Feb 12 2010 07:19 PM
Re: Vancouver 2010
Roor for the Irish bobsled team.
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Vancouver 2010
| Frayed Knot Feb 11 2010 05:43 PM |
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So who is more nervous about the seriousness of Lindsey Vonn's injury? 1) Lindsey Vonn 2) Her agent 3) NBC's Dick Ebersol
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2010 06:17 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Probably Red Bull, Proctor and Gamble and any other of the companies that have signed endorsement deals with her; those checks, presumably, have been sent and cashed. Favorite obscure-- or not so obscure-- events, anyone? (I dig on late-night curling and the ski jump/ski jump aerials.)
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| metirish Feb 11 2010 06:39 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Shaun White is a big favorite in our house and a big inspiration, not to bore anyone with this but White was born with tetralogy of fallot which is the same heart condition that Lorcan was born with, like Lorcan he had open heart surgery. We'll be rooting hard for him.
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| themetfairy Feb 11 2010 06:57 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metirish":1lm3afo7]Shaun White is a big favorite in our house and a big inspiration, not to bore anyone with this but White was born with tetralogy of fallot which is the same heart condition that Lorcan was born with, like Lorcan he had open heart surgery. We'll be rooting hard for him.[/quote:1lm3afo7] That's not boring at all. That's a great reason to root for someone. We'll be rooting for the U.S. Speedskaters, as will all of the Colbert Nation. I'm also hoping that Tucker Murphy, the only Bermudian at the Winter Games, puts in a good showing in the cross-country skiing competition.
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| Edgy DC Feb 11 2010 07:01 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'd like to hear Lee Mazzilli call the speed skating.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 11 2010 07:11 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm rooting for a public beating of any NBC employee who uses the phrase "Going for the Gold" - particularly if it comes out of the mouth of some sweater-wearing studio host or one of the annoying news types who have no business being stationed at a sporting event but are only there because the only way the network can hope to recoup even part of their layout is to broadcast 24/7 from the site.
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| metirish Feb 11 2010 07:13 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Oh I forgot, NBC means Jimmy Roberts ....
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| metsmarathon Feb 11 2010 07:48 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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i'm not sure how curling can be an olympic sport, and baseball not. but i love it all the same.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2010 08:05 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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How could you not love curling? It combines the disturbing energy of manic, focused sweeping with the unmatched hyperkinetic joy of big, sliding rocks. (Yeah, in all seriousness, I love it.) Ooh, and short-track speed skating is a guilty pleasure, for mostly the same reason that some people watch NASCAR-- the potential for disaster.
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| Valadius Feb 11 2010 08:22 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Seems to me that the sport of skeleton would be the ultimate adrenaline rush. Head-first luge? Can't even imagine what that feels like.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 11 2010 08:28 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I can, we called it sledding. Any sport that can be played while drinking beer (curling) is A-OK with me.
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| Valadius Feb 11 2010 09:30 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Sure, but I never sled down a freaking ice pipe.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 11 2010 09:38 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Well, that's just needlessly complicating the whole sledding endeavor.
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| Number 6 Feb 11 2010 11:04 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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It certainly complicates it with a whole lot more potential ouch.
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| metsguyinmichigan Feb 11 2010 11:59 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Edgy DC":2wtikh8c]I'd like to hear Lee Mazzilli call the speed skating.[/quote:2wtikh8c] I'd love to hear Joe Morgan call speed skating... Joe: "That skater there, he's going pretty fast." Jon Miller: "Well, yes he is, Joe." Joe: "Well you know, when I played the game, guys respected the game. What happened in the clubhouse stayed in the clubhouse." Jon: "Some great players in that clubhouse." Joe: "Bench, Perez, Pete, of course. Johnny Bench was pretty fast. Well, fast for a catcher. Now I don't know how fast that skater is, because the game has changed from when I played. But the thing about Bench was that he could hit, too." Jon: "And rumored to be gay, too. But that's like the figure skaters. These speed skaters, you don't hear those kinds of things." Joe: "Well we didn't call it that back then. But it stayed in the clubhouse. Of course our uniforms were tight, but not as tight as the ones these skaters are wearing." Jon: "Some great uniforms." Joe: "Houston. I came up with Houston, you know. Those uniforms, I didn't care for. Of course we played indoors in Houston, sort of like this place these skaters are racing. But it was hot in Houston. Jon: "AstroTruf." Joe: "You couldn't skate on that. We barely were able to play ball on it, and we had some great players in Houston. We didn't skate much. And if a guy did, some of the veteran players would sit him down and talk to him. It was all done quietly, keep it in the clubhouse." Jon: "That Finnish skater, the way he makes that turn, reminds me of Derek Jeter." Joe: "Well Jeter, he could make that turn and make it look so easy that people think it's a routine turn. But trust me, it's not that easy." Jon: "Derek Jeter would just take command there on the ice." Joe: "Well, it would be Jeter's team. Other stars could come, like ARod, but it's still Derek Jeter's team." ...sorry guys. I'm having Sunday Night Baseball flashbacks. Must be all the snow and the ESPN rants from the other forums....
