Cornellians in the Olympics, Winter 2014

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

With 500 channels, there ought to to be room for a couple views of the Olympics beyond the main channel covering USA-centric sports preceded by the up close and personal stories. Did every athlete lose a father at an early age, or have a special needs sibling?

The rule of television is: whenever there is  single piano, change the channel immediately.  It's the international signal for "Weepy, Ham-fisted Manipulation Ahead."

It helps whenever they run their human interest stories to imagine the skater's mother was secretly a child murderer and richly deserved it.

Unless the skater was a poor African-American growing up in the ghetto.  Then you'd be a racist.  ::bolt::

[Rita]

IIRC, NBC actually does a pretty good job with curling coverage. I think they turn CNBC into "the curling network". Which reminds me, I'll need to clear out some space on that DVR thingy.

And if you come across these dudes while channel surfing during the olympics, you have found the curling station (or lost footage featuring Project Runaway's runner-ups).

Yes all that coverage keeps curling clubs in the US afloat, we have gotten over 1000 people show up at open houses during the Olympics in the past

http://www.curldc.org/open-houses-2014/

If anyone lives in the Baltimore/DC area there is a curling club in Laurel, MD. We are having 2 open houses during the Olympics: February 8, 2014 9:00am – 3:00pm and February 16, 2014 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

More publicity for curling and your club via NPR. Let us know if "phillysportsfan" is one of the people pictured .

[Jim Hyla]

Chris Langton '12 Named Replacement Athlete For US Bobsled Team

[kingpin248]

After two of four runs, USA-2 piloted by Jamie Greubel sits third, 0.56 seconds behind USA-1 (and 0.33 behind CAN-1 in second). Heats three and four tomorrow, scheduled for 11:15 am and 12:25 pm EST respectively. Today's coverage led off the NBC prime time telecast.

[phillysportsfan]

both us teams had rough 3rd and 4th runs but hold on for silver bronze

[billhoward]

Be thankful it was Cornell women representing Team Canada hockey, not Cornell men representing Team USA. Ouch. Finland 5, USA 0 for the bronze medal.

[Trotsky]

not Cornell men representing Team USA. Ouch. Finland 5, USA 0 for the bronze medal.

Well obviously if Cornell men had been on the team, the US would have won gold.

[Rita]

not Cornell men representing Team USA. Ouch. Finland 5, USA 0 for the bronze medal.

Well obviously if Cornell men had been on the team, the US would have won gold.

Patrick Kane certainly did a good impression of a male Cornell hockey player. Ouch. Two missed penalty shots. In one game.

[ithacat]

Patrick Kane certainly did a good impression of a male Cornell hockey player. Ouch. Two missed penalty shots. In one game.

That must be why the staff rarely recruits Buffalo.

[Roy 82]

Patrick Kane certainly did a good impression of a male Cornell hockey player. Ouch. Two missed penalty shots. In one game.

That must be why the staff rarely recruits Buffalo.

Or just that: Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

[RichH]

Patrick Kane certainly did a good impression of a male Cornell hockey player. Ouch. Two missed penalty shots. In one game.

That must be why the staff rarely recruits Buffalo.

Or just that: Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

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I'm pretty sure that's the longest you can go with it still being a grammatically correct sentence.

[Trotsky]

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