Best moments of Olympics

Look back at all the joy (and agony) of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics with this collection of images from the Opening Ceremony through the Men's Hockey Gold medal game and the Closing Ceremony.

Crosby nets the golden goal

As if there needed to be a better, more dramatic ending to the 2010 Winter Olympics than Canada vs. the United States in hockey. How about a game-tying goal with 24.4 seconds remaining? How about sudden-death overtime?

Winter of their content

The United States had its best Winter Olympics showing ever in Vancouver, including 4-man bobsled (above). A pause to celebrate, and to ponder what comes next.

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Hockey's gold-medal ratings

Canada's overtime win over the United States for the Olympic gold medal in men's hockey was watched in its entirety by about half of Canada's population. In the U.S., it drew the largest TV audience for any hockey game since the 1980 Winter Olympics.

The Olympic Hangover And Other Myths

Evgeni Nabokov's last game was a, well, let's be polite about, a profound, comprehensive, grandiose, laugh-inducing, internationally-seen stinker. And the fallout for Sharks fans will therefore be -- nothing.

OT goal was real Olympic moment
OT goal was real Olympic moment

The problem with hockey, to the dilettante drop-ins (including this one), is that the goals are so fluky.

Signing off from the Olympics
Signing off from the Olympics

So long Vancouver -- here's what I'll remember, and what I wish I could forget....

Americans headed uphill fast
Americans headed uphill fast

Lindsey Vonn was supposed to leave Canada practically gold-plated, and Bode Miller wasn't supposed to do squat.

O, Canada
O, Canada

Canadian Olympic officials were ecstatic over the host nation's medals showing. Now, to keep it going in 2014...

Promise, pressure to Russia

With the Vancouver Olympics coming to a close, the focus turns across the world to Russia's first Winter Games in 2014.

Low-tech kind of guy
Low-tech kind of guy

Which would you rather do: Hurl yourself down a scary-fast course at 90 mph, or take a leisurely ride in a rubber tube?

Golden memories
Golden memories

Paul Johnson scored the game-winning goal in the quarterfinal against Canada at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics.

Ohno goes out a winner
Ohno goes out a winner

Apolo Anton Ohno was DQed in his final individual Olympic race, but helped win bronze in a relay to close his Olympic career.

Continent divided
Continent divided

Thanks to a laugher and a nail-biter in the semifinals Friday, the Americans and Canadians can believe in rematches.

If you like Mounties ...
If you like Mounties ...

Mounties are a big deal. They certainly look snappy in their red tunics and jodhpur-type britches tucked into knee-high boots.

Canadian women grab gold
Canadian women grab gold

Canada is home to 24 newly minted Olympic gold medals, thanks in large part Shannon Szabados' golden glove.

Skate of grace
Skate of grace

Sassy and spirited one day, elegant and assured two days later, Yu-Na Kim is a skater for the moment.

U.S. gets 4th nordic medal
U.S. gets 4th nordic medal

While the U.S. alpine skiers have had a record-breaking Olympics, the Nordic combined counterparts have gone a giant step further.

No medal for Mancuso
No medal for Mancuso

Sadness and disappointment couldn't keep Julia Mancuso from skiing like a champion. But almost great wasn't good enough.

Franks worth all the fuss
Franks worth all the fuss

Yes, I really did spend $9.75, Canadian, on a hot dog, along with $6.75 for another. They were well worth the investment.

Canadians seem just like us
Canadians seem just like us

From actor Donald Sutherland to the man on the street, Canadians seem just like us. Go figure. John Crumpacker's Olympic Journal.

From dream to promise
From dream to promise

Julia Mancuso became a world-class skier because of the wealth of experience she gained as a kid on Squaw Valley's slopes.

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