Turin Trio

Chillin' With Bode, Apollo and Natasha

GeorgeDiaz — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:46:30 -0500

The road to paradise begins on the media bus. It is not the intended destination, of course, but it serves as the starting point for what would become my greatest Olympic adventure. Rick Reilly, the talented Sports Illustrated columnist who...

Are You Proud of Us?

Jemele Hill — Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:40:02 -0500

(Note: I'm not sure how American television is framing the coverage. I only can get Italian channels, which for the last 28 hours have aired Any Given Sunday) Don't know how you folks back home will feel about this, but...

You Dropped The Bomb on Me

GeorgeDiaz — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:49:17 -0500

You may heave heard abut the recent security scare here when police found an abandoned car with the engine running near the main media center. After police evacuated about 150 residents from two apartment buildings and nearby cars were towed,...

Sasha, Sasha, Sasha

Jemele Hill — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 22:02:08 -0500

Once you all tear yourselves away from American Idol and watch the results of tonight's women's figure skating, I'm expecting a debate to ensue about whether U.S. champion Sasha Cohen really earned the silver medal.

The Waiting Game

Jemele Hill — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:22:00 -0500

T-minus two hours until women's figure skating begins. Well, technically, it began about two hours ago, but the competition won't really start until short program leader Sasha Cohen takes the ice about 4:30 p.m., Orlando time. Tell you what, it's...

Let's Go Dutch? I THINK NOT

GeorgeDiaz — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:47:10 -0500

The Dutch Boy stalks me. It started Monday night, when he started making inappropriate remarks to a woman in our group of friends making a field trip to a local bar.

Super Size Me II

Jemele Hill — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 14:59:36 -0500

Don't know if you've ever seen the documentary, Super Size Me, but it's sequel is happening right here in the Main Media Center in Turin. The MMC is an enormous facility where us media types come to do our work...

It's Sasha World

Jemele Hill — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:39:54 -0500

Sasha Cohen did not let the evil Slutskaya win. (Again, Slutskaya isn't evil, but I'm reverting back to Cold War days) Cohen was the last participant of the night, and bested Slutskaya 66.73 to 66.70 in the short program --...

Short Program, First Half

Jemele Hill — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:03:57 -0500

The first half of the women's short program is in the books and my favorite thus far has been Emily Hughes. And nope, she's not in first.

Houston We Have a Problem

GeorgeDiaz — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:53:53 -0500

Having an anonymous source can be invaluable in this business. I consider myself fortunate to be able to talk to good friends in the Olympic loop who can give me the dirty dish without fear of reprisal because I will...