Surely you’ve noticed the oodles of Google “doodles” over the years … but I never knew how big this conspiracy was until my friend Joe pointed it out to me today ..
The Google Curling Doodle

Apparently – this isn’t the first doodle of the Torino 2005 Olympics .. they have .. (yes, you guessed it) oodles and oodles of other Google Doodles!

Seth Wescott has won gold in the Snowboard Cross event. Seth was predicted to be the winner of the event by many people and has lived up to those expectations. In the finals competing against Seth were Radoslav Zidek, Paul-Henri Delerue, and Jordi Font.
There are more posts about Seth Wescott at Snow Skills as well as a video clip of Seth Wescott on Letterman. Congratulations Seth, I guess this means I owe you a Beer when you get home. :)

All hopes of an American Alpine Skiing Gold was pinned on the controversial Bode Miller, but it was the 21 year old Ted Ligety from Park City, Utah who snatched the Gold at the Combined event.

Ligety hoisting the American Flag (Source: NBC)

Following Lindsey Kildow’s accident on the slopes this morning is another frightening crash, this time at the Women’s Luge event.
Two thirds of the way into her second run, Samantha Retrosi bumped into a wall on the straightaway, lost control, and smashed into the high side of the track. She laid on the track motionless as the medical team tended to her.
Retrosi bumped into a wall on the straightaway (Source: NBC)

Hannah Teter (46.4) and Gretchen Bleiler (43.4) provided a one-two punch for the U.S. by sweeping Gold and Silver at the Snowboarding Halfpipe event respectively.
Norwegian Kjersti Buaas (42.0) won the bronze, preventing a clean sweep of the medals by the Americans. Salt-Lake City Gold Medalist, Kelly Clark, could only manage a fourth place finish.

Teter and Bleiler elated (Source: NBC)

Just a day after Shaun White “The Flying Tomato” and Danny Kass took gold and silver in the men’s halfpipe, Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler also went 1-2 with the gold going to Teter, and Bleiler taking the silver.
You can watch it sometime tonight, with coverage kicking off at 8pm Eastern.

From the article:
Michelle Kwan dropped out of the Olympics on Sunday morning, one day after she cut short a practice because of a recurring groin injury.
The U.S. figure skater said Saturday she didn’t want to drop out, but would have to “listen to my body.” She missed last month’s U.S. nationals with a groin injury, and needed a medical bye onto the Turin team…
…The U.S. Olympic Committee submitted a request to replace Kwan with Emily Hughes, the third-place finisher at last month’s nationals. An answer is expected later this week, and Hughes was expected to travel to Turin on Sunday. …read more

The U.S. women’s hockey team opened the Olympics with a comfortable win.
Tricia Dunn-Luoma scored a 5-on-3 shorthanded goal and captain Krissy Wendell added two of the Americans’ four third-period goals as the U.S. overcame Patricia Elsmore-Sautter’s superb 50-save performance in a 6-0 victory over Switzerland on Saturday night.
American first lady Laura Bush and daughter Barbara arrived at the Esposizioni rink during the second period and were there to witness as the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team began to shine!

Via MSNBC – My favorite Olympic topic this year is Bode Miller! And according to MSNBC Bode Miller is now in a good position to win his first gold medal in the downhill coming up Sunday.
Miller, who hasn’t talked to reporters since arriving in the mountains, sent a strong message on the course with a blazing run before slowing down just before the finish. His time of 1 minute, 31.87 seconds through the fifth and final intermediate clocking was the fastest of the field. Maier was second-fastest at 1:32.34, and Antoine Deneriaz of France was next at 1:32.39.