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| Willets Point Feb 12 2010 09:08 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The first time I ever saw curling - even heard of curling - I was in York, England, it was about 3:30 am and I was extremely drunk and I walked into the tv room at the hostel where people were watching curling. It ranks among the most surreal experiences of my life. For that reason alone, I'd like to learn curling.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 09:26 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":13ojvmrl]Any sport that can be played while drinking beer (curling) is A-OK with me.[/quote:13ojvmrl] Sure, I can see it. But curling brings other, more verdant adulterants to mind for me.
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| metirish Feb 12 2010 11:48 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Remember Edie "The Eagle" Edwards? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UjkLC5w ... r_embedded
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| HahnSolo Feb 12 2010 12:10 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I might be the only person who actually gets a kick out of biathlon. I love the fact that for every target you miss you have to ski a penalty lap. I like the men's downhill as well, and any of the luge/skeleton/bobsled events.
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| Centerfield Feb 12 2010 12:40 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I can't imagine how heartbroken Vonn must be. You train your whole life for a once in a lifetime crack at glory and then you bruise your shin a week before the Olympics. Tough.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2010 12:44 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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She had to know she was tempting fate by slutting it up for Sports Illustrated though. I mean, that;s the kinda shit Roger Clemens' wife does.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 01:04 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Are you arguing against toned athletic types showing the fruits of their labor in bikinis (or, for the ladies/men of other 'suasions, close-cropped lifeguard shorts)? DAMN YOU, SIR. DAMN YOU TO HELL.
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| TransMonk Feb 12 2010 01:48 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Georgian luger dies during training: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100212/ap_ ... luge_crash
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| Frayed Knot Feb 12 2010 01:58 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Centerfield":2xj4vjh3]I can't imagine how heartbroken Vonn must be. You train your whole life for a once in a lifetime crack at glory and then you bruise your shin a week before the Olympics. Tough.[/quote:2xj4vjh3] Sure. Except that, to those in the sport, the Olympics aren't thought of as the one and only competition even if that's the way the media and us non-fans treat it. It's the biggest competition to be sure and probably the most lucrative, but she's coming off two consecutive World championships (or whatever they call it) and it's not like those are negated and that it's all been a waste if she can't go here.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2010 01:58 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Guh.
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| Ashie62 Feb 12 2010 06:09 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Shaun White will be doing a his designer Double McTwist 1260 in snowboarding The Flying tomato
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| Ashie62 Feb 12 2010 06:10 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":j35euoap][quote="Centerfield":j35euoap]I can't imagine how heartbroken Vonn must be. You train your whole life for a once in a lifetime crack at glory and then you bruise your shin a week before the Olympics. Tough.[/quote:j35euoap] Sure. Except that, to those in the sport, the Olympics aren't thought of as the one and only competition even if that's the way the media and us non-fans treat it. It's the biggest competition to be sure and probably the most lucrative, but she's coming off two consecutive World championships (or whatever they call it) and it's not like those are negated and that it's all been a waste if she can't go here.[/quote:j35euoap] True..she is in the SI Swimsuit issue..It's still gota hurt though..Injured taking off a boot. Kinda like something a Met would do
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2010 06:53 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Whjat is this, Nascar? Ohno doing the interview with a giant advertisement on a headband. This makes me want to root for Dutch or something.
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| metirish Feb 12 2010 07:19 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Roor for the Irish bobsled team.
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| metsmarathon Feb 12 2010 07:44 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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those team usa knit hats are freakin' sweet. wonder where i can get me something like that...
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 07:45 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Ye Gods. My peeny makes involuntary passes at winsome black Irish lasses.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 07:53 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Shepard Fairey gives USA Speedskatingthe gift of "Hope."
