Blog Hound -- Olympic Edition
With the Turin Games underway, THE DAILY offers a sampling of what some Olympic bloggers are dishing about.
BLOG NAME |
WEB ADDRESS |
| Untitled |
nydailynews.com |
| Watching the Games from his couch, Andy Clayton writes, “Listening to (and laughing at) the figure skating commentators is one of the best parts about watching the Olympics. The color guy for the pairs skating event on Saturday night is the early leader in the clubhouse for ‘best rant.’” |
| ESPN Insider Blog |
sports.espn.go.com |
| From Turin, Lindsay Berra writes, “This is my first Olympics, but I have heard all the horror stories about bus trips during prior Games from other journalists. Now, I get it.” |
| Blog Olympico |
newsday.typepad.com/sports_olympics |
| With Emily Hughes headed to Turin to replace Michelle Kwan, Shaun Powell writes, “What the country will discover is that, while she’s every bit as likeable and normal and bright as her sister, Emily isn’t ready yet to float home the way [her sister] Sarah did from the 2002 Games.” |
| Olympics Blog |
blogs.baltimoresun.com |
| Ray Frager writes, “Good call by whomever at NBC for deciding to devote a nightly show to figure skating. Olympic Ice (which airs at 6 p.m. on USA Network) strikes just the right tone -- informative, breezy, fun, gossipy, not taking itself too seriously.” |
Do you have an Olympic blog that we should be monitoring during the Games? Contact Jon Show at jons@sportsbusinessdaily.com
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