XXI Olympic Winter Games

[NEW.ERA]

Bonus curling tomorrow: Great Britain battles Sweden in a play-in game for the 4th and final seed.

I'd love to see the Brits win and take on Canada in the semis, in a rematch of what was THE match of the Olympics thus far.

Out of all the Skips and teams Murdoch's team scares me the most but they don't call Kevin Martin and his the best in the world for nothing.

[Viper]

I feel somewhat bad in saying this, but watching the Ladies' Short Program is the best night of the Winter Games. I enjoy every 2 min 50 sec program from each girl as many will see their dreams (and parents cashing in on it) will end with that first fall. All those 5am drives to the rink, dashed with the failure to make a triple flip/double toe combo 37 seconds in. I cannot stop laughing.

I am so tempted to steal this and use it as my Facebook status... Of course if I did, I'd be lying, as I'm pretty much keeping my TV glued to CNBC and the hockey tournament tonight and tomorrow night.

[HedleyLamarr]

Whenever the US team conceded their match, they'd switch over to another match, and a couple times, they went to the Sweden match. Their skip's last name is Norberg.

Was I the only one that pictured OJ Simpson tossing stones down the ice?

[Korbyn]

I wonder if I will get any sleep tonight, or if I will stay wide awake thinking about the hockey game that I will be watching in less then 24 hours.

I am thinking the latter ...

[NJTank]

Whenever the US team conceded their match, they'd switch over to another match, and a couple times, they went to the Sweden match. Their skip's last name is Norberg.

Was I the only one that pictured OJ Simpson tossing stones down the ice?

O.J. could not play worse than who we actually have on the teams.

[dfwabel]

I feel somewhat bad in saying this, but watching the Ladies' Short Program is the best night of the Winter Games. I enjoy every 2 min 50 sec program from each girl as many will see their dreams (and parents cashing in on it) will end with that first fall. All those 5am drives to the rink, dashed with the failure to make a triple flip/double toe combo 37 seconds in. I cannot stop laughing.

I am so tempted to steal this and use it as my Facebook status... Of course if I did, I'd be lying, as I'm pretty much keeping my TV glued to CNBC and the hockey tournament tonight and tomorrow night.

I formally give you permission to do so. If you wait until tomorrow/Thursday night to post for the Long Program, its length is 4 minutes, 10 seconds.

[-kj]

Whenever the US team conceded their match, they'd switch over to another match, and a couple times, they went to the Sweden match. Their skip's last name is Norberg.

Was I the only one that pictured OJ Simpson tossing stones down the ice?

O.J. could not play worse than who we actually have on the teams.

Ahh, Tank. Your ability to one-line things you fail to understand never ceases to amuse.

[HedleyLamarr]

And with a 3-run inning in the 7th, the Swiss force the US women to concede, winning 10-3.

Thankfully, that awful display of US curling is over with.

I blame Willie Randolph, Omar Minaya, and Fred Coupon.

[HedleyLamarr]

Meanwhile, Latvia just tied their game with the Czechs at 2, very late in the third.

Go Latvia!

[Cujo]

Meanwhile, Latvia just tied their game with the Czechs at 2, very late in the third.

Go Latvia!

The United States' side of the bracket would have looked even nicer had Latvia been able to pull off the upset. Drat.

[Cujo]

All the top seeds (5 thru 8) advanced to today's quarterfinal games:

1) United States vs. 8) Switzerland

2) Sweden vs. 7) Slovakia

3) Russia vs. 6) Canada

4) Finalnd vs. 5) Czech Rep

[NEW.ERA]

That's how it should be although I was really pulling for Norway late last night. With these match ups anything can happen.

Today is going to be the greatest.

[Cujo]

My picks for the Ice Hockey semis:

United States vs. Finland

Sweden vs. Canada

[NEW.ERA]

TSN is poking fun at Lindsey Vonn's latest injury I guess it's her hand.

[Shane Does Art]

I'm calling an upset today in the Swiss/USA game.

Swiss 3-2

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Canada 5-2

Finland 3-1

Sweden 3-0, Though I have a feeling Slovakia could take it.

[Korbyn]

The Swiss are not intimidated at all by the States. The score is 0-0 going into the third period.

I can smell the upset! At the end of the second it looked like Hiller scored on himself, however the clock had just expired before the puck went into the net.

GO SWISS GO !

[Lee.]

The Swiss will be contending in 2014. Mark it.

[HedleyLamarr]

Finally....the Americans find an eye in the Swiss defense.

Need to keep the pressure on the Swiss...all it takes is one shot, one wacky bounce for this to be tied again.

[Don]

Miller hasnt had to play great, the defense has played amazing, blocking shots, active sticks, but Hiller has been killing us.

[BrySmalls]

USA Men's Hockey reaches the Semis!