Yup.

I think the only team sport that won't have the unfair advantage is going to be hockey. At least for the NHL players who have played at [former] GM Place and know the ice and how the boards bounce.

At the same time, I doubt this is the first time the home country has made competition venues off-limits to the other countries so they can have an advantage.

The article talks about that, no it's not the first time but the Canadians have apparently gone leaps and bounds beyond what other countries have done in the past.

If you are competing and you only have a limited number of practice runs it follows that you have to push yourself harder on those runs. You can't take time to feel out the course and slowly build speed and experience.

How can that not have contributed to the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili?

To me it seems he died at least in part to give Canada an edge in the games.

I'm not sure at this point if I'll be able to watch any of these games or not.

That video is not for the squeemish. I'm not squeemish and it wasn't for me.

Wow.

I caved and watched. It's pretty brutal. And astounding that they'd design it the track with a row of bare posts RIGHT THERE. He didn't stand a chance.

Indeed you are correct. One has to wonder what the designers were thinking.

Well, the good news is that you know the Ducks can't lose a game in the next couple of weeks!

Lindsay Vonn's being interviewed. I'm already bored.

We're tivo'ing the festivities for that very reason.

So an hour in and still no opening ceremony