NEWS: The hunt is on to find Sidney Crosby’s Gold medal winning hockey stick – But was the Glove fair keeps?

photo: Canadian Press via @CdnPress_Images
The stick Sidney Crosby used to score the Gold medal winning overtime goal over Team U.S.A. has gone missing.
After Crosby scored, he ripped off his gloves and threw his stick in the air. As reported by the Toronto Star. “When they cleared the ice, I never got my stick or gloves,” [...]

OLYMPICS: Canadian men’s hockey team leave Canada Hockey Place proudly wearing their Gold medals

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver)
The Canadian men’s hockey team emerged from Canada Hockey Place on Sunday proudly wearing their Olympic gold medals after defeating Team U.S.A. Some of the team stayed in Vancouver and celebrated together while some, like overtime scoring hero Sidney Crosby, immediately departed the city and returned to their N.H.L. clubs.
Thanks to [...]

VIDEO: Jon Stewart of The Daily Show has hearty Congratulations for Canada on winning Gold in hockey over his Team U.S.A.

From the Monday, March 1st episode of The Daily Show. Jon Stewart has congratulations (and some dire warnings) for Canada – the day after the men defeat Team U.S.A. for the Gold medal in hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

PHOTO: The Bluths – Jason Bateman and Will Arnett depart Vancouver after Olympics – Was Arrested Development movie on their minds?

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) With the Winter Olympic Games coming to a successful close in Canada. The autograph collectors were spending a final day at the airport hoping to catch some of the last athletes leaving Vancouver.
And who do the hounds spot heading out of the city together? Arrested Development brothers Jason Bateman [...]

VIDEO: Yonge St. street party as Toronto celebrates after Canada’s Olympic Gold medal hockey game

(HoundsTV – Toronto) Thousands of Canadians gathered at Yonge and Dundas in Toronto for an impromptu street party to celebrate after Team Canada defeats Team U.S.A. for the Gold medal in men’s hockey.

Canada’s final flag bearer to be Joannie Rochette – Was it switched from Charles Hamelin because CTV-Rogers consortium wanted better TV and ratings?

photo: Toronto Star/Steve Russell via @TOstarphoto
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) It seems a little flag bearer controversy has emerged from an otherwise celebratory Canadian Olympic Committee (COC)
It has now been revealed that Joannie Rochette will carry the Canadian flag for tonight’s Closing Gala ceremonies at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Rochette has been considered a story [...]

OLYMPICS: Stephen Colbert tapes the REPORT at Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver before thousands (and signs a few autographs too)

Stephen Colbert signs on arrival for Colbert Report taping at Winter Games in Vancouver (photos courtesy CanadaGraphs)
(HoundsTV – Vancouver)
Comedian Stephen Colbert made his long promised journey to Vancouver to record segments for his popular Colbert Report television show.
Colbert jumped on the Olympic Winter Games bandwagon when he got word that the U.S. Speed Skating team [...]

PHOTOS: Olympic stars and celebrities on the red carpet for Winter Games Club Bud party

(HoundsTV – Vancouver) N.H.L and Olympic fever met up at the Club Bud Party which took over Granville street.
Sponsored by Budweiser – spotted on the red carpet were Michael Buble, Jon Hamm, Tara Lapinski, U.S. snowboarder Louie Vito, Glee star Matthew Morrison and many more.

OLYMPICS: It’s WAR bitches in Men’s Hockey between U.S. and Canada – Did President Obama also celebrate the victory in Washington?

(HoundsTV – Vancouver) Another miracle on ice for the Americans?
Certainly not yet (hello, this was only a qualifying Olympics round) but don’t let that stop the U.S. media machine from cranking out headlines and ratcheting up the drama.
It didn’t go unnoticed to Toronto Star Washington Bureau chief Mitch Potter. And this is one of [...]

OLYMPICS: It’s been a media circus at Vancouver YVR for arriving Olympic athletes like Patrick Chan

Patrick Chan arrival in Vancouver photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) It’s no surprise the Winter Olympic Games can be a bit of a media circus. And it starts quick for arriving athletes.
Like as soon as they get off the plane. The Vancouver airport is also a popular hit with media because its one [...]

OLYMPICS: Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger carries Olympic Torch for NBC – Can Arnie save the Games for the American broadcaster?

(HoundsTV – Vancouver) The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger made the trip up to Vancouver, Canada to carry the Olympic flame just before the opening of the 2010 Winter Games.
While the Governator’s appearance was cheered by thousands – and Arnie does love the people. There was another purpose to the visit.
And that was a [...]

OLYMPICS: Which way is better to light the final Olympic flame – 1996 Atlanta and torchbearer Muhammad Ali or Gretzky at 2010 Vancouver games?

(HoundsTV) Talk about blowing it in Vancouver.
That is, the final Olympic torch lighting.
We know our Canadian athletes will hold up far better under the pressure of Olympic competition then these Opening Gala organizers did in Vancouver.
I was sitting with friends watching the 2010 Opening Ceremonies when like the rest of Canada’s largest ever television [...]

OLYMPICS: With lots of security, Team USA skiing champ Lindsey Vonn arrives for Vancouver Olympics and proves to be a “class signing act”

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(HoundsTV- Vancouver) One of the most talked about athletes of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games – American skiing star Lindsey Vonn arrived in Vancouver to much fanfare on Tuesday (February 9th.)
The super-model looking Vonn was greeted by a large group of fans, autograph collectors, and media as one of Team USA’s best medal [...]

OLYMPICS: Let the games begin! (that is, the autograph hounding) at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Lindsey Vonn

photos courtesy CanadaGraphs
(HoundsTV – Vancouver) I often spend a lot of time on stories occurring in Toronto on HoundsTV. And in reality, Toronto can often be the center of the Universe here in Canada. For at least the next couple of weeks, the attention will surely shift to Vancouver – and the 2010 Winter Olympic [...]

NEWS: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar with the Olympic Torch on Yonge St in Toronto

Olympic Torch photos courtesy shot7.com
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar with the Olympic Torch on Yonge St. just north of Wellesley in downtown Toronto. Kumar’s Olympic torch run was delayed as protesters were blocking Yonge St.
The Bollywood star was personally invited to Canada to participate in the torch relay by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his [...]