Hey ladies???
It was a pretty disappointing morning/afternoon with USA's Olympic coverage with both the U.S. women's curling and hockey teams falling in dramatic fashion, and taking the air out of both competitions (curling is pretty much out of the medal hunt, a bronze medal is the best hockey can do).

Nice comeback by Cassie, Jamie and the gang (although they had their chance for four in the 10th end to win), before yet another extra-end loss. It was interesting, though, that the AP story mentions how popular the team has gotten during the Games (OK, so it's not just me). But when you get some cute-looking competitors not overly made up (see figure skating) or bundled up (see snowboarding), it's easy to get some attention.

As for hockey, at least the talk of just two teams dominating that competition can stop for now. The U.S. blew a 2-0 lead to Sweden, then failed to convert on a bunch of other opportunities, before falling in a shootout (where just about anything can happen). However, Sweden's goalie was brilliant, and might give Canada fits (assuming it advances to the gold-medal game). Now I wonder if the men will even be in medal contention.

And before the U.S. women's teams crashed and burned, there was Lindsey Jacobellis pulling a Leon Lett in the snowboard cross (a cool addition to the Games -- nice to have an "extreme sports" race, instead of yet another variation on figure skating) with one of the hills playing the role of Don Beebe.

While there appear to be two medals coming out of it (Jacobellis did win silver; U.S. women likely to win bronze), just doesn't seem like a good day for the ladies.