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| Fman99 Feb 12 2010 07:57 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]How could you not love curling? It combines the disturbing energy of manic, focused sweeping with the unmatched hyperkinetic joy of big, sliding rocks. (Yeah, in all seriousness, I love it.) Ooh, and short-track speed skating is a guilty pleasure, for mostly the same reason that some people watch NASCAR-- the potential for disaster. |
| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 07:59 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Mexico sending a 51-year-old Prince as a downhill skiier? Not testing for Boneva, this year, I take it?
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| Fman99 Feb 12 2010 08:00 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":f5jxgq2k]Ye Gods. My peeny makes involuntary passes at winsome black Irish lasses.[/quote:f5jxgq2k] Seriously. Gets my ire up haw haw.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 08:04 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Harry Reid's curious about this nice Montenegro feller.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 08:22 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Nelly Furtado? Bryan Adams? Were Nickelback and Gordon Lightfoot occupied?
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| Fman99 Feb 12 2010 08:24 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I was hoping for an appearance from Celine Dion and her husband, Santa Claus.
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| metirish Feb 12 2010 08:28 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Seriously, that's got to be a hair piece that the PM of Canada ie wearing.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 08:30 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Donald Sutherland gives me bad-weed paranoia while I'm sober. Stop creeping me the fuck out, Hawkeye!
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| Fman99 Feb 12 2010 08:31 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm enjoying tonight's tribute to Canada's love of LSD and fur skin clothing.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 08:34 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Somewhere in greater Beijing, 9000 acrobat dudes who banged on light-up timpanis while bouncing around in light-up holograph cubes watch this and roll their eyes.
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| MFS62 Feb 12 2010 08:40 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]How could you not love curling? It combines the disturbing energy of manic, focused sweeping with the unmatched hyperkinetic joy of big, sliding rocks. (Yeah, in all seriousness, I love it.) |
| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 08:46 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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"Aboriginal" is a general term for indigenous peoples all over. Although if I were judging by this, I'd probably guess that it meant "like Cirque de Soleil, but chintzier."
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 08:54 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Is that Batman fiddling? Is this the Rapture? Am I drunk enough? (No, I am not.)
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| Ashie62 Feb 12 2010 08:55 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metsmarathon":3h47t3i4]those team usa knit hats are freakin' sweet. wonder where i can get me something like that...[/quote:3h47t3i4] Modells
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 09:03 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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"Look! Second right past the specially-selected confetti and straight on 'til fiddlin' Batman apocalypse! It's Poutine Pan!"
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 09:24 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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"You are. Human Champions. Athletic Giants. Champion Athletes. Human Giants. Giant Waffles. Fiddling Batmen. You are. Marshall. Pay no attention to the giant steel poles by the f-ing luge course... let's celebrate!" -John Furlong
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 09:35 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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kd lang still has some yip on her fastball, it seems.
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| metsguyinmichigan Feb 12 2010 09:46 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The luger who carried the American flag is from Muskegon, a city near here and a sister paper. Folks are bummed that Bob Costas didn't mention him by name. I didn't know Oscar Gamble was Canadian and could sing opera.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 10:03 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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That tribute to "Stonehenge" at the end was an odd choice.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 12 2010 10:05 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Are the Indians still dancing?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 12 2010 10:06 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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All done. They had a little "Sasketchewan, we have a problem" moment with the torch-lighting. Note to self: Never hire a Canadian engineer. OE: Oh, and heaven forbid we get a pickup with TWO working headlights to transport a sports legend to the outdoor-torch lighting. Christ, that's one sad padiddle.
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| metsmarathon Feb 12 2010 10:31 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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wow. that headlight is freakin' taped on there, isn't it...?
