You clearly have not spent much time in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, or Minnesota. Hunting and XC are both very popular up there.I saw a question on Facebook wondering why USA has never won an Olympics medal in any of the biathlon races despite our national obsession with Guns! My theory is that the Guns! population in the USA has a very small intersection with the cross-country skiing population.
You clearly have not spent much time in northern Michigan, Wisconsin, or Minnesota. Hunting and XC are both very popular up there.
Think of it as the southern limits of Greater Canada.
When the NHL said that they would not release players for the Olympics, my first thought was the impact on the US and Canadian teams. I didn't think about all the players from European teams.
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