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  • Classic mix-up: NBC confuses Terry Fox and Michael J. Fox

    Terry Fox is a Canadian legend whose cross-Canada run, the Marathon of Hope, inspired Canadians while raising money for cancer research. Michael J. Fox is a Canadian actor who starred in the legendary "Back to the Future" trilogy and has become an advocate for Parkinson's disease research. They're pretty easy to confuse for each other. Right, NBC?

    It's understandable to misspeak the name during a live setting, so we can give Meredith Vieira a pass. But the graphics are a little harder to explain, especially considering the broadcast actually showed Terry Fox before switching to the "Family Ties" star.

    I'm guessing NBC would love to take a DeLorean back to last night to get this right. Zing!

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  • Google yanks Olympic luge logo

    As you know, Google has always tried to keep its simple search engine hip with the time. On Valentines there is usually hearts, Halloween brings a pumpkin where one of the O's is supposed to be and the same for Christmas.

    One day after the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, however, Google got itself in a little hot water over their decision to put a luger in their logo. They have since pulled the logo after people took to Twitter complaining about the decision and replaced it with a snowboarder.

    It seems people are on the fence about this. Either they saw Google being insensitive to Kumaritashvili with the decision to stick a luger on the most popular website on the Internet, or they saw it as a nice tribute to the Georgian, and thought it was necessary to give respect to Nodar.

    It's a touchy subject, but it is worth discussing. Did you find the logo offensive or did you think it was fitting?

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  • Remarkable Swag: Olympic torchbearer mittens

    Does Remarkable Swag sound familiar? It should. It's Fourth-Place Medal's remix of Ball Don't Lie's Phenomenal Swag. See anything noteworthy? Let us know.

    If you paid close attention last night, you would have noticed that on the hands of most of the Canadian team, and on all of the torchbearers, were red knit mittens. They were emblazoned with a maple leaf, and they were pretty excellent.

    I have some good news. Those gloves can be your gloves for just $10.

    The red mittens have been a huge hit in Vancouver since their release in October, and have been repeatedly selling out in stores across the nation. Amazingly they weren't even intended for the public, but after the debut of the torchbearer's outfits, the response was too great to ignore. The rest is history.

    Literally. Parents of children are snapping up the mittens left and right, both as keepsakes and handwarmers. It's hard to blame them. Unlike the disastrous Team USA berets of 2006, these mittens are actually stylish and

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  • Plea to NBC: Stop with the tape delays

    On Friday night, like many of you, I was enjoying the Opening Ceremony of the 21st Winter Olympic Games. No matter my love affair with Augusta National or the special feeling I get when March Madness tips off; there is something about all the countries coming together for sport that gets my juices flowing.

    The problem is, NBC, who has the rights for the Games, doesn't like where I live. I didn't get to see the ceremony live because I live on the West Coast, which makes a ton of sense, seeing as how the games are being played on the West Coast. Seeing stuff on tape delay just isn't the same, especially in the technological world we live in. I found out about Wayne Gretzky and the torch well before it came on my screen. I heard about the torch malfunction on Twitter well before the countries had completed their walk through the stadium.

    NBC, listen ... you guys haven't been on a hot streak as of late. Between the Conan and Jay stuff and the word that the Olympics would lose you millions

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  • For the second day in a row, Olympic protesters clashed with police clad in riot gear in Vancouver. On Saturday, they went on a vandalizing spree, breaking windows and kicking cars as they walked along Vancouver streets.

    Several people were arrested. The action was not organized by any single anti-Olympic group, and was apparently disjointed.

    The protesters appear to have abandoned all pretense of promoting any political agenda. A hooded protester determined to provoke the police fell down. As police moved in to hand cuff him, he pulled out a camera and started taking photos of the police. Police finally mobilized with batons and hard helmets.

    At this point, it's not clear what the protesters are trying to accomplish. Like the IOC, I support the group's right to protest, but isn't it all a bit late? The Olympics are here. The cauldron has been lit, the Opening Ceremony was a success and the first events are under way. This late in the game, knocking over mailboxes and kicking in car

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Overall Medal Count

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
10 Australia 7 16 12 35

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