olympics

A lot of casual hockey fans are probably unaware that the United States hockey team has gone without a gold medal since 1980's "Miracle on Ice." That's 18 years before the incorporation of NHL players.

Like everybody else, I was surprised when Curling became an Olympic sport in 1998. It's basically shuffle board on ice. Each team has eight stones they slide on the ice to land in four concentric circles. The brooms are to speed up, slow down, or change the trajectory of the stones. But I'm becoming a fan.

The United States dominated a new Olympic sport, and the host nation of Russia claimed its first gold of the Sochi Games during the first weekend of competition. Here's a recap of this weekend's action:

Americans haven't been very excited about the Sochi Olympics. Shaun White won't be there, Lindsay Vonn won't be there. People are upset about Russia's treatment of our government and their own minorities. Plus, Sochi seems like a boring city with incomplete infrastructure. That said, "DON'T FORGET TO WATCH THE OPENING CEREMONIES!"

Inspired by the 2012 Summer Olympics, we present round 2 of our office Olympics.  Here we have Faith Martin from 98.3 the Key and intern Jene Iceberg in a rapid cartwheel duel in 20 seconds. Keep a look out for trees and dizzy DJ's!

Inspired by the 2-1 victory of Team USA over Japan in the women's soccer final, we decided to do our own Office Olympics.

Though it was a light day for medals, there was still plenty of drama at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Monday. Here’s a recap of the day’s action:

The spotlight turned to the track and field events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Sunday. Here’s a recap of the day’s action:

USA's very own Kayla Harrison won the first ever gold medal in judo this morning!

I’ve been totally addicted to watching the summer Olympics. A few weekends ago we were boating out on the Snake River and I spotted these dudes wakesurfing.

The US women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay team won gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Wednesday, but China claimed the lead in the overall medal count. Here’s Wednesday’s Olympic Games’ recap:

American swimmer Michael Phelps became the most decorated athlete in Olympic history Tuesday, while the United States and China remained tied atop the overall medal count of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Here’s a recap of the day’s Olympic action: