SLAM! Sports Steve Simmons

Crosby writes storybook ending

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:16:57 -0500

There is a new hockey game, a new hockey moment, a new national memory to cherish forever.

Getzlaf is the real deal at these Games

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:15:35 -0500

VANCOUVER � Steve Yzerman broke his own rule to make certain Ryan Getzlaf was on the Canadian Olympic team, and now Getzlaf wants to reward that faith with a gold-medal performance Sunday. The feeling is that deep, that mutual, that personal.

Luongo ready to make history

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:00:28 -0500

Roberto Luongo smiled and called it fun. He wasn't kidding.

Who should carry Canada's flag?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:33:10 -0500

It is Joannie Rochette's flag to lose. There are other candidates � other excellent candidates to carry the Canadian flag at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games � just no one like Rochette.

Domination, from start to finish

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:50:06 -0500

Before there was the unanticipated and utter dominance � as surprising as it was breathtaking � there was noise in the morning on the streets of Vancouver. Nothing, though, that compared to the noise on the streets at night.

Canadian crowd helps lift Rochette

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:21:01 -0500

The applause began before Joannie Rochette's name was even announced.