Well the biggest sporting event in the world is over for another four years. The past month has certainly been filled with ups and downs, highs and lows, and all sorts in between.
Obviously only one team really won, but many of the other 31 teams also did a lot that they should be proud of and some of them…well there’s always 2014.
Here are my thoughts on the biggest winners and losers of the event.
I’ll admit it. I’ve a bit of a wagon rider when it comes to The Beautiful Game. I don’t follow the big European leagues, or even the small North American ones. But every two years when the World Cup and European Championships are under way, I start to get soccer fever. But this year, working in an International School, the passion and emotion for the game that I was surrounded with where much more than I’ve experienced in indifferent Canada.
So in bringing back an old feature of this blog, here are the main reasons I’ve grown to love this sporting event.
I’m not from Cleveland, I’m not from Miami, hell the NBA isn’t much more than a passing interest to me at the end of the day. It’s not hockey we’re talking about here after all.
But all of that being said, it’s hard not to get caught up in the drama of the past 8 days that has centred around LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh. These three have been on a serious of high profile meetings with a variety of teams looking to improve their chances of breaking the Lakers-Celtics-Spurs hegemony of the post-lockout era.
Understandably, the people of Cleveland are upset. For the first time since the early days of the Browns they had the best athlete in their sport. To make it even more incredible, he was from the area. He loved the dirty little town and its inhabitants. Now, he has gone for greener, warmer, and potentially more successful pastures.
I know that people are upset and all, but really, can you blame him?
Welcome back to our Predictacular! The third round seems to have ended as quickly as it begins, lasting only one game longer than the minimum. Now we are faced with a very intriguing Stanley Cup final between the two teams that finished near the bottom of the league just three short seasons ago. Oddly for two traditional hockey cities, this is only the second time that they have faced in the playoffs, with the Hawks getting a sweep back in 1971. Will history repeat itself a mere 39 years after the fact? Here’s what our supposed experts have to say.
Alright, so I thought about doing this for the whole tournament, but my computer broke and I was in Malaysia, and yadd-yadda-yadda. Anyway, I know few of you will believe me, but I thought that Slovakia would make some noise. I certainly didn’t see them outlasting Russia in a shootout, but I thought that they would do better than projected.
Tonight for all of you in North America, or tomorrow for me, is the real start of the tournament. The three marquee matches are underway, followed by the qualifying round, and then it gets really interesting. Everyone is trying to make some predictions, so here are mine…
After 46 rounds of sheer awesomeness it is time for things to get real. With the help of my favourite website in the history of the universe (for this week), WhatIfSports.com it is time for a showdown.
For those of you unfamiliar with this site let me fill you in on a few things. First off, it is AWESOME. Secondly, it is a fantasy sports simulator where you can choose any two sports teams of all time and have them have a showdown. Naturally, I spent a lot of time simulating various hockey games (note: the ‘76 Habs win the most). Thirdly, you can draft your own dream team, which naturally we did to simulate our NOlympic teams. Fourthly, this site is AWESOME.
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