The Story behind the Canadian Flag at the Olympics

This story is now a bit dated, but still moving. For those of you who don't know the flag in the Canadian athlete's residence was from Afghanistan.

You can see the story courtesy of the CBC. Ron Mclean interviews Canada's military attache to China.

Worth a watch.

Open the flood gates?!

Canada finally has won some medals! Three in fact, 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze. I can't help the fact that I still don't care. Why should I care about some silly, self-absorbed "elite" athlete competing in events I don't care about? Well, I guess there is always nationalism or something.

I do not at all follow Silken's thoughts on this:
Back at home, Canada's collective hand-wringing over the lack of medals may be based on a mistaken belief that the country has a strong sports culture, said Silken Laumann, a three-time Olympic medallist.

"We have this perception that we are into sports, that we're a sports-minded country, but when you look at it, inactivity and obesity are a real challenge in this country and the sports we follow are professional male sports," said Laumann, who thrilled the country during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning a bronze medal following a severe training accident that threatened her career.

I can't at all subscribe to that inane school of thought. She is confusing sports with entertainment. Oh, and women's hockey is great too!

I am sorry, hockey, football, basketball etc are marketed and sold as entertainment, not sport. We do not watch NHL hockey to live the dream of some professional overpaid athlete, we watch it to be entertained. When we are not entertained, we stop watching. The professional leagues are very aware of the importance of entertainment value, you can tell this by each professional league tweaking the rules and game play over the years to create more entertainment value.

Am I wrong to feel this way? I don't think so.