If you're a sports fan, or an Olympics fan, chances are you were doing the same thing yesterday afternoon as President Obama: watching the gold medal hockey game between the U.S. and Canada, with the favored Canadians prevailing 3-2 in sudden death overtime.

"Wow -- unreal game," tweeted White House spokesman Robert Gibbs shortly after Sidney Crosby slapped in the winning goal for Canada. "POTUS watched OT in his office right off the Oval Office -- all of us are so proud of our great team."

Indeed, the U.S. -- which had upset Canada earlier in the Olympic tournament -- again played well in seeking (unsuccessfully) to deprive the host team of a gold medal in its national game.

The loss is a little more painful for Gibbs than Obama, both of whom wagered on the contest.

The president only has to ship a case of Molson beer to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. (Don't know if it will be Molson Golden or, The Oval's favorite, Molson XXX.)

Gibbs -- who went double or nothing with Harper's spokesman after the U.S. women's hockey team lost to Canada -- has to wear a Canadian hockey jersey on camera. Don't know if he will go with the red jersey or white.

(Posted by David Jackson)