Apparently, it’s Update What Brian Cook Wrote Saturday here at TSB. First, a Jozy Altidore note, and now a bit more on Ryan Miller’s awesome Olympic mask. Cook covered the mask’s unveiling, calling it:⇥“A Mark McGwire version of Uncle Sam has crazy wrestler hair, the tattoos of a sailor, and what’s either a flaming torch or the remnants of the last cyborg terminator to be triflin’ in his general vicinity. He is rolling up a sleeve to get his torch/cyborg remnant hand better prepared to whoop some Belarussian tuckus.“Frank Grotkopf of Sixth Avenue Design loved that appraisal of Ray Bishop’s work so much that he fired along an exclusive image of the other side of Miller’s mask, which, well, look at it. (Full size here.)
Ryan Miller’s Mask: Even More Patriotic on the Flip Side
If the first side was Uncle Sam on steroids, this one is the most awesome bald eagle to ever soar above the earth, except it is also capable of tearing through the sky and, presumably, ice, with some fearsome talons. I feel a lot better about Miller being named The Guy for the U.S. Olympic team in goal now.
We may not hear “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the medal ceremony for men’s hockey, but that mask is like our anthem given a remix that is equal parts Metallica and Jay-Z. Tremendously cool feels like an understatement.
Our thanks to Frank for providing the exclusive image, and Ray for designing the sort of stuff that will have Canadians cowering in fear.
↵
This post originally appeared on the Sporting Blog. For more, see The Sporting Blog Archives.
See More:
