Tag Archives: winter olympics
The End of an Empire, or, Why You Should Love Curling
Another Winter Olympics season, another reason for the return of Winter Olympics Buffy (yours truly) and her obsessive sports rants. While everyone is flipping out over the ballerinas of figure skating, the blood-lust of hockey and the daredevils of the … Continue reading
Winning the Douchebag Olympics
Did you hear? Russian skater Evgeni Plushenko won the Platinum Medal! You don’t believe me? Look: It says so right there! Who are you to dispute this? I mean, despite the fact that there is no Platinum Medal, and that … Continue reading
Re: the Winter Olympics
Every four years, the world’s greatest athletes gather for the ultimate test of skill and strength: the Game of Parmistan. OK, no. They gather for the Summer Olympics. And, like some bizarre divorce settlement, every alternate even year provides us … Continue reading
