EVENT: NORDIC COMBINED Nordic Combined is an Olympic sport that combines two sports that we have already discussed on the blog-cross-country skiing and ski jumping. This sport was a part Read More
EVENT: SKI JUMPING Ski jumping is the event in which competitors speed down a ramp to try and jump the greatest distance. In addition to how far the skiers jump, Read More
EVENT: CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Cross country skiing has been an Olympic sport since the first Games in Chamonix, France in 1924 with women’s events being added in the 1952 Games in Read More
EVENT: SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING Short Track Speed Skating is essentially the “Roller Derby meets Arena Football” cousin of regular, or long track, speed skating. Multiple skaters (usually between four Read More
EVENT: SPEED SKATING Speed skating, also known as long track speed skating, involves competitors trying to achieve the fastest times while racing various distances around a 400-meter oval. It is Read More
EVENT: ALPINE SKIING Also known as downhill skiing, this encompasses 5 events that include the Downhill, Super-G, Slalom, Giant Slalom and Super Combined. Competitors use skis with fixed-heel bindings as Read More
Sports Medicine and the 2014 Winter Olympics The wait is finally over! The XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi are here and with the Games comes the thrilling and dramatic competition Read More
To many, robotic surgery probably sounds like something out of the future or still in development. The truth is, robotic orthopaedic surgery is not only available, but it has many Read More
A recent anonymous NFL Nation survey of 320 NFL players asking if they would still participate in the Super Bowl with a concussion revealed that 85 percent would indeed still Read More
An Espn.com story this week highlighted an anonymous NFL Nation survey of 320 players where 85 percent said they would play in the Super Bowl with a concussion. Both on Read More