Katherine's Post

Winter Olympic Athletes

By: Katherine

    As you all know, the Winter Olympics is taking place right now, at Vancouver, Canada. Many exciting events are occurring, along with famous athletes and exciting fans screaming in the balcony. So far, the United States is taking the lead with the most medals! Some famous athletes that are helping Team USA earn medals are Shaun White, Rachel Flatt, Lindsey Vonn, and Apolo Ohno. Even though Yu-Na Kim is part of Korea's team, I am still rooting for her. She is the Olympic athlete that I would like to meet to the most, along with Sasha Cohen and Rachel Flatt. Yuna Kim's figure skating is very graceful and astonishes me with triple jumps and all the other hard moves. Figure skating is my favorite Olympic sport to watch, so I admire many athletes that figure skate.
    What Olympic athlete do you want to meet and why? What is your favorite sport to watch?

Jeffrey's Post

Winter Olympics 

By: Jeffrey

Have you watched your favorite winter sport? I have. The winter Olympics will be held in Vancouver, Canada this year. It started on February 12th and will end on February 28th. The winter Olympics is held every four years. My favorite winter sport is either skiing or snowboarding. There are four types of skiing; Alpine skiing, Cross country skiing, Freestyle skiing, and ski jumping. My favorite Olympian is Shaun White. Shaun White has won seven gold medals in total. I like the sport skiing and snowboarding because I like the feel of the wind in my face and rushing down a mountain the other reason is that it takes a long time to master and is hard to control the skis or board.

Have you been watching the winter Olympics? What is your favorite winter sport and winter Olympian?

Dilip's Post

My Lunch with Jeff Savage

      As you may have known I, Dilip, have met Jeff Savage recently eating lunch with him. Jeff Savage is a sports author that inspired me to write. While I was eating with him he was both signing books and answering questions at the same time. He was really funny. Whenever someone asked him what or who inspired him, he would just take money from his wallet and show it to us. Also, when someone asked him if he met a specific athlete, he would just reply,” That’s my job Holmes.” I also asked him some questions. My first question was which sport are you planning on writing about, but different from all other sports you’ve written? He said that he was not sure what it would be but he’s thinking about it. My second question was what skateboard athletes have you met besides Tony Hawk? He ended up meeting a bunch of skaters but didn’t write about them, because they did not follow his three rules which were they had to be an excellent athlete who did right choices and was a role model. My last question was if you had a choice of having a different job, what it would be. He told me he wanted to be a sports athlete himself so he could get paid almost more than his writing job. Jeff Savage was the first famous person I’ve met in my life and was fun and nice to talk to.

Shaan's Post

Super Bowl XLIV

By: Shaan 

The 44th Super Bowl was awesome! It was the Indianapolis Colts vs. the New Orleans Saints in an all out battle for the Super Bowl title. Even though the New Orleans Saints have never won before, they pulled it off this time in a 31 to 17 victory! I was devastated that the Colts lost. I still congratulated the Saints fans who were there with me. Overall, this Super Bowl was remarkable because it was the first time the Saints won and they won by a lot. If you watched the Super Bowl which team were you rooting for and why? If you didn't watch the Super Bowl why didn't you?

Neil's Post

Super Bowl XLIV- All About the Commercials 

By: Neil Rowen

Hello room 19! I am reporting live from the last four minutes of the Super Bowl. I have been seeing all of the commercials, including talking babies to Doritos people throwing Doritos, this game has been quite crazy. Companies desperately try to get a commercial during the Super Bowl. Do you think companies know what they are doing? You you know how much a 30-second commercial costs? A 30-second commercial costs... 3.01 million dollars! I think this is a total waste of money for a very famous company. If the company is new and not recognized by the public yet, that would be the perfect way to be noticed. 

I don't thin†k that the commercials on the Super Bowl make me want me to buy their products. Talking about commercials, did you know that before the game they have millions of merchandise that says "Saints winners of the XLIV Super Bowl" or "Colts win it all!"? Then, when a team loses, they take their merchandise and sell it in a country where they haven't seen the Super Bowl.

If you owned a company would you use 3.01 million dollars for a 30 second commercial? Do Super Bowl commercials make you want to buy a product more?

Anshul's Post

African Cup of Nations 2010

By: Anshul

     Hello, Room 19 and 24. Did you ever here of the African Cup of Nations? It is basically like the World Cup of soccer in Africa. This year, the country Angola is hosting the competition. The country Egypt beat Ghana in the finals 1-0. The "best" players chosen were Essam El-Hadary for goalkeeping, Madjid Bougherra, Wael Gomaa, and Mabina for defense. Ahmed Fathy, Peter Odemwingie, Alexandre Song, and Ahmed Hassan were the best in midfield. Asamoah Gyan, Mohammed Zidan, and Flavio won the award for forwarding. The player of the tournament of Ahmed Hassan. In total, Geddo scored the most goals with five goals. Runners ups in this this tournament are Ghana, second place, and Nigeria, third place. I seriously recommend you watching the soccer tournaments. Are any of you interested in watching any sport tournaments such as the Super Bowl? If so, which one and why?

Sarah's Post

The New and Only iPad

by: Sarah

     Guess what the newest technology in the Apple Store is. It is the iPad!! The iPad is around as big as half a computer screen. It is also a touch screen. Having a lower price than people expected, many people are buying the new technology. It cost $499. Disadvantages also occur on having an iPad such as not having a camera. It has apps just like the iPhone and iPod Touch though. Having many buisness people to buy this new product, the iPad also has an Internet so buisness people can work on their work where ever they are. Would you like an iPad if you could, or would you want an iPhone? Why?