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| Willets Point Feb 13 2010 06:22 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1wwk2kxp] Note to self: Never hire a Canadian engineer.[/quote:1wwk2kxp] Reminds me of the old joke: Canada could have been heaven on earth with British culture, French cuisine, and American ingenuity. But they messed it up and ended up with American culture, British cuisine, and French ingenuity.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 13 2010 06:55 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"]kd lang still has some yip on her fastball, it seems. |
| The Canadian Press reported on Thursday that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson were seen rehearsing their hit 'Closer to the Heart' at BC Place. Now, there is speculation that the Rush performance was scrapped because the rock and roll vibe was perceived to be too upbeat to be respectful in the wake of the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. It is rumored that Rush may perform as part of the 2010 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony. |
| batmagadanleadoff Feb 13 2010 09:46 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Willets Point"]The first time I ever saw curling - even heard of curling - I was in York, England, it was about 3:30 am and I was extremely drunk and I walked into the tv room at the hostel where people were watching curling. It ranks among the most surreal experiences of my life. For that reason alone, I'd like to learn curling. |
| Frayed Knot Feb 13 2010 11:11 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3lx6pqwy]Nelly Furtado? Bryan Adams? Were Nickelback and Gordon Lightfoot occupied?[/quote:3lx6pqwy] And I guess Neil Young can't be trusted to stay on script or not curse. I could just see him up there starting his cover version of 'Four Strong Winds' or something when all of a sudden he gets a gleam in his eye, stops the song in the middle and starts hitting some raunchy guitar chords while shouting, "LET'S TURN THIS MOTHER OUT!!" Lightfoot, IIRC, sang at the Calgary games. Maybe these BC organizers consider him 'prairie Canada' material and not worthy of Pac coast ceremonies.
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| Edgy DC Feb 13 2010 05:06 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Two words: Guess Who. Two more words: Chilli Wack.
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| MFS62 Feb 14 2010 08:35 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The IOC is discontinuing the sport your dad wanted you to play with a bunch of games your mom warned you not to play. Later
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 14 2010 10:41 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The IOC's discontinuing "For Chrissakes, Just Be Quiet for One GD Minute While I'm Driving?" This whole Canada's-without-a-"home"-gold thing is going to be an annoyingly pervasive thing, isn't it?
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| Chad Ochoseis Feb 14 2010 11:01 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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| Frayed Knot Feb 14 2010 11:19 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3b8s8ek9]This whole Canada's-without-a-"home"-gold thing is going to be an annoyingly pervasive thing, isn't it?[/quote:3b8s8ek9] It's like NBC doesn't want to get tagged with the label of being too pro-American so they've gone and adopted Canada as a rooting/showing interest. Of course most of Canada is smart enough to not watch NBC as their own coverage is traditionally much better (more sports, fewer soap operas).
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| Valadius Feb 14 2010 02:14 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm very interested to see the BBC's coverage of the Olympics.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 14 2010 03:26 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Awesome Nordic Combined finale-- American Tony Spillane takes a ridiculous lead late, then gets chased down and nipped at the line... but still takes silver, for Old Glory's first NC medal ever.
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| Kong76 Feb 14 2010 03:37 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I hope that fire-side chat thing I caught Al Michaels doing earlier isn't a staple for the whole Olympics. (posted without reading thread if anyone has dogged Lil' Al)
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| Ashie62 Feb 14 2010 04:18 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":30mvw1jz][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":30mvw1jz]This whole Canada's-without-a-"home"-gold thing is going to be an annoyingly pervasive thing, isn't it?[/quote:30mvw1jz] It's like NBC doesn't want to get tagged with the label of being too pro-American so they've gone and adopted Canada as a rooting/showing interest. Of course most of Canada is smart enough to not watch NBC as their own coverage is traditionally much better (more sports, fewer soap operas).[/quote:30mvw1jz] Well, Canada's best chance crapped out in the women's moguls to the U.S.A so.. it's up to the hockey pucks
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| Valadius Feb 14 2010 05:26 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Kong76":34djvlkg]I hope that fire-side chat thing I caught Al Michaels doing earlier isn't a staple for the whole Olympics. (posted without reading thread if anyone has dogged Lil' Al)[/quote:34djvlkg] It is, though it's also Costas, Lester Holt, etc. doing the interviews.
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| metirish Feb 14 2010 07:45 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Canada's national nightmare is over , jeez but I feel a little underwhelmed . That was fun to watch all the same.....the Jimmy Roberts special reflecting on this momentous win coming tomorrow
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| Valadius Feb 15 2010 09:27 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I can't help thinking that logistically these are the worst Olympics I've ever seen.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 15 2010 10:10 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Between the on-ground delays and NBC's insistence on tape-delay for daytime events (when they've got 6 channels dedicated to the thing), it's a bit of a tough watch.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 16 2010 07:21 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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That's because NBC, in their minds, didn't purchase a sporting event, they purchased a TV show.
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| metirish Feb 16 2010 07:27 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm finding it unwatchable, I know we are in America and all that but come on NBC there are athletes from other countries winning medals.
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| themetfairy Feb 16 2010 08:16 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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When we were kids, ABC televised the Olympics. They did a much, much better job with it.
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| metsmarathon Feb 16 2010 08:33 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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they think we care more about the stories than the sports; that the events are merely the vehicle through which to tell us the things we're supposed to care deeply about.
