General Musings

Some General Thoughts......

Hard to believe that the Vancouver 2010 Games have been over for two weeks now. Despite the euphoria we all felt for our amateur athletes in Vancouver, things have certainly returned to normal in the sports media. Eric Guay wins the World Cup in the Giant Slalom, Kristina Groves is the World Cup Winner in Long Track Speed Skating, Jen Heil is the World Cup Champion in Moguls and the news barely makes it on to the back pages of the sports papers.


You may not have heard but arguably Canada's most dominant amateur athlete of all time retired this past weekend. Jeremy Wotherspoon, winner of 67 World Cup Races and the most dominant figure the sport has seen for the past decade is calling it quits. Some unfortunate instances at the Olympic Games may make Jeremy Canada's most under-appreciated athletes, but this man is a Canadian legend who should be inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame....immediately. Congratulations Jeremy on an outstanding career.


B2Ten. Likely haven't heard of them but their impact at the 2010 Games was incredible. Of the 14 Olympic Gold Medals that Canada won in Vancouver - 7 of them were impacted by this little unknown organization. B2Ten was founded by a group of private financiers looking to give our Winter Olympians the resources they needed in their drive to Vancouver - Sound familiar? The impact was profound. 50% of Canada's Olympic gold medallists were funded in part by this organization.


Own the Podium CEO - Dr. Roger Jackson is expected to step down from his post once his contract expires in June of 2010. His replacement is expected to be Alex Baumann.


How good are Alberta's Curlers. Not only were Canada's 2 Olympic Curling Teams from Alberta Alberta Teams have won the Brier - The Canadian Championship in the sport of Curling - 8 of the past 10 years. To give an example as to Alberta's true dominance in the sport after Kevin Martin and his Alberta Team decided to forgo this years Brier, Kevin Koe and his Alberta Team stepped right up. They ended up taking the 2010 Championship.