Look at who’s alive, eh? Well last night I watched the Nationals all-around final (Day 2), commentated by Al, Tim, and Elfi–who are more unbearable than ever. Idiots. Thoughts, because I… more →
difficulty plus executionnorthernriver wrote 3 months ago: Look at who’s alive, eh? Well last night I watched the Nationals all-around final (Day 2), com … more →
northernriver wrote 7 months ago: My warmest congratulations to: 1. Ariella Kaeslin for winning bronze at the European Championships. … more →
northernriver wrote 9 months ago: No offense meant to Miss Wieber, who is surely a wunderkind, but I am so glad I did not watch the Am … more →
northernriver wrote 9 months ago: Gymnastics Coaching pointed me to this video of Shawn, Nastia, and Alicia “coaching” you … more →
northernriver wrote 10 months ago: My Chinese cousin on Cheng Fei: “She is not very good.” Huh. Just goes to show how an Ol … more →
northernriver wrote 11 months ago: At the World Cup, I assume? Transcript of conversation provided by The C Score. … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: The 2008 Glasgow Grand Prix is taking (or has taken) place. The women’s field was “weak … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: Romania had the highest team total, with France’s Marine Petit as the top all-around scorer (I … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: Whew. I have not spent so much time in front of the television as I did this weekend for a long time … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: So I spent two hours of my life sitting in front of the computer screen, madly refreshing the Quick … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: Available at International Gymnast and USA Gymnastics. Enjoy (and Nastia Forever!)! … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: I have watched the Olympic Trials in 1996, 2000, and 2004. And I certainly intend to pay more attent … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: I shall just give y’all the basics and hopefully my thoughts will come later: Fine: Shawn Nast … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: I just realized how BLESSED I was in missing out on the NBC broadcast of Nationals, because that red … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: Shawn Johnson won. As expected. It put her a bit lower on my preference list. *sigh* And OH MY STARS … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: From various sources: Nastia and Ivana had a rough day today. Nastia couldn’t hit her (ugly) d … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: Interesting things learned from browsing articles on Nationals: Mary Lee Tracy, Ashley Priess’ … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: Shawn successfully landed her Amânar. …etc. She is leading preliminaries, and has been the ent … more →
northernriver wrote 1 year ago: This morning’s Gossip is that Shayla is indeed not competing at Nationals and will be petition … more →