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| themetfairy Feb 16 2010 08:40 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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What D-Dad pointed out last night was that ABC used to have Wide World of Sports, and they were used to broadcasting a variety of sports and treating them as sporting events. What I remember as a kid was that ABC would always show the medal ceremonies, even if non-Americans won. I loved watching the flags go up and hearing all of the different national anthems. Plus ABC would play all of the Olympic music, not just the first few bars. My kids aren't familiar with what the full anthem sounds like.
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| MFS62 Feb 16 2010 09:07 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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And what made both Wide World of Sports and Olympic coverage by ABC such a pleasure to watch was the professionalism of Jim McKay. Roone Arledge came to NBC, but apparently none of what he did to make the ABC coverage so good must have been lost in the move. It never rubbed off on his new bosses. Later
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| Frayed Knot Feb 16 2010 09:24 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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What's different now is the times, not the network. If you folks think that this would change if ABC (which at this point is a subsidiary of ESPN) suddenly got the rights you're kidding yourselves.
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| themetfairy Feb 16 2010 09:27 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Frayed Knot":14srz4x8]What's different now is the times, not the network. If you folks think that this would change if ABC (which at this point is a subsidiary of ESPN) suddenly got the rights you're kidding yourselves.[/quote:14srz4x8] You're correct, because the tradition of quality sports journalism has been lost. But ABC back in the day was the best.
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| Ashie62 Feb 16 2010 03:26 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm enjoying it..8pm..2 medal events covered well...its ez..I'm glad hockey is on CNBC, I just don't like the sport, even with the bigger rink Ooh..Men's figure skating tonight. Oh, what will Johhny Weir wear?
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 16 2010 03:58 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Ashie62":1rek5cin]Ooh..Men's figure skating tonight. Oh, what will Johhny Weir wear?[/quote:1rek5cin] My money's on "clothes."
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| TransMonk Feb 16 2010 04:10 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":115cpotl][quote="Ashie62":115cpotl]Ooh..Men's figure skating tonight. Oh, what will Johhny Weir wear?[/quote:115cpotl] My money's on "clothes."[/quote:115cpotl] Possibly ice skates...
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| Valadius Feb 16 2010 05:41 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Ashie62":29hhzc53]Ooh..Men's figure skating tonight. Oh, what will Johhny Weir wear?[/quote:29hhzc53] Something from Lady GaGa's closet.
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| Willets Point Feb 16 2010 05:51 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Anyone know any good places to stream Olympics coverage online. NBC had me jump through a bunch of hoops and then still wouldn't work. CTV just plain didn't work.
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| Fman99 Feb 16 2010 08:15 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm taking a disproportionate amount of enjoyment in watching the abject failures of these Olympics on TV -- ice skaters and snowboarders falling on their asses, most specifically. Practiced for four years just to trip over their own selves at the big moment. Why do I enjoy this so much? Is it just because I'm an asshole?
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| seawolf17 Feb 16 2010 08:24 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Fman99":3j3uyv4e]I'm taking a disproportionate amount of enjoyment in watching the abject failures of these Olympics on TV -- ice skaters and snowboarders falling on their asses, most specifically. Practiced for four years just to trip over their own selves at the big moment. Why do I enjoy this so much? Is it just because I'm an asshole?[/quote:3j3uyv4e] Not necessarily, because I love the wipeouts too.
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| Ceetar Feb 16 2010 09:19 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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That snowboarder, Lindsey Jacobellis fell again and failed to make the medal round. But I figured out why. The guy helping her get set before the start was wearing a 2009 WBC Jeter jersey.
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| MFS62 Feb 17 2010 06:54 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Ceetar"]That snowboarder, Lindsey Jacobellis fell again and failed to make the medal round. But I figured out why. The guy helping her get set before the start was wearing a 2009 WBC Jeter jersey. |
| Ceetar Feb 17 2010 06:56 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Is it wrong that I was almost rooting for her to lose after seeing that? ;-)
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 17 2010 08:59 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I was definitely rooting for her to f up again. I saw the interview she did the day before and it was clear she still hadn't gotten it.
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| Swan Swan H Feb 17 2010 09:43 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Ceetar":34arcvma]Is it wrong that I was almost rooting for her to lose after seeing that? ;-)[/quote:34arcvma] If you were wrong, count me in as well. When we saw the jersey we immediately turned against her. Now if it was #4 instead of #2, that would be different.
