Are you ready for some Olympics?! Countdown ’til opening ceremony….uhh, right. OK. I don’t know either. But at least I know the Olympics are coming up… in Torino, even.
I know, you’re thinking to yourself, “Weren’t the games just in Greece?” Yes, they were. But these are the winter Olympics. You know, the ones on snow and ice. Skiing, hockey, skeleton(!?). Remember now?
OK, you’re excused. After all, you’re not alone. Unless you’re Canadian, or around a bunch of Canucks.
Then the winter games are bigger than Easter is to the Pope. After all, their major media outlet has a whole page dedicated to these so-called games. NBC has a dinky video in their screening room, surrounded by videos from a bunch of other regular tv shows. And to get to CBC’s Olympic coverage you click on one of the couple links on the main page. Including one “above the fold” (that is, before you have to scroll down) and others after scrolling. NBC’s has one link below the fold (to the video).
But I guess that makes sense. While Americans aren’t all that into the World Baseball Classic or the winter Olympics, Canadians live for the winter games. Their whole country is based on winter sports. And wearing Olympic gear. They play hockey in their backyards, for crying out loud! (OK, their school yards and the street and ponds and rinks too)
So come February 10th (yes, that’s when they start — 14 days!), there’s really only 2 words this American has to say…
GO CANADA!
Bah… Bode is going to crush all those silly Canadians in the Downhill Speed events, which are after all the only thing worth watching in the winter olympics.