2006 Winter Olympics

Tonight is the official start of the Winter Olympics, and so to celebrate, I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of Winter Olympics 2006 sites:

• GoogleBlog - Virtually Torino
  grab some Google Earth footage of the Torino Games
• Torino 2006 - Olympic Winter Games
  nice site with LOADS of information, including a feature on the various venues
• Google Local - map of Torino
  figure out where all these places are
• Torino 2006 - Olympic Venues
  nice mashup
• Olympics.about.com
  read James Martin's behind the scenes account of the Olympic Winter Games - go James go!
• Google Video Search for Olympics
  get all the streaming Olympics video you want
• Complete Olympics Schedule-NBC
  very nice interactive calendar showing what happens when
• Get Local Olympics Schedules
  " Enter your zip code above to receive Olympic TV listings and content from your local NBC station."
• Olympics News from Topix.net
  constantly updated feed from Topix; from thousands of sources
• Winter Olympics Studies
  from the University of Montana; get background information on "how science illuminates human activity"
• Knitting Olympics
  "Concept: You must cast on a project during the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics (Feb 10)- and finish before the Olympic flame goes out (Feb 26). That's 16 days."
• ABCTeach - Olympics Classroom Activities
  tons of good stuff here for the classroom or at home
• The History of the Olympics
  absolutely gorgeous Flash montage of the history of the Olympics; includes interactive timeline