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| seawolf17 Feb 17 2010 05:25 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Swan Swan H":yxndthni][quote="Ceetar":yxndthni]Is it wrong that I was almost rooting for her to lose after seeing that? ;-)[/quote:yxndthni] If you were wrong, count me in as well. When we saw the jersey we immediately turned against her. Now if it was #4 instead of #2, that would be different.[/quote:yxndthni] Ha! We made the same joke last night. We joked that it really was Jeets, making all the snowboarders around him better before he had to report to Tampa.
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| Edgy DC Feb 17 2010 05:30 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Not that jersey, baby. He made everybody worse in that jersey. And he himself sucked, tangibly and intangibly.
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| Valadius Feb 17 2010 06:09 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Again, worst Olympics ever logistically. The ice re-surfacers broke down again.
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| metirish Feb 17 2010 06:22 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Spoiler down below........How did Vonn do earlier today in the Olympic downhill? Vonn won her Gold earlier today....
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| Valadius Feb 17 2010 06:42 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Shani Davis wins the gold, first to repeat as gold medalist at this distance. Chad Hedrick wins bronze.
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| metirish Feb 17 2010 06:58 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Valadius":30rpnabc]Shani Davis wins the gold, first to repeat as gold medalist at this distance. Chad Hedrick wins bronze.[/quote:30rpnabc] I was reading an article the other day about Davis , he was described as the Milton Bradley of his sport.Pretty bad I thought.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 17 2010 07:47 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metirish":22nmejvh][quote="Valadius":22nmejvh]Shani Davis wins the gold, first to repeat as gold medalist at this distance. Chad Hedrick wins bronze.[/quote:22nmejvh] I was reading an article the other day about Davis , he was described as the Milton Bradley of his sport.Pretty bad I thought.[/quote:22nmejvh] More like Bonds, minus performance enhancers. http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/colum ... id=4913700 Complicated dude. Intriguing profile above. IN other news, this women's downhill is a cavalcade of nasty-looking crashes.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 17 2010 07:53 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metirish":1qo5n6a8]Spoiler down below........How did Vonn do earlier today in the Olympic downhill? Vonn won her Gold earlier today....[/quote:1qo5n6a8] But NBC pretends it didn't happen until 6 hours after the fact. "Plausibly Live"
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 17 2010 08:50 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Does anyone else have anthem envy whenever they hear "O, Canada?"
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 17 2010 08:53 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3g62loeh]Does anyone else have anthem envy whenever they hear "O, Canada?"[/quote:3g62loeh] Yeah. But I generally root for the other countries anyway.
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| metirish Feb 17 2010 08:55 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1rcely3j]Does anyone else have anthem envy whenever they hear "O, Canada?"[/quote:1rcely3j] Not when this is mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wygzJtJwPnk Amhrán na bhFiann ( The Soldier's Song)
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| themetfairy Feb 17 2010 08:57 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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La Marseillaise is my favorite anthem.
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| metirish Feb 17 2010 09:16 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Ok, that was sick from Shaun White .
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 17 2010 09:21 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Indeed. He did "drop the shit out of it," as per his coach's (live, televised) instructions. On the scale of 1 to Snoop Dogg, how high are these boys getting, y'think? Oh, and Julia Mancuso. Grrrrrow.
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| TransMonk Feb 18 2010 07:14 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metirish":1j9q8zkz]Ok, that was sick from Shaun White .[/quote:1j9q8zkz] I'm still kind of appalled that snowboarding is an Olympic sport. I'm waiting for the first Olympic sponsership by NOS or Graffix.
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| TransMonk Feb 18 2010 07:16 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1ldawp6q]Does anyone else have anthem envy whenever they hear "O, Canada?"[/quote:1ldawp6q] Their anthem is pretty sweet.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 18 2010 12:26 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="TransMonk":1z4aec6t][quote="metirish":1z4aec6t]Ok, that was sick from Shaun White .[/quote:1z4aec6t] I'm still kind of appalled that snowboarding is an Olympic sport.[/quote:1z4aec6t] Initially so were many within the sport itself. To them the Olympics represented stuff like organization, teams, officials, standardized uniforms, and schedules that the sport and the attitude surrounding it were rebelling against. Of course then they found out how much cash they could make from it.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 18 2010 06:46 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Y'know, if you were interested in killing yourself in colorful fashion and you didn't have a private plane/IRS grudge/wanton disregard for other humans, you could do worse than taking a shot of Jameson every time someone said the word "shin" on the NBC telecasts.
