Jon Joseph

Forum friends, with today's plethora of posts, I'm hoping that I didn't Puck Up! 😁

Some New England understatement when it comes to the play of USA goaltender Connor Hellebuyck having a 'solid' game. 41 saves today, 4-0 with 1.23 goals against for the tournament. Amazing. Canadian goaltender Jordan Binnington also played a terrific game. Today, Connor was under siege. There was a lot of Miracle on Ice juju going for the USA today. In every respect except goaltending, Canada outplayed the USA. Over the spectrum of sports, the QB in football probably has the greatest significance on the outcome of the game. But right up there, if not more important, is a hockey team's goaltender. Today, the last line of defense, USA goaltender Hellebuyck, was the reason the Red, White, and Blue won the Gold.

Skating 3 on 3 in OT usually makes for a shorter OT. Both goaltenders played solid games.

The skating speed of both teams in the Gold Medal game was off the charts. The skating on TV may have been enhanced a bit by the Olympic rink being 3 feet shorter than the standard NHL rink. The distance from the blue lines to the end of the rink was the same. Center ice between the blue lines was three feet shorter.

USA Men's team member Brock Nelson's grandfather played on the 1960 Gold Medal team, and his uncle was on the 1980 squad that won the Gold 46 years ago on today's date. Break Away ON SIUSA's Brock Nelson Continues Family Legacy With Olympic G...Brock Nelson became the third generation of his family to win Olympic hockey gold when Team USA defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime at Milano Santagiulia Arena. The

46 Years Ago, to the day, since Al Michaels - Do you believe in miracles? Yes! USA breaks 46-year drought on Miracle on Ice anniversary

Terrific win for the Ducks over USC. Tough loss for Michigan vs Duke. The B1G and B12 are looking tourney good. https://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/big_ten_big_12_rule_the_ncaa_tournament_top_16_reveal/s1_13132_43499515?utm_source=mb&utm_medium=email&mb_edition=20260222&mb_loc=right_h

WOW! Thanks for the blast from the past. Back then, the World Series was played in the daylight. We snuck transistor radios into Middle School to listen to the games played during the week. The entire school erupted when Mazeroski hit the famous, Series-clinching walk-off home run.

Oh, (oh) Canada. Women's and Men's teams take down Canada 2-1 in overtime. A sweep of the Canucks for the USA and the first Olympiad in which both the Women's and Men's teams won Gold Medals. In 1960, I recall watching the USA upsetting Russia 3-2 in the semifinals, the 'Forgotten Miracle' game, before defeating Czechoslovakia 9-4, to win the USA Men's hockey team's first Olympic Gold Medal. The games were played on an outdoor rink in Squaw Valley, California, with no helmets required to be worn, and the games were broadcast only in black and white. Two players from Harvard, Billy and Bobby Cleary, played for the USA. I attended the same prep school as did the Cleary brothers, Belmont Hill School, where a photo of the 1960 team was a prominent feature in our locker room. For many years, Bobby was Harvard's all-time leading scorer. Billy went on to coach the hockey team at Harvard before serving as Harvard's AD from 1990 through 2001. United States pulled off 'bigger miracle' at 1960 Olympic...Upset hockey powers en route to winning hockey gold for 1st time In the Women's Gold Medal game against Canada, with just over a minute left in regulation, the tying goal was scored by the team captain and Wisconsin Badger, Hilary Knight. Another Badger and the first Black woman to play for the USA team, Laila Edwards, was given an Assist on Hilary's goal. The player who scored the Golden Goal for the USA Men's team, Jack Hughes, comes from a hockey family. Jack went directly from high school to the NFL. Brothers Quinn and Luke played for Michigan before moving up to the NHL. The two Gold Medal games won by the USA Men's and Women's teams helped lead the USA to its greatest medal haul in the history of the Winter Olympics. 1st - Norway - 38 Medals - 18 Gold 2nd - United States of America - 33 Medals - 12 Gold 3rd - Italy - 30 Medals - 10 Gold for the host nation. Heavy SportsQuinn & Jack Hughes' Parents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to KnowMeet Jim and Ellen Hughes, the hockey parents behind Team USA stars Quinn and Jack Hughes at the 2026 Winter Olympics.USA, USA, USA!

Luke and Mike, looks like you boys picked a B1G bad season to stop sniffing glue. 🤪 And Dabo? You just made the list, buddy. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/10-college-football-coaches-pressure-2026-mike-norvell-luke-fickell/

8 AM Eastern/5 AM Pacific. NBC 😴 Hey, you Hosers, forget about putting the IPAs, Moulsons, and Budweisers on ice; line up the Bloody Mary essentials, and don't forget the Tabasco sauce, eh? SITeam USA, Canada Fulfill Their Olympic Destiny As Gold Me...From the first drop of the puck, the U.S. dominated Slovakia in Friday’s semifinal to set up a final for the ages in Milan on Sunday.

5.3 million viewers on USA and Peacock, the most ever for a Women's Ice Hockey game.

Instead of the Chargers firing anyone, ESPN fired the wanker who made the prediction, Todd "McShade." Er, Todd McShay. 😁 The payback for Hubris is a witch! 👺

AMEN! And how about Babe Parilli, who played for coach Bear Bryant and won an SEC title at Kentucky! You can't have nice football stuff at basketball schools, right? What's that? I thought I heard you say something about the Hoosiers and a Cig? 😁

Thanks for the post, Steven A., and for all of your other great posts. I cop to losing interest when I saw Bo's name next to Auburn and Fernando's name next to Indiana, and not Cal. Yes, Mendoza won the Heisman playing at Indiana. Indiana is appropriate for Fernando. But wasn't Bo a Heisman finalist when he played at Oregon, not Auburn? No Justin Herbert? Where are the Dutchman, Dan Fouts, Akili Smith, Joey Harrington, and other impact QBs who played for OBD? No Joe Namath? For that matter, where's Bart Starr? Oh well, consider the source, and also consider that in today's wired world, everything that happened before 2000 is ancient history. Watch out for the waving cane! 🤬 Who knew? - I hope the guy who authored the article did not major in English at Oregon. Football teams are not 'Whos.' The QBs who played on the teams are 'Who's.'