Kristina, that was what really frustrated me as well. After reading some articles and hearing Johnny's entire story of what happened, in addition to his "but that's just an excuse, I skated bad," I was infuriated with the writers claiming that Johnny used the bus as an excuse. I was also irritated by a certain USA Today columnist (who shall remain nameless although i'm sure you all know who I'm talking about LOL) who made it sound like Johnny "allowed" the bus situation to get to him. It was obvious after reading the whole story that Johnny had a ton of pressure to begin with, and the bus situation just made it worse.

I've been going around telling anyone who will listen the whole story, LOL, because I refuse to have a couple of journalists who refuse to report the whole story and would rather twist the facts affect how others see Johnny. Johnny may not care, but I do.

Nicole