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| seawolf17 Feb 18 2010 09:11 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Rough night for the women on the halfpipe. Seemed like every one of them wasted one of their two runs wiping out. Thanks for nothing, lovely Gretchen Bleiler, for finishing 11th with your rare and elusive dual wipeout. Word is that Shani Davis dropped out of the 500m at the last minute, which he was going to only use as a "tuneup" for his 1000m race anyway, thereby pissing off the 21-year-old young man who would have replaced him on the 500m for his first Olympic experience if he knew he wasn't going to skate it anyway. Dick.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 18 2010 11:57 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Mazel tov to Evan Lysecki, who skated like a supercharged, superagile colt and looked a little like a Romulan Guido in snatching gold from unmistakably sinister Russian defending champ Yevgeny Plushenko. (Oh, he wasn't evil? That was just the way NBC framed it? I see.) The real drama may have been a bit lower on the medal stand, though. Daisuke Takahashi took Japan's first men's figure skating medal ever, despite a massive spill on his attempt at a quadruple-axel. One thing's for sure-- NBC didn't want to touch the fifth-place finisher, a charismatic American, with a ten foot live-satellite-feed antenna until it absolutely had to. But was Johnny Weir-- quadless but otherwise technically strong and utterly absorbing on the ice-- robbed or properly appraised by the judges in finishing behind two skaters who fell completely on jumps? Was he done in by newly technical-skating-focused scoring and a slightly weaker jump package, or was he silently deemed-- as his supporters claim-- too much... too gay for figure skating*? *There's no way of exactly quantifying it, BTW, but if I had to guess, I'd say I'm just about 21% more gay during these two weeks every four years.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 19 2010 05:07 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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TGFFS. Well, a little from column A and some from column B.
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| themetfairy Feb 19 2010 05:21 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I definitely think that Weir earned the bronze. Every time we saw him, though, D-Dad and I were reminded of the line from Blades of Glory - "As if figure skating wasn't gay enough...."
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| Edgy DC Feb 19 2010 05:32 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Figure skating is so rigged that it makes boxing look clean.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 19 2010 07:12 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Feb 19 2010 07:29 AM |
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But that's the thing, though. The shift from the old '6.0' scale to "Code of Points" scoring-- in which competitors are graded on various technical elements and program "components" rather than receiving a single "technical" and "presentation" score for each "half" of the program-- supposedly went a long way toward minimizing any judge bias, and eliminating the possibility of vote-trading schemes as in 2002. But hey, it's still people looking at a guy jumping/spinning, then scoring it based on their interpretation of what that should look like. It's almost as impossible to do precisely as is judging whether a tiny, spinning leather-and-cork ball has passed through an imaginary box when said ball is moving horizontally at 90 miles an hour (and dancing diagonally/vertically, besides), y'know?
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| metirish Feb 19 2010 07:16 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I can't watch these guys without thinking of "Blades of Glory" .
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| MFS62 Feb 19 2010 08:17 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="TransMonk"][quote="metirish"]Ok, that was sick from Shaun White . |
| seawolf17 Feb 19 2010 08:28 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Edgy DC":2lccmqyj]Figure skating is so rigged that it makes boxing look clean.[/quote:2lccmqyj] This. "Earned the bronze"? Gimme a break.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 19 2010 10:27 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="MFS62"][quote="TransMonk"][quote="metirish"]Ok, that was sick from Shaun White . |
| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 19 2010 02:01 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The luge tragedy gets more and more muddy. Deadspin, doing some actual investigative reportage, publishes the correspondence of German Olympian Werner Hoeger-- luge's Karen Silkwood?--with the International Luge Federation (FIL), the Canadian Luge Association, and the IOC. Writer Tommy Craggs comes to an unsettling conclusion:
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| Fman99 Feb 19 2010 02:04 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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"Too gay for figure skating" is akin to "too injured to be a Met."
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| seawolf17 Feb 19 2010 07:17 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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We're loving the Super G right now because they keep referring to the "weasel" section. They just said Didier Cuche was "a little low in the weasel." Sounds like something fman would say.
