First Blog Post! (weekly post #1)

The Olympics are the world's most heralded sporting event. Members from every just about every nation gather every four years to participate in both summer and winter sports. This map is a great representation of a bivariate map that illustrates which counties in the United States produce high and low amounts of both summer and winter Olympians.

http://blog.education.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/27/five_for_friday_olympic_maps/