Cover Story: The Times of London

Since the Olympics have started the Times of London have dedicated each front page to the key stories of the day. So far the front pages have been fantastic from Bradley Wiggins to Usain Bolt. Here are some of my favorites since the state of the games.

I hope that they continue the good work through the second week of the Olympics.

Marketing fail

Around the country, businesses are getting into the Olympic spirit. All over businesses are offering packaging featuring different Olympic themes and Powerade is no different. On one of their beverages they have a picture of MLS player Juan Agudelo and the words Olympic hopeful. Small problem is that the United State soccer team did not qualify for the Olympics, now that is what I call a marking fail. 

I like him, but he can be annoying

While the men's hockey tournament has been fantastic, something about the coverage is starting to bother me. Its funny cause I really like Pierre McGuire and the work that he does during different events, but something about his roll with NBC during the tournament has driven me crazy and a ton of other people.

"McGuire might know what he's talking about. He might be a fantastic authority on the game of hockey,'' according to a post on the Bleacher Report. "But if you can't be a professional about it, you can't be handed a microphone and expect the listening audience to take you seriously."

While providing great analysis about some of the different players in the tournament, McGuire, who was born in New Jersey, also gives you a little bit of information about something that you could care less about. Like the fifth defense men on the Belarus team played a great game in the 2003 WJC against Switzerland or that the Swiss defense man played with someones father in the ECHL. Its great to show that you know this, but it also makes you look like a arrogant douche bag and that rubs people the wrong way.

McGuire does a great job with the NHL draft and the World Junior Championship and always knows who the next great player is going to be, but sometimes he can get really annoying like he has during the last 10 days.

The Cover Story: Team USA shows a ton of heart

They might not be the most talented team in the men's hockey tournament, but Team USA showed they had the heart last night in beating Canada in 5-3. The loss was huge news in Canada and even made the front page of one United States newspaper.

Detroit Free Press

The Province (Canada)

The Chronicle Herald (Canada)

Nanaimo Daily News (Canada)

The Calgary Sun (Canada)

OTWT has the Olympic Spirit

The men's ice hockey tournament has kicked off and so far things could not better. OTWT is really in the mood even ordering a Patrick Kane Team USA shirt (above). It should be a great tournament and can not wait to watch it.
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OTWT:Olympic Hockey Thoughts

A couple of months ago, the United States shocked the world and went into Canada and beat the Canadians to win the World Junior Championships. Now the Canadians might have their shot at revenge as they get ready to host the Olympics. The Olympic hockey tournament is one of my favorites events, the tournament is played at such a high level its amazing. After breaking down the teams and the watching countless games this year, here are OTWT predication for the best hockey tournament in the world

Gold: Russia: Geno and Ovie can you name more dynamic players in the world. The thing about the duo is that they do not care about the crowd, they love playing in tough places.

Silver: Canada: They might have the best team on paper, but what is going to happen when something goes wrong will the crowd turn on them or will they be supportive. The Canadians were heavy favorites to win the WJC and fell in the final. I have a feeling that this might be more of the same.

Bronze: Sweden: The Sedin twins and Backstrom what more could you ask for. People forget that they are the defending champs and the champs until someone knocks them out.

Will Colbert now feel the SI Cover Jinx?

So no Mark Ingram on the cover of SI this week, instead Stephen Colbert. I don't know if this is going to be good or bad, but we will see.

Money makers from the Olympics

With Argentines being crowned Olympic Champions it's always good to see who may have made some money based on their performances in Beijing.

Here are five that I think made them selves some serious cash during the Olympic soccer tournament.

1. Angel Di'Maria, Argentina (above): Everyone talks about Messi and Roman but the Benfica wingers performance was key. Scored the extra time winner in the quarterfinal against the Dutch and the winner against Nigeria in the final. It's only a matter of time before he makes a big money move.

2. Maurice Edu: USA: Showed great versatility in playing in the center of defense, a position that he never played. His performance led Rangers to come calling.

3. Gianni Zuiverloon, Dutch (right): The defender just made an off season move to West Brom. During the tournament Gianni made great runs down the wing opening up space for the Dutch forwards.

4. Thiago Neves, Brazil: Despite being on a terrible team, Neves performance impressed many including Manchester City and Atletico Madrid.

5. Promise Issac, Nigeria: The attacking midfielder will be on ever big clubs shopping list, he never stops. Trabzonspor in Turkey will have a hard time keeping hold of him.

It's not a good day to be Dunga

Yesterday morning saw Brazil get beaten up by the Argentina in their Olympic semi-final. Now all of the press all over Brazil are calling for manager Dunga to go away.

Here is how papers in Argentina and Brazil covered the game and the aftermath:

Clarin (Argentina) celebrates the win

Hora (Brazil)

A Noticia (Brazil)

O Liberal (Brazil)

Mascot Madness: Olympic Mascots do not need shoes

So far the Olympics have been great, but their mascots are a little strange and in this video they show that they do not need shoes.