USA Wins in Vancouver Hockey
USA Wins!
The Americans did something on Sunday night that no one thought they could do. They beat a much more talented team (by NHL standards) from Canada on their home ice in Vancouver. It was a great game to see and MSNBC did a beautiful job in covering the historic event to millions and millions of hockey fans that tuned in from North America last night. The game between Canada and the United States was “must see TV” for those that got a chance to see this great hockey match up.
There was a 30 minute pregame show on MSNBC to highlight this hockey match between the rivals from Canada and the United States. When you look at the Canadians line up from last night’s game, it was hard to imagine how the U.S. would keep up on the ice. They did more than keep up as they controlled the game from the start. Canada never did have the lead in the Olympic hockey match that was featured on MSNBC in the States last night. They did come from behind 2 different times to tie the score, but the young American hockey players always had a answer for Canada’s attempts on a comeback. It was a game that the USA would win 5 to 3 over Canada.
It was an electric atmosphere in Vancouver as 20,000 fans (mostly Canadian) filled up the arena in Western Canada. Big TV screens and monitors were placed outside of the arena and lots of fans packed the local bars and taverns in the Vancouver area to watch this big hockey game. The Canadian Government decided to stop liquor sells at 10PM on Sunday, so they could have a little more control with the huge crowds in Vancouver. This was expected to be a huge celebration in Canada, after their stars rolled over the USA team. That never did happen and the USA men’s hockey team would leave the millions in Canada stunned. Hockey isn’t a sport the Americans are known for and it’s much more popular in Canada. It’s hard to determine where this historic win will fall in Olympic history with the Americans, but it’s right up there with the 1980 win over the Russian hockey team in Lake Placid, New York. That was the “Miracle on Ice” and it looks like our hockey team has created a 2nd version of the Miracle on Ice.
The hockey tournament in Vancouver is far from over. There’s a good chance the Americans will have to face Russia now and perhaps the Canadian team will have a 2nd chance to redeem their self with the loss to the Americans last night. Expect things to really heat up now as the USA hockey team now has a horse in the race.
It’s nice to see guys from the NHL (National Hockey League) playing at a competitive level. We don’t get that level of competition from the annual NHL All Star Game and it’s so much better to see these guys playing with real determination. It’s a competitive field and the USA team looks prepared to go the distance with the boys from Canada and the talented team from Russia. Who will win gold for men’s hockey in Vancouver?
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The truth has finally came out and now Mark McGwire admits to using steroids. He was taking these performance enhancing drugs while him and Sammy Sosa could not miss on a fast ball and knocking it over the wall at some Major League park. I’m sure most of us expected this and many want to know why now? Perhaps it’s to help his chances with the baseball hall of fame or maybe the man just wanted to come clean. Anytime the name Barry Bonds gets brought up, it quickly becomes a steroid conversation and I guess the same was true for Mark McGwire. Maybe he thinks his admission will help him here and that’s the reason McGwire admitted to taking steroids.
Tiger Woods Making a Mockery of the Florida Police
Police do want to learn more about the things that caused him and his wife Elin Nordegren to fight in the late hours of Thanksgiving night. Current reports are showing they had a fight over a mistress Tiger Woods has up in New York some where. It appears Tiger was cheating on his wife and this is what led to the argument.
Overall it’s been a good run for Tiger and he did push golf to a new level. He will be remembered for a long time and has set the bar high for new golfers that come aboard on the PGA Tour. I would expect the police to arrest Tiger Woods the first chance they get. They may just pay him a late night visit tonight and take him away in handcuffs, so they can get their investigation underway and find out exactly what happened.
Jerry Jones finally has his new toy and he’s ready for it to start paying him some money back. The new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys is really nice and really big. We may just see history tonight when the Dallas Cowboys host the New York Giants in a football game that many will see. If the 103,000 fans that are expected to attend the new Cowboy Stadium, then the NFL will be making history in Dallas tonight.
We all know Forrest Gump didn’t do too well with keeping his Jenny. It wasn’t poor Forrest’s fault, but Jenny’s step dad and her drug addictions played a part in her absence from Mr. Gump. After Forrest started to make a few dollars, that Jenny chick wasn’t too far behind then and I guess you know how the movie goes from there.
No big worries for Mrs. Sanford in South Carolina though. The whole world now knows just how bad of a guy Mark Sanford is and this Jenny is leaving her man too! Mark Sanford in some ways has the intelligence of Forrest Gump, but the man doesn’t have the Gump heart or the Bubba Gump Shrimping Company. He does hold the highest political office in the state of South Carolina and I’m sure the citizens want to see this man gone.




