Poor Russia.  They won a hard fought game against the Czech Republic yesterday to win their Group B and advance straight to the quarter-finals.  Their reward?  A probable quarter-final game against Canada. I'll bet the last team Russia wanted to face in the quarters is Canada.  Tomorrow night, we'll get

Canada has earned its ninth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Kristina Groves won silver in women's 1500m long-track speedskating.

Canada has earned its eighth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Jon Montgomery won gold in the men's skeleton final.

Canada has earned its seventh medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Christine Nesbitt won gold in 1000m long track speedskating.

Canada has earned its sixth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Marianne St-Gelais won silver in 500m short track speed skating.

Canada has earned its fifth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Maelle Ricker won gold in the women's snowboard cross final.

I was pretty psyched about the 500-metre speedskating event last night.  Like all of you, I was rooting heavily for Jeremy Wotherspoon. My anticipation quickly turned to embarrassment when the Olympia ice-resurfacing machines couldn't cut the mustard.  It was a comedy of errors.  The first Olympia machine dumped snow and

Canada has earned its fourth medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Mike Robertson won silver in the men's snowboard cross final.

Glove tap to Down Goes Brown and Bloge Salming for this chunk of solid gold. Mike Babcock and Steve Yzerman decided that as host nation, it would be fun to have the team record a friendly welcome message to the other teams.  This is the stellar resulting video. Yes, I

Canada has earned its third medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Alexandre Bilodeau won gold in the men's moguls event. And we never have to hear another word about being the only country to host an Olympics and not win gold.  Thank you, Alexandre, on behalf of all Canadians!

Canada has earned its second medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Speedskater Kristina Groves won bronze in the 3,000m speedskating event.

Canada has earned its first medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Jennifer Heil won silver in women's moguls.

Here are a few stunning images from last night's opening ceremonies for Vancouver 2010.  We've been discussing the ceremonies over here. [via The Big Picture]

I thought I'd miss the cauldron lighting as they opened the 2010 Vancouver Olympics because I was playing hockey.  It turns out I got home just in time to see k.d. lang sing one of my all-time favourite songs.  The final torchbearers were hockey great Wayne Gretzky, wheelchair athlete

Here are some good sites for following these XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. On the WebCBC's Vancouver Now - historically, I've always preferred CBC's online coverage of the games.  I've even installed the CBC News extension for Google Chrome. CTV Olympics - If you haven't heard,

Just yesterday we were discussing who will be the final torchbearer tonight as the Olympics kick off in Vancouver. Since I wrote that entry, we've been told it won't be Wayne Gretzky.  I'm sure we'll see Wayne tonight, but he won't be the person lighting the Olympic cauldron inside BC

Have you heard we're hosting the winter Olympics this month?  It's true, Vancouver narrowly beat out PyeongChang to win the IOC vote almost 7 years ago. I'll miss most of the opening ceremony due to hockey commitments, but I am naturally curious as to who will be our final torchbearer.

I understood why I was left off the Olympic men's hockey roster in 1998, 2002 and 2006.  I wasn't playing hockey.  In fact, I didn't play ice hockey after 1987 until last year. But that's just it.  I've been playing hard every week during the past two winters.  I've improved

I just saw the torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and, well, it's a joint.  Seriously, you can see it for yourself below this entry if you doubt me. Composed of stainless steel, aluminum and sheet moulding, the torch was designed to evoke snow, ice, skiing and skating, but to

Canada has earned its eighteenth medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Adam van Koeverden won silver in the in the K-1 500 kayak competition.

Canada has earned its seventeenth medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Karine Sergerie won silver in the in the 67 kilogram event taekwondo event.

Canada has earned its sixteenth medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Thomas Hall won bronze in the in the C-1 1000 canoe event.

Canada has earned its fifteenth medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Eric Lamaze won gold in the equestrian individual show jumping competition.

Canada has earned its fourteenth medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Emilie Heymans won silver in the women's 10-metre platform diving competition.

Canada has earned its thirteenth medal at the 2008 Beijing Games. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won bronze in the women's 100-metre hurdles.