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Wow, February and the Olympics, here one day and gone the next; that was fast. The U.S., surprise-surprise, won the medal count, but Canada, surprise-surprise, won the two that really counted (yay!). These Vancouver Olympics seemed to make a bigger splash, drawing more attention than previous winter games and, if only briefly, getting more people [...]

Our first step outdoors during the snow storm that hit New York yesterday turned out to be our last when we slipped on snow-covered ice and landed face down on the sidewalk, only to be pelted with snowballs by neighborhood kids, buried in a snowdrift by a passing plow, and finally ridden over by a [...]

Of all the strange vehicles in the world–including stealth boats, solar-powered planes and homemade submarines–there probably isn’t one that we’re less interested in piloting than the snowmobile. That being said, for a long time we didn’t understand just how fast they can go. Then one overtook us on the highway. Still, judging by Epic Carnival’s [...]

Hey, you know what are just around the corner? No, not highway bandits. The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver! When the big city near where we grew up was first selected to be the host we were determined to make it our grand homecoming. We started training immediately, but quickly put ourselves out of the [...]

This is Listicles sports columnist Onesie, stuck at the office while everyone else is on ski trips with friends and family, back with another edition of Sporty Saturdays.
While I don’t miss the skiing (as a freelance mascot I specialize in team sports), I have often volunteered as a first aid person on the slopes in [...]

Onesie here, freelance mascot and sports writer, back again with another cool and fresh installment of Listicles’ weekly sports column Sporty Saturdays. While researching a new number based on whale sounds that I’ll be showcasing for a team I freelance mascot for, I came across some truly incredible curling footage I felt I should share.
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