I am a hockey fan. You know that by now if you've read my blog.
I am excited about the prospect of a gold medal for one of four men's teams left: Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic and Russia.
I also like knowing that I have a ticket for the bronze medal game. I like knowing I will see a great game Saturday night no matter who falls in Friday's semifinals.
My predictions? Czech Republic over Sweden, Finland over Russia in the semifinals.
Gold Medal: Finland edges Czech Republic
Bronze Medal: Russia over Sweden
Anyone else have an opinion? Werstine? Kev? Montero? Anyone?
Now, on to a completely different sports subject ....
I will be getting up early Friday to take a train to Pinerolo for the men's bronze medal match in curling. I lucked out because I get to see the 1 p.m. (my time) match between Team USA and Great Britian. It will be interesting to see a sport I wasn't sure the U.S. was good enough to earn a medal in, but unlike those whiny U.S. athletes who complain (BODE who?) I think this might be a chance for the U.S. to win a medal they can actually feel good about instead of crying that they "only" won bronze.
For those Olympic TV fans who are hooked on curling, and the ratings apparently agree that there is significant interest, I recommend anyone reading this blog to go to http://dailynews.com/sportsmedia/ci_3524421 and read Tom Hoffarth's recent sports media column on curling. I've always like Tom's stuff and he used the opportunity to talk to Fred Roggin to also give readers a good, digestable story on curling.
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