Forgive me bloggers, for I have sinned. It has been one month since my last posting. My fellow Catholics will get that joke, but in all honesty, my lack of posting has not been very funny. Call it lazy, call it writer's block, no excuses PLAY LIKE A CHAMPION. So here I am, back in full force, rocking like a hurricane, back in black, guess who's back, back again, Caitlin's back, tell a friend...

This Weekend's Losers
1. The Syracuse Orange
Hold my coat! I think we can all agree that Duke vs Syracuse is going to become one of the better rivalries in the ACC. A controversial call, Jim Boeheim going "Cameron crazy." It's going to be the start of sometime big, babyyyyyy (Dickie V voice)! However, the Orange were at the top of the list of losers this weekend after an unexpected loss to BC earlier on in the week, this loss to Duke cost them the #1 seed in the AP poll, and experts are saying that they won't even get the #1 overall seed in the tournament. What stunk about this game were the poor shooting performances by Tyler Ennis and Trevor Cooney, the stars of Syracuse's backcourt. This was the first time that Ennis looked, well, like a freshman. There's still a few weeks of ball yet to play, but it was definitely surprising to see Boeheim lose his cool like this:

2. US Men's Hockey Team
Revenge didn't have the chance to be sweet after a loss to Canada in the semifinals, 1-0. Then, to add insult to injury, it looked like Team USA gave up in the Bronze Medal game, with a 5-0 loss to Finland. Team USA had high expectations heading into Sochi, and they failed to me them. In fact, they looked deflated and seemed to give up. NHL players might not play in the next Olympics in South Korea in 2018, so things don't look good for USA Hockey!

3. The New York Knicks
How do you snap a losing streak? Simple - play the Knicks! Two losses this weekend, to the Magic and the Hawks, made February a more dismal month for the Knicks than all of the single people on Valentine's Day. The trade deadline passed, and the team failed to make any major moves to retool what is obviously a flawed roster. The Knicks have been perhaps the league's most disappointing team this season, and rumors continue to swirl about the future of Carmelo Anthony in Blue and Orange. The Knicks bought out Beno Udrih and Metta World Peace, giving them "Get Out of Jail Free" cards from this mess of a franchise. Raymond Felton wants people to stop commenting on his weight and conditioning. It's gotten so bad that a 19 year-old fan was arrested for tweeting some insane death threats to Knicks owner Jim Dolan. I pinky promise that this will be the last time this season that I put the Knicks on this list...

This Weekend's Winners
1. Russia
This Olympic games were definitely politically charged. In the lead up to the Opening Ceremonies, the actual games themselves were overshadowed by terrorist threats and protests of Russia's anti-gay legislation. Russia poured a lot of money into the Olympic games - the most spent ever - to revamp the resort town of Sochi and for security. There were no terrorist attacks over the course of the games, and Russia took home the most overall medals and the most gold medals - the best they'd done since "Back in the USSR."

2. Jason Collins
Jason Collins signed a 10-day contract with the Nets. This makes him the first, active, openly-gay athlete in the four major US sports. What Collins can do in these next few days are as follows: 1. Play basketball. Duh, but still. He needs to provide the Nets with what they need, and the reason why they signed him - depth in the frontcourt, especially with injuries. 2. Get signed another 10 days. Good play will lead to this, and will lead to another 10 day contract. From there, the Nets will have to decide to keep him on board for the rest of the season. The CBA states that. 3. Make a difference, which he's already done. In coming out last year, Collins blazed a trail. In continuing to play basketball, and not give up, he's done this.

3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
"Caitlin Says" history has been made - I am mentioning NASCAR and it has nothing to do with Danica Patrick. Earnhardt won the Daytona 500 on Sunday after a rain delay and a tornado warning. There were funny GIFs that came when Fox decided to show last year's race, and well, people thought it was this year's race... but the results were indeed different. Junior won his second ever Daytona and posted a Twitter selfie like a boss: