Heck of an Olympic ride

24hrs - On The Town
Michael Schratter
March 1, 2010

Russian Olympic clothing sponsor Bosco transformed Joey Burrard into a Ruskie mecca during the last week of the Games. Hockey legend and former Vancouver Canuck Igor Larinov was among those attending with his son, Igor Jr.

Russian cross-country sprint gold medallist Nikita Kriukov (in blue) parties with his teammates, bronze medallists skier Alexey Petukhov, Nikolay Morilov and cross-country sprint silver medallist Alexander Panzhinskiy on Thursday.

Grange blog: What's the Russian word for crickets?

By Michael Grange, The Globe and Mail

Posted Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:02 AM ET

Does anyone know what the Russian word for crickets is?

I know what it sounds like. It sounds like the crowd of Russians gathered in so-called ‘Bosco Bar' in downtown Vancouver for another chapter in the Canada-Russia hockey series.

We know how it ended: Canada came out and treated one of the most talented teams anyone can remember like they were Germany or something.

And so the crowd at Bosco Bar - actually Joey Burrard, an upscale resto-lounge in downtown Vancouver bought out by Bosco Sport (the Russian Nike, and the official supplier to the Russian Olympic team here) for 10 days - quickly shifted from positive, brash even, to something else.

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