 The 2010 Vancouver Olympics were full of excitement, drama, and tragedy. Team USA had a terrific overall performance and came home with the most medals. 37 total medals as Team USA essentially won these games. That total is the most ever for Team USA in the Winter Olympics. Alpine Skiing was the big winner this year, bringing home a total of 8 medals.
There were some significant New York an...
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 This past week has had several major sports stories to follow, not only in the New York region, but both nationally and even internationally as well. The First and probably biggest story of the week, can be summed up in one word. Tiger. Tiger Woods both admitted to his sexual escapades and apologized for them. He had a internationally televised press conference with a hand selected media that wasn...
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I remember when the world stopped for the Olympics. I remember when it was a big deal and every event was worth my time and energy. Sadly, those days are gone and here is why.
NBC Olympic coverage underwhelming– I like Bob Costas but much like sugared up kids at a birthday party he gets annoying and you want to send him home after a while. I was hoping NBC would do something different besi...
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 Day four of the Double G Sports Vancouver Olympics Preview will cover Figure Skating, Curling and Cross-Country Skiing. Check out the site home page for our previous previews.
Figure Skating
The Unites States leads the all time medal count with 44, including 13 golds. Lately the USA has dropped off their past dominance. In the 2006 Torino games, they won just two silver medals. This year they h...
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 Its Day 3 of our Vancouver Olympic Preview. Monday I covered Biathlon, Ski Jumping and Alpine Skiing. Yesterday we talked about Snowboarding, Short Track and Bobsleigh events. Today we are previewing Ice Hockey, Freestyle Skiing and Skeleton. The games are just a few days away!
Ice Hockey
Canada is crazy about their hockey and since they are hosting this years games, you know the country is thin...
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Day 2 of our Vancouver Olympics Preview. Yesterday I covered Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing and Biathlon. Today we will discuss Snowboarding, Bobsleigh and Short Track.
Snowboarding Snowboarding continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in the world. It first became an Olympic competition in 1981 with its newest event being introduced as recently as the 2006 Torino games. The snowboard comp...
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 This Friday is the start of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Each day this week, Double G Sports will give a quick preview of three events in this years olympics. There are 15 events in total, so by Friday all the events will be covered.
The first three events I will preview are Ski Jumping, Alpine Skiing, and Biathlon.
Ski Jumping
Ski Jumping will be the first event in this years olympic game...
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 When I look at what the Caps did this off season I'm reminded of the Pittsburgh Penguins of last season. On paper it appears they got worse losing Merrian Hossa and other key figures in their run but it ultimately made for a better team.
The Caps lost several key figures like Sergei Fedorov and Viktor Kozlov and Fedorov's lockeroom presence will be missed. Kozlov was a very productive center-win...
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