Usually whenever there is a worldwide event coming up, particularly one involving the US and competition, we see a lot of hype about it. Commercials, people making patriotic posts on facebook, interviews with people that we care about every 4 years:

(Granted, if you don't care about Shaun White, that just ain't right.)

Anyways, I find it odd that I haven't seen very much coverage (at least relative to other years), about the Olympics. Granted, one of the reasons for this is that the NHL made a decision to allow any of it's players to attend, meaning that for Olympic hockey we will get to see- for the most part- a bunch of second rate guys along with a few intriguing prospects. The exception to this is Russia, who despite being banned from the Olympics, is sending a team that should be the heavy favorite to win. While that could potentially lead to one of the more prominent Olympic sports being effectively boring, it also sets us up for another potential 1980 Olympic moment:

Another nice local story is that Jordan Greenway, a junior for Boston University, will be playing for team USA at the Olympics, and between him and Troy Terry, they represent the only intrigue amongst the USA team. On the other hand, he is the first African-American to compete for team USA in hockey, and while this shouldn't be the case considering there are multiple talented African-American players in the NHL, it is still pretty damn cool.

Anyways, there is a large host of storylines that one could use to get excited for the Olympics, and I hope that we can use this event to hopefully bring us together, at least temporarily, in what has been a pretty damn divisive year within our country.