It didn’t begin with any fanfare. Outside of the racers, the week preceding the day had been like a torturous boot camp. I had signed on as a course worker for the Paralympics. I joined my fellow weasel workers on Monday on the slalom course. It was covered with a foot of fresh West Coast wet sludgy snow. The temperature was above freezing. … [Read more...]
All about the Games
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
“I can’t get no respect.” Rodney Dangerfield. In the true Olympic spirit, here’s little Canada, doing the best it can to put on a fair event, rules emplaced, let’s leave the rest to the players and hope for a dose of high drama type of contest plus actually pulling it off, while having to listen to the 52-man British media team whine … [Read more...]
Nancy Greene lights Olympic flame
February 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Few Canadians have the Olympic connections that Nancy Greene has. Apart from being an Olympic medallist, being awarded Canada’s Female Athlete of the Century and Olympic Ambassador, Greene was chosen to light the Olympic cauldron during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Games. Fellow Canadian sport icons Steve Nash, Rick Hansen, … [Read more...]
