RIP Sarah Burke

"It's what our lives are, being on the hill and there’s a reason for that, it’s amazing, it’s where we met, where we live, and, hopefully, where we die."

D.C. Welcomes Olympians and Paralympians

The 2010 USA Olympic and Paralympic teams are in the nation's capital and will visit the White House tomorrow afternoon. This afternoon some of the athletes did some promotional events in D.C., including speed skater Shani Davis and member of the four-man bobsled team, Steve Holcomb. (Yes, I included links to their websites b/c they both have slick videos when you enter their sites.)

I had the pleasure of attending one of these promotional events this afternoon and here are my conclusions: Bobsleds are awesome, and the Vancouver medals are the coolest medals ever.

While it was cool to meet Holcomb and Davis, I'm still bummed because I missed meeting the Paralympic sled hockey team a couple weeks ago in Laurel, MD. The lucky Georgetown students got to meet my favorite medalist at a study break this afternoon. Yep, that's right - Quad City native Andy Yohe, the captain of Team USA Sled Hockey. The only thing better than a gold medal, is a gold medal won by someone from the Quad Cities. Go Team USA!!

Hockey is for Everyone!

If you don't have plans this weekend, head out to Laurel, MD with me. If you do have plans this weekend, cancel them and head out to Laurel, MD this weekend for the 6th Annual Hockey Disabled Festival at the Gardens Ice House.

I am a big fan of the Olympic Games, but the Paralympics are even more near and dear to my heart. The Olympics are an exciting time full of competition, determination and athleticism; but the Paralympics are all that and then some. If I had to describe it in one word, it would be perseverance. If I had more words to describe it, I would write this blog post about the Vancouver Paralympic Games.

The Hockey Disabled Festival will feature hockey games like you have never seen before. There will be games all weekend long in four categories: Special hockey, sled hockey, standing amputees, and deaf/hearing impaired. You can also meet the US Paralympic Sled Hockey team and check out their gold medals (the Vancouver medals were way cooler than all previous medals, by the way.) And the Stanley Cup will be making an appearance at the festival.

If that's not enough to convince you to head out to Laurel this weekend... can I interest you in some cake?