Olympics
Jennifer Buchanan / The Herald
Canada’s Sidney Crosby celebrates after scoring the game-winning goal in overtime as Canada beat the U.S. 3-2 to win the gold medal.
Canada beats U.S. in overtime to win gold
VANCOUVER, B.C. — That flag.

That big, behemoth of a Canadian flag waving behind the goal where seconds earlier Sidney Crosby lifted a nation.

The biggest hockey game in who knows how long had just come to a thrilling end, Team Canada was celebrating in the corner of the ice at Canada place while nation celebrated with them from the Yukon to Nova Scotia, and all I could focus on was that big freaking flag.

Back and forth it went, as gargantuan and unsubtle as the expectations placed on the Canadian men’s hockey team before the start of these Winter Olympic... [More]


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