Welcome to your weekday Olympic village. Tonight: Ice dancing has one final chance to offend. Freestyle skiing! Team ski jumping! Crank up your old Jock Jams Vol. III cassette, pull up a beanbag and let's talk about the Olympics.
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With two pairs in the top four (Davis and White in second, and Belbin and Agosto in fourth), the United States looks to put two teams on the medal stand after tonight's compulsory dance. Also, Freestyle Skiing continues with men's moguls. Plus, team Ski Jumping.
But first, take a look at some of the excellent hate mail we received after suggesting last night that nobody in America cares about hockey:
Blair Stewart from England wins for relevant cultural references:
I read your tepid, hack-y Gawker article on NBC's coverage of hockey and after perusing through your work I can say you're the Hipsterest Hipster that ever Hipstered in Williamsburg. Congrats, you've won the cliché lottery for sportswritin' usually given out to Rick Reilly.
Now go die in a Vice Magazine loft party.
Mike Marrone wins for racism:
You are an idiot. Go watch Yao Ming or the Korean speed skating team or play with your calculator. Don't write about hockey.
Jonathan Moncrief wins for sarcasm:
Yeah, you are right, Americans don't care at all about hockey.
This article from last April, stating that the NHL established record attendance for a fourth straight season, confirms just how correct you are:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=417969Thanks for continuing to feed the stereotype and not doing any research at all. Took me all of five seconds to find that on the internet.
CORRECTION: A previous post mistakenly claimed that "Nobody in America gives a shit about hockey." In fact, two people in America and one person in England give a shit about hockey.
Chat away, friends.
