NGSCSports Wins Journalism Award for Winter Olympics Coverage Without sending a reporter to the Winter Olympic Games, and showing flagrant disregard for reporting what actually happened and what was important, NGSCSports nevertheless has won a journalism award for its editorial coverage of the Games. The Internet sports content […]
Enough Winter Olympics, Pivot Towards 2020 Summer Olympics Swimming Enough ice dancing. Enough speed skating. Enough skeleton-ing. Enough about Norway. Enough triple toe loops. Enough Winter Olympics. It’s now time to focus on the 2020 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Japan. We have two years to get ready, and this is the starting […]
Tantalizing Terminology Torments Winter Olympics Fans The tantalizing and twisted terminology used at the Winter Olympics is tormenting fans. In skating, we’re hearing about the Triple SoCal (Southern California), the quadruple Utz Potato Chip jump, and “popping” (it sort of means bailing out on a triple jump and only doing a double or single). If […]
Red Wins Gold in Slopestyle Snowboarding A red-headed kid named “Red” snagged some big air, nailed the eggplant 360 and backside 180, did three flips and twists, landed on his feet cleanly, and shocked the snowboarding world by taking a Gold Medal in yesterday’s slopestyle competition. Red Gerard’s victory was the first Gold Medal won […]
Puking Will Discolor Winter Olympics We all see it coming like a dirty, mushy, and infectious projectile flying through the air. Right there on the glitzy ice and in their nice outfits, one pairs skater will puke on the other. It will be gross. We also see a similar upheaval happening in the four-man bobsled […]
Light the Olympic Torch, Ignite the Winter Olympics Light the torch. Watch it burn. See it swirl around. Bring in the athletes to Olympic Stadium. See them in their countries’ various colors. So many colors to see: the Australians in green and yellow, the Americans in red, white and blue, and the Canadians in red […]
New Winter Olympics Event: Egg-and-Spoon Short Track Speed Skating The egg-and-spoon race is a featured and fan favorite event at many primary schools around the world as part of the annual “Sports Day.” In the event, contestants balance an egg on a spoon and race to the finish line by a foot. Usually, this event […]
