockey Team will face the Swiss Olympic Team tomorrow afternoon, three days after upsetting the favored Canadian Team in the Group Round.
In a game that pitted two NHL All-Star Teams against each other, nothing less than North American bragging rights was on the line. Matching up on NHL-sized ice for the first time in Olympic Hockey history, Canada & the US fought a frenzied battle for the Group A title.
After a rough start, the American women have caught a bit of a break, knocking off the British in extra ends tonight, 6-5.
For the Canadians & Americans, the NHL-sized rink is a major advantage. Against each other, the game will look very much like an NHL All-Star game, separated into Canada vs. United States, and played like the 7th Game of the Stanley Cup Finals. Should be exciting.
Thanks to some fortunate weather delays, her deep bruise healed enough for her to become the first American woman to win the downhill gold, besting teammate Julie Mancuso to land the top spot on the podium.
