Pride & Falls

Everyone's acting so disappointed by Team USA's performance in Torino. Before the Games began you could often catch commercials touting this as America's Strongest Team Ever, so on and so forth.

We all remember the old saw, pride goeth before a fall.


Well Team USA has more than it's share of falls this Olympics. Along with disqualifications and just plain under-performances.

While U.S. athletes have, at last count, a total of eight medals, five of them gold, that doesn't seem to be enough for the public.

Maybe if we spent more time concentrating on stories about athletes who've overcome the odds just to get to the Olympics, athletes who celebrate simply competing, etc, we could get back to the reason for the season.


Promoting peace through sports and celebrating success (of any source) against the odds. Or not.

Nimitz' Lady