Despite there being about 80 million more Americans than in 1980, the number of people who watched Canada beat the United States in overtime for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday was 20% below the number who watched the U.S.-Soviet Union semifinal game in Lake Placid, and even 15% below the U.S.-Finland gold-medal game that [...]

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Congratulations to Team Canada for its stirring, pulsating, dramatic 3-2 overtime win over the U.S. to win the Olympic hockey gold. The game winner was scored by Sidney Crosby, who beat the superb Ryan Miller in goal. It was hockey at its best.
I had no real rooting interest, but was glad when the U.S. tied [...]

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We’re trying out a new feature on Outsports for the U.S.-Canada gold medal hockey game: Chat with other readers! Check back here at 2:30pmET for pregame chatting with other Outsporters, and then watch the game while chatting with them! You can set an email reminder for the chat after the jump.
By Cyd Zeigler jr.

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So, I asked our Canadian correspondent Jimmy D. and Hockey Kid in Minnesota, Mikey, to write a point-counterpoint to the gold medal U.S.-Canada hockey game. Jimmy was game, but Mikey unfortunately was too busy. So then I asked Jimmy to write as if he was interviewing Mikey.
He obliged, but I told him what he sent [...]

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Who knows what the final score will be, but the U.S. men’s hockey team leads Finland, 6-0, after 13 minutes of play. It’s absurd. How do you say “quitting, choking dogs” in Finnish?
Update: The final was U.S., 6-1, which sets up a gold-medal showdown against Canada. Team Frozen North led Slovakia, 3-0, then allowed two [...]

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OK. I’m not the biggest hockey fan, as previously mentioned in article written by Jim, but even I know when someone does something dumb.
Canada won the gold medal for the third straight Olympics in women’s hockey, beating the U.S., 2-0. That’s awesome. But then the women lost all common sense. Members of the team brought [...]

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Maybe losing to the U.S. was the best thing to happen to Team Canada. Beating Germany, 8-2, in a play-in game was one thing, but routing Russia, 7-3, was truly impressive. Canada scored early and often, leading 4-1 after a period. It was so lopsided, I switched to NBC showing taped women’s skiing. (A Canadian [...]

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There is almost always something exciting about every Olympic competition. Because it’s the Olympics. But over the next few days, few Olympic competitions will match the intensity of these rivalries.
USA vs. Canada, hockey (Tuesday-Sunday). This rivalry began at least as far back as 1960, and the modern version was ratcheted up in 2002 when Canada [...]

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Woe, Canada! In an upset, Team U.S.A. beat Team Canada, 5-3, in men’s hockey in a terrifically exciting and dramatic game. I had no rooting interest but watched all 60 minutes, aided greatly by the fact that there were zero commercials during any of the periods. It was a great sporting event.
While the loss was [...]

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Jimmy D, 23, lives in the Frozen North and is filling us in on the Canadian Olympic obsession.Today: The Olympic spirit, U-S-A! U-S-A!, who’s gpoin

We’ve hit the halfway mark of these 21st Winter Olympics. Or if you’re Roman, the Olympiad XXI. Whatever. There have already been many magical moments to say the least. One [...]

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Jimmy D, 23, lives in the Frozen North and is filling us in on the Canadian Olympic obsession. In this installment, thoughts on hockey,  the weather, a hot figure skater, Stephen Colbert, mocking Canada and beavers.
Friends can’t believe these posts I’m writing and not for the reasons you’re thinking. Yes, they knew I could write, [...]

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If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at–look, I’m just going to say it. The ladies’ Snowboard Cross “competition” was vastly and objectively lamer than the mens’. I won’t even start in on the monumental choke job turned in by American media obsession Lindsey Jacobellis. We all know that story; and now we know how [...]

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A competitor has died after injuries sustained in a shocking crash near the base of the Luge course. Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, was on the track for a training run when his sled slammed into the inside of a final curve and he went airbourne over the ice and concrete wall. NBColympics reports that the [...]

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I am a huge fan of the blog hockeykidmn, written by Mikey, a gay (but closeted) teenage high school hockey player in Minnesota. His stuff keeps getting better and better, and his eulogy to the late Brendan Burke was very touching.
Mikey obviously knows his hockey and I asked him to write a men’s Olympics preview [...]

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It used to be that everyday Americans cared about Winter Olympic sports for at least a month or two every four years. But that window has grown narrower. When held on North American soil, the Olympics tend to feel grander and more “present” than when held overseas.
But Vancouver might as well be at the South Pole for all the excitement it’s generated. [...]

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