"Imagine working four years for one moment. This is their Super Bowl. Bigger, even. Such a good lesson for all of us. They work hard for hours a day, day after day, with no one watching. There's no result right away. You can't see the benefit of what you are doing right away.... It's tedious, tiring, regimented. But if you don't do the tedious stuff, you'll never win. That's one of the things the Olympics can teach us all." Lovie Smith, Chicago Bear's Coach
CANADIAN JUNIORS IN KELOWNA - From Terry Ryan
Here is a link to the junior championship draw
starting tomorrow( Aug, 7th ). Looks like they will be posting real-time scores, so you can
follow along as the games are played. Looks like all the Peterborough boys are
in the same group. One of them should be meeting Cameron Lefrense in the next
round, but they have to get by Grant Wilkie, last year's champ, first. The
second group also has Robbie Law, the young giant killer, who beat all 3 Ontario
boys last year in Montreal.
Other than the Ontario girls, I don't recognize any
of the players on the female side. With the gold and silver girls from last year
not in attendance, it should be a wide open competition.
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Canada/ USA Olympic Soccer August 6• I saw something for the first time tonight. Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen made a game-changing call that incensed the Canadians when they were up 3-2 late in the second half. I have never seen a team in an elite-level game given an indirect free kick in the box for the opposing goalie being deemed to have held onto the ball longer than the six-second time limit. But that's exactly the call Pedersen made against Canadian keeper Erin McLeod. On the ensuing free kick, Rapinoe's blast hit Lauren Sesselmann in the hand, which seemed like a fairly straightforward penalty (though Canadian fans would probably disagree). Wambach nailed the spot kick, but there will be plenty of talk about that eyebrow-raising free kick call. If the referee had warned McLeod before, it might be a bit more understandable. If not, the U.S. most definitely caught a break. Grant Wahl
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/grant_wahl/08/06/olympics-usa-canada/index.html#ixzz22oSB96v2
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London Olympics: All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Gold, by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times.How much is a gold medal worth? Try $708.Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics
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