Winter Games Medal Frenzy For U.S., Canada
With 37 medals guaranteed, the U.S. has more than any country has won at any Winter Games. It's also only the second time in the 21 Winter Olympics that Americans have won the medal count, the other coming at Lake Placid, N.Y. in 1932. By taking gold in curling on Saturday night, the Canadians tied the record for most golds at a Winter Olympics, 13, set by the Soviets in 1976 and matched by Norway in 2002. Today, they surpassed the record, with a 3-2 victory over USA in men's ice hockey. Good for North America.
NBC: Olympics Attracts 185 Million Viewers
NBC Univeral said its broadcast of the Winter Olympics attracted 185 million viewers in the U.S. in 16 days, exceeding the same period for the 2006 games.
Yet as Booker Rising mentioned earlier today, while other Americans were tuned into Winter Olympics coverage, black households avoided Winter Olympics coverage like the plague. 'Tis a shame, because folks would've seen that more black athletes got medals than any other Winter Games.
Russia Now On The Clock As Countdown Begins For 2014 Olympics
Vancouver, Canada has passed the torch to Sochi, Russia which will host the next Winter Olympics in 2014. Sochi, located 900 miles south of Moscow, is a resort town set between the shores of the Black Sea and the snow-capped Caucasus Mountains. It is known as the Russian Riviera and is a popular tourist destination. The 2014 Games - which will be the first time that Russia will host a Winter Olympics - is already is under fire from activists. The World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace are protesting, claiming unique habitats are being destroyed and that the Mzymta River has been contaminated.
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