The Friday Link for 2/18/22

This week we look back on the last few weeks of sports.  Now I won't post anything from the Super Bowl itself, although it was an entertaining game, and a win for the LA Rams.

Nope the first clip this week is the best ad of the Super Bowl season.  I say "Super Bowl season" because there are a lot of ads with big stars and big special effects which are released around the time of the Super Bowl but don't air during the Super Bowl.  Considering the price per ad just to air in the game, who blames them.

Not airing in this year's Super Bowl would be the case for the best commercial of the Super Bowl season, the Jason Bateman Hyundai ad.  I'm a huge fan of Bateman's comedy and delivery, and he delivers here.  The subscribe plea at the end is a hoot too.

Next up are some of the better moments from this year's Winter Olympic games.  The US has had a bit of a down games this year.  There are a lot of great world athletes, so I'm not saying they didn't deserve their medals, but the US is definitely going home with less medals than normal.  A lot of it has to do with the less than stellar performances from some of our extreme sport winter athletes.  I wish if they really didn't care about being at the Olympics to represent the USA, they would just stay home and allow a person who does to take their position. 

The best moment of the games, in my opinion, is the gold medal moment for the US in snowboard cross. Lindsey Jacobellis fell a few meters before the finish line in 2006.  It cost her the gold medal.  She finally got her redemption.  Her story is wonderful and I am so proud for her.  Check out her gold medal run here. 

By the way, NBC sports demands you watch this on YouTube, so click through to enjoy.

She also got a second gold.  So proud of her! 

Nathan Chen eventually won gold, but what set it up for him was his World Record short program skate. This was a close to perfect as you can get.

Once again, click through please! 

Lastly this week is the gold medal for the US in Mixed Team aerials. This sport is nuts, and it is proof that some of the extreme sport athletes in China for the US are really trying to win.  These are fantastic jumps.

Click through!

Have a great weekend.  Please get vaccinated and wear a mask.