Left Coast Sports Babe

So you do have to wonder. How did Canada, generally considered one of the world’s kinder, gentler, countries, manage to become a repressive nation in the eyes of the world, for fencing off… a torch?

Vancouver organizers had tried to protect the Olympic flame, and in the process, fenced the cauldron off in such a way that visitors couldn’t really see it, let alone take a picture. The fence is coming down, or at least being moved for visibility. But looking like a insensitive North American bully over something trivial… isn’t that the United States’ job?

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NBC’s tape delayed Olympic coverage means really exciting viewing for U.S. sports fans who don’t listen to radio, watch news, go to online sites during the day, or check their facebook accounts. Which means both of these fans are happy.

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Since Johnny Weir took the fox fur off his costume, the men’s figure skating finals were free from protests. Although looking at the outfits of the other skaters, one almost expected to see some demonstration from PETS – People for the Ethical Treatment of Sequins.
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The latest Olympic glitch was NBC’s broadcasting Shaun White’s profanity filled conversation with his coach after White had been assured his first half pipe gold. Snowboarders use vulgar language? Next thing we’ll hear is that some of them have been known to smoke a little something too.
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From Bill Littlejohn: Lindsey Vonn, helped by a cheese treatment on her injured shin, won the gold in the Olympic women’s downhill. Obviously a master of her Kraft.

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Antawn Jamison was traded from the last place Washington Wizards to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Talk about an upgrade. Sort of how it will be if the Olympic broadcast next time goes from NBC to ESPN.

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Tiger Woods has scheduled his first news conference since his November car accident Friday right in the middle of the Winter Olympics, and the Accenture Match Play championship. Since Accenture cut him as a spokesman, some think Tiger’s timing was motivated by revenge.

But that’s silly. To deliberately try to grab the Olympic spotlight and/or disrupt a major golf tournament would require being a supremely arrogant egotist who had absolutely no regard for the feelings of others…. Ooops, never mind.

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The New Jersey Nets are building a new arena in Brooklyn. But they just announced that for the next two years they have reached an agreement to leave the Meadowlands and play in Newark. What, was Bakersfield not available?

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