winter Olympics

It’s All Downhill

Sometimes you know its just not your day, well if you have ever felt like that imagine how US Bobsledder Johnny Quinn feels. Quinn successfully was selected for the Winter Olympics as part of the US Bobsled team, but he

Winter Games…

Every four years when the Winter Olympics approach the man whose performances saw the rules changed is always rolled out to talk about his memories of Calgary in 1988. We are of course talking about Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards. In

Commonwealth Games Come Under the Spotlight

In the past year there was a great deal of media coverage given and annoyance over Russia’s anti-gay legislation and its threatening to damage the soon-to-be-held Winter Olympics in Sochi. Now a storm is brewing in Scotland as Glasgow, host

Taking it to the Extreme.

With the winter Olympics in Sochi are just six months away the release of the film “The Crash Reel” could not have been better timed. The film tells the story of Kevin Pearce who when preparing for the 2010 Winter

Let Them Compete

The banning of India from the International Olympic Committee last week would appear to be a punishment for the budding athletes rather than those it is aimed at teaching a lesson, however the IOC does have a loophole through which