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| Edgy DC Feb 19 2010 10:18 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I know I'd have an ugly little bout of dyslexia with "Dider Cuche." I can only guess what Ralph Kiner would do with such a name.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 19 2010 11:52 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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You like that, you'd love skeleton. Firstly, the event itself is insane. Secondly, top competitors include Jeff Pain, and guys nicknamed "The Eliminator," "The Raging Beaver," and "The Ice Doctor." Apparently, this event was scripted by Tom Wolfe.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 21 2010 09:43 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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French-Canadians/gaping asshole brothers (of COURSE they're brothers) Francois and Charles Hamelin hand-check Apolo Ohno from first to fifth with 3 laps to go, and South Korea continues a ridunkulous Olympics for them, going 1-2 with Lee Jung Su claiming his second gold of the Games. Ohno recovers for bronze (his recordbreaking 7th Winter Olympics medal), as Francois-- who earlier armbarred a South Korean skater at the line to advance in the quarters and took out young American J.R. Celski with an ill-timed (and unpenalized) grab in the semis-- finishes dead last. Thus always to dirty Quebecois, Franny. Meanwhile, Shani Davis continued to win hearts and minds, taking silver in the long-track 1500, while Katharine "Stephen Colbert signed my thigh" Ruetter finished 4th in the ladybusiness short-track 1500. LINDSAY VONN SHIN UPDATE: Took bronze last night. Still cheesy, still attached to her leg.
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| metirish Feb 21 2010 09:51 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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USA play Canada today in Hockey , every freaking TV in Canada will be tuned in. Game is on MSNBC at 7:40pm...
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| Frayed Knot Feb 21 2010 10:09 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I think these 'Ski-cross' and 'snowboard-cross' races would be even better if they allowed checking.
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| Fman99 Feb 21 2010 10:17 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm feeling a little low in the weasel myself this morning. Need some coffee.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 21 2010 10:21 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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"Rubbing is racing." -- NBC announcer guy on ski-cross* "I agree." -- Fman99 *Along with its sister sport snowboard-cross-- snobocross?-- currently trading paint with curling as my favorite WO sport.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 21 2010 08:00 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Amazing how much fun hockey can get when: - everyone on the ice is a high-level pro - the expanded surface (wider rink) gives them more room to operate - there are no automatic commercial breaks built in to the telecast
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| metirish Feb 21 2010 08:16 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Yeah , that was fun to watch. Every time they show international hockey like the Olympics or the World Championships the wider ice comes up, IIRC one reason given by people within the NHL for not having it is the loss of seating in the arenas.USA pretty much beat Canada all over the ice , great to watch.
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| metirish Feb 21 2010 08:18 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Oh now stop it , the talking head on MSNBC talking about this as the biggest Olympic hockey upset since "the miracle on ice".....
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 21 2010 08:20 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Well, then the talking head on MSNBC's an imbecile. Although you have to wonder if Gretzky's crying a little. (And out of what hole the tears are coming after the nip-tucks.)
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| Valadius Feb 21 2010 08:29 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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It's possibly the biggest AMERICAN Olympic hockey upset since 1980. The US hadn't beaten Canada at the Olympics since 1960.
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| metirish Feb 21 2010 08:31 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1d2ufy5u]Well, then the talking head on MSNBC's an imbecile. Although you have to wonder if Gretzky's crying a little. (And out of what hole the tears are coming after the nip-tucks.)[/quote:1d2ufy5u] Yeah the guys a nut but this is NBC playing us for idiots, what better way to get the non fan interested than making the connection for them to a real once in a lifetime hockey game that happened thirty years ago.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 21 2010 08:34 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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| Frayed Knot Feb 21 2010 08:42 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metirish"]Yeah the guys a nut but this is NBC playing us for idiots, what better way to get the non fan interested than making the connection for them to a real once in a lifetime hockey game that happened thirty years ago. |
| MFS62 Feb 22 2010 08:12 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Two things about the skiing coverage: 1) They've defined just about every term used in the games ad nauseum, but never told us what the G in "Super G" stands for. I looked it up. G stands for giant. So, Super G means super giant? Why not super duper? Why not fuckin' huge? Just asking. 2) How many times can the guy doing color on the skiing broadcast have to tell us "its too dark out there"? How about explaining it. Is it because: * they need to fill air time? * there are a lot of contestants? * the course was laid out improperly? * something else? Isn't that what good color commentary is for? Later
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| Frayed Knot Feb 22 2010 08:25 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Originally there were two main ski races: the straighter, faster, hell-bent for speed [u:th0sf6ji]Downhill[/u:th0sf6ji], and the more technical and turn-oriented [u:th0sf6ji]Slalom[/u:th0sf6ji]. Then a bunch of years ago they invented the 'Giant Slalom' