4 Reasons Why I Am Watching the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

The Super Bowl is a couple weeks away and the Winter X-Games start tomorrow, but I am just as excited for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics that begin on February 6. Here are just four reasons why.

Curling

It's shuffleboard on a grand scale and the teams get to wear uniforms like these. The Norwegian curling team's outfits remind me of John Daly's Loud Mouth clothing or a band that would be opening for The Beatles and I think it's awesome.

Stories like this

India's Shiva Keshavan and his journey to be a world class athlete in the Luge despite the lack of training facilities. Check out the course that he uses in the video below. Intensely. incredible

Jamaica has a bobsled team!

The debut of Women's Ski Jump

I didn't even realize that there wasn't a women's portion to this event. In 2014, the ladies get to prove they can fly just like the men. Check out our first ever US Women's Ski Jumping Team!

US National Women's Ski Jump team