Day 5 of the Vancouver Olympics proved to be successful for Germany, who takes the lead in gold for the day. Here are the results of the latest medal count: Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Germany 3 4 2 9 2. U.S. 2 2 4 8 3. France 2 1 4 7...
The 21st Winter Olympics open Friday, February 12, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 5,000 athletes from 80 countries will compete over the 17 day competition. China will be sending the largest team of over 91 athletes to seek gold. There will be over 80 medals available for the...
The United States dominated the 2008 Olympics, as the country with the biggest number of medals (110). However, China had more gold medals (getting 51, far more than the United States’ 36). Russia ranked third with a sum of 72 medals. This would have been far different if this had been before...
Apollo Ohno was disqualified from the 500 meter speed skating race but earned 8 medals overall. The year old Seattle native was disqualified from the 500 meter competition Friday night for bumping into Canadian Francois-Louis Tremblay. This bump sent Tremblay skidding and Ohno was disqualified...
The Vancouver Olympics snowboarding competition broke records and made history. Snowboarder Shaun White succeeded in defying gravity, amazing spectators, and securing the U.S. 5th Gold medal. The event occurred yesterday at Cypress Mountain, British Columbia. White secured the title of "one of...
Do you ever dream of getting away for an exotic vacation, but feel constrained by obstacles such as cost, distance, the hassle of traveling with small children, or fun diseases like malaria? Well, you need not look any further than you can drive for the next “Most Amazing Vacation Ever!”...
Looking to catch all the action at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Below we've included a schedule with time and date for each event. Saturday, February 13» Alpine skiing (men's) - 11:45 a.m.» Biathlon (women's) - 1 p.m.» Freestyle skiing (women's) - 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.» Hockey (women's) - noon, 5...
As the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver draw to a close, the revelers face a huge problem: a condom shortage. An emergency shipment of condoms is traveling west through Canada to Vancouver where the crowd waits for the truck. On Wednesday, Vancouver health officials had already dispensed a...
Evan Lysacek, age 24, from Naperville, Illinois, won America's free skate gold medal last night. This is the first Olympic gold won by the U.S. since Brian Boitano. Lysacek outskated, outperformed, and out energized Russia's "quad-master" Evgeny Plushenko. Lysacek's figure skating routine centered...
The 15th Annual Polar Bear Plunge is set for the waters of the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, Maryland today. Today's Polar Bear Plunge known as "Plungapolooza" is the largest annual winter event in the U.S. The event requires participants to plunge into the icy water despite low, mid winter...
