Phelps beats the traffic
THE WINTER OLYMPICS - as the Eagles' Shawn Andrews might say - got its Michael Phelps on. The swimming phenom was in attendance as the U.S. men's hockey team defeated Norway, 6-1, yesterday in Vancouver.
THE WINTER OLYMPICS - as the Eagles' Shawn Andrews might say - got its Michael Phelps on.
The swimming phenom was in attendance as the U.S. men's hockey team defeated Norway, 6-1, yesterday in Vancouver.
Phelps, who has won 14 career gold medals, cheered for the red, white and blue while wearing a gray painter's cap and gray scarf.
But unlike his Olympic races, in which he always went the distance, Phelps didn't last the entire game.
He departed with about 5 1/2 minutes left after Ryan Malone's goal had put the U.S. team ahead, 4-1.
Time four a change
On Wednesday, Germany's Daniela Anschutz-Thoms will compete in the women's 5,000-meter speedskating event.
Don't be surprised if she finishes fourth.
The 35-year-old Anschutz-Thoms has finished fourth in big events such as the Olympics and World Championships 15 times over the last 12 years. That includes last Sunday's 3,000-meter race, in which she missed the silver medal by three-hundredths of a second.
After that race, though disappointed, she managed to poke some sarcastic fun at herself.
"Winning all my fourth places has always been a close call," she told German Web site Bild.com.
@%*&#!$ cameras
Bud Keene, who coaches halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White, got a wee bit excited before White's final attempt in Wednesday's finals.
So much so that he dropped a few verbal bombs.
Trouble was that NBC was listening in and viewers were treated to more than a few choice words.
After the race, Keene told Yahoo Sports! that he knew his words had gone out over the air but "usually there's not a camera in my face."
- Tom Mahon
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