PODS

I am going through Olympic withdrawal.

It happens after every Olympiad, whether Summer Games or Winter. Non-stop athletic competition for two-and-a-half weeks, mostly of sports that I have little opportunity to watch otherwise. And, as I’ve stated in previous articles, I watch almost–and I mean almost–all of them.

To make matters worse, I’m forced to lose my fix by going cold turkey.

The net of it is, I always feel a little depressed after the Olympics draw to completion. Call it POD (Post-Olympic Depression) Syndrome.

The Winter Games conveniently take place during that otherwise dullest period of the sporting year, the February lull between the Super Bowl and March Madness. In non-Olympic years, I hate February, but the Winter Olympics transform the month from one of non-excitement to non-stop excitement.

They thus form a perfect lead-in to what, in other years, is the most intense, non-stop sporting event of the year, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament–aka, the perfect cure for PODS.

P.S. Although the Olympics are over, I had some insights inspired by, but not specific to, the Games which I plan on writing about soon. So the aftermath continues…

• March 15, 2010 -- Shani Davis – 2010 Winter Olympics (3)
• February 22, 2010 -- US Medal Count – Vancouver Olympics (0)
• February 16, 2010 -- Olympics Blackout (2)
• February 13, 2010 -- Vancouver Winter Olympics and Sexism (5)
• April 1, 2010 -- Butler Bulldogs Final Four NCAA Basketball Tournament – Part 2 (0)