The Mens USA Hockey Team Comes up Short

                                     The Men's USA Hockey Team Comes up Short

The Men's USA Hockey team did not win any metals during the 2014 Olympics after winning bronze in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.  The team went 3-2 over the course of the Olympics.  They beat Russia on February 15th, Slovakia 5-1 on February 16th and Czech Republic 5-2 on February 19th.  They lost to Canada 1-0 in the semifinals on February 21st and they then lost to Finland in the Bronze Final 5-0 on February 22nd. 
The USA roster had many talented players.  Their goalies were Jimmy Howard, Ryan Miller and Jonathan Quick.  Their Defenseman were John Carlson, Justin Faulk, Cam Fowler, Paul Martin, Ryan McDonagh, Brooks Orpik, Kevin Shattenkirk, and Ryan Suter.  Their forwards were David Backes, Dustin Brown, Ryan Callahan, Patrick Cane, Ryan Kesler, Phil Kessel, T.J. Oshie, Max Pacioretty, Zach Parise, Joe Pavelski, Paul Stastny, Derek Stepan, Blake Wheeler, and James van Riemsdyk. 
The USA hockey team was a disappointment this year as they did not win any metals and finished with a 3-2 record.  The team was very inconsistent and was expected to be better than they were.

Michael Sam

I think Michael Sam will be accepted in the NFL.  At times it might be awkward in the locker room.  It doesn’t matter if he is straight or not if he can help a team win he will be accepted.  I also don’t think this will hurt his draft stock.

The Patriots were dumb for drafting Aaron Hernandez.  Every team in the league knew that he was a bad kid which is why his draft stock fell so much so I do no know why they would take the risk.  Also if coaches didn't cover up all of his failed drug tests and other off field issues.  He probably didn't care what he did because he knew his coaches would cover it up for him, but if they did not cover his mistakes up he might have learned from them and turned his life around.  You can try and blame part of it on his rough home life with his father dying while Aaron was 12 and his mother being in a relationship with a drug dealer but other NFL players come rom much worse and end up having great careers.  Professional sports teams need to stop covering up their athletes mistakes because it helps the team short term but the more they cover up the more the athlete will try getting away with and eventually they will ruin their careers.

I was very happy to see my prediction of the Seahawks beating the Broncos come true with their 43-8 victory.  Peyton Manning may have set the record for completions in a Super Bowl with 34 on 49 attempts but he only averaged 5.7 yards per completion with only 280 yards and three turnovers.  He also only had one touchdown and a terrible QBR of 24.4.  Russell Wilson played much better than Manning he had 206 yards on 18-25 with two touchdowns and no turnovers.  He had a QBR of 88.1 and averaged 8.2 yards per completion.  Seattle's defense was incredible they held Peyton Manning, Wes Welker, Julius Thomas, Eric Decker, Demaryius Thomas, and Knowshon Moreno to only 8 points.  The top 3 highlights from this game were probably Malcome Smith's interception that he returned for a touchdown, Percy Harvin's kick return for a touchdown, and Jermaine Kearse's touchdown catch.  Marshawn Lynch only had 39 yards but he didn't really need to have a big game.  Percy Harvin had a great game in his first full game as a seahawks he only had 5 receiving yards but Seattle was up by so much they didn't need to pass it to him and he had two nice runs for 45 yards.  I was not a big fan of the halftime show I only wanted to watch the game.  The Best commercial was probably the Budweiser one with the horse and the dog and I cant remember the worst one their were a few bad commercials.  This is the first of many Super Bowl victories the Seahawks will have during the Russell Wilson era.