Google+ Haband: August 2012

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Olympic Fever

Have you been following the Olympic coverage over the last two weeks or so? There’s too much to watch it all, or you’d never get anything done, but the number of amazing stories, personal triumphs and defeats, come-from-behind victories — it’s everything we love about athletic competition, stuffed into two and half action-packed weeks! What always amazes me is when the coverage is about to shift to a different event, I’ll think to myself “I don’t care about that, it sounds kind of boring.” And then ten minutes later, invariably, I’ve been drawn into the competition, rooting for the American competitors to bring home the medals! So what do you think about the Olympic games this summer? What events have you enjoyed (or not enjoyed) the most? Let us know in the comments — if you’ll excuse me, the Women’s Hockey Semifinals (yes, it really exists!) will soon be beginning and I’m not going to miss that...