Cali,
Wisconsin is up to two golds and a bronze medal at this point. Minnesota is doing about the same. You're right about So. Cal, it seems like that area has become the hot bed of skating. I got you on the ducks -
Nice! Real nice!
What's sad is the fact that the USOC doesn't recognize that speed skating in Wisconsin draws the best out of Illinois as well.
You were right for years about Minnesota and hockey. But as I pored over the roster for this year's team (even though they are pros), I saw a bigger influence from the east, where hockey has really become king in the New England area. With the success of so many college teams out that way, it's getting to be a natural for kids to migrate into fairly local schools in that area.
Still, both Wisconsin and Minnesota are represented on our hockey team this year.
If you recall, the scoring star of the 1980 US hockey team was a guy by the name of Johnson. Hailed from Madison. Son of the immortal Bob Johnson, hockey coach extra-ordinaire - Can't let you forget that!
If I was in Spain I'd be eating up every moment of the olympics I could on TV. In 1998, the European coverage of the summer games out of Atlanta was as amazingly good. They covered all venues, and because of the hours it was on over there, we really enjoyed watching it. Fantastic coverage!
Wolf