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It takes a lifetime of focus, practice, effort and dedication to take an athlete to the Olympic games.  In this clip Canadian Olympic speed skater Cindy Klassen talks about the sacrifices it takes to make it to the games. She says, “Putting everything into sport means you can’t do everything else.” Watch the video: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8f1Wj5nTSY&hl=en_US&fs=1&] It...

For Canadian bobsledder Lyndon Rush, there’s room for a little faith at the top of a bobsled run.   Hurtling down a course at speeds of up to 80 miles an hour takes faith – in your teammates, in your own skill and for Lyndon, faith in God too.  As Lyndon says in the video, “You have to be able to conquer your fear.” Watch Olympic bobsledder...

Cindy Klassen sounds like a champion. Asked how she stay focused, she replied “When I’m going through the hard times I always believe that I can do it.” As a member of the Canadian Olympic Women’s  Speed Skating Team Cindy won gold at the 2006 games in Turin.  She won five medals in total over the course of the games, tying the record for...

With the Olympics coming to town, one cannot help but be aware of the concern over the homeless population.  It has been a topic front and center since we first learned that Vancouver would be holding the 2010 games.  In 2006, CTV was already reporting that the homeless population in the city may have tripled, producing numbers of up to 3000 people...

Olympic bobsledder Curt Tomazevicz has no trouble navigating tricky corners.  As a member of the US Men’s Bobsled team, he’s had a lot of experience.   In the following interview Curt talks about how life is like bobsled and the importance of taking it one curve at a time. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTDZeQ63NKo&hl=en_US&fs=1&] On...

It’s hard to believe that the Olympics start today. I live in Vancouver.  These are our games. We’ve been hearing about the Olympics, pretty much non-stop, for seven years. In and around Vancouver the games are everywhere you look.  They are in the signs that tell me the new highway is complete, and in commercials on my TV asking me “Do you...

Recently, NHL hockey star Ilya Kovalchuk turned down a contract offer of $101,000,000 (that's a hundred and one million dollars) over 12 years.  His team, the Atlanta Thrashers, had no other option: they traded him. (Source: MSNBC) If he had accepted the contract, it would have made him the highest paid player in the NHL, generally considered...