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Olympic Memories: Alpine Skiing

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, February 18, 2010,
My father and I had so many great experiences at the Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics it's not even funny. To sum them up in three brief entries is impossible as I created a whole scrapbook of the event, and still could've put more in there about what we did and saw. From watching Americans Casey Fitzrandolph and Kip Carpenter win gold and bronze, respectively, in the men's 500m speed skating to the fun times we had out in Park City, Utah, there's just so much that I could say. But really, noth...

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Olympic Memories: Ice Hockey

Posted by Jason Hussong on Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
If I had to choose one event to see at the Olympics it would be ice hockey. I grew up in Minnesota and thus grew up an ice hockey fan. I became interested in the sport too late to play, which is about 8-years-old in Minnesota, but held on to that love nonetheless. So, when my father and I purchased our ticket packages for the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, I knew I had to make sure I had some good puck in there to go with all the other events we'd see. And no, that didn't just mean me try...

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Olympic Memories: The Luge

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, February 16, 2010,
A lot of memories are flooding back to me from my 2002 trip the Salt Lake City Olympics with my father thanks generally to the Vancouver Olympics currently taking place in British Columbia, Canada. There are so many great things that I experienced while there that it's difficult to talk about them in one post; I mean, I volunteered during the Olympic torch ceremony here in Denver, I road tripped to the games with my father, and I experienced the rush of seven separate events. Heck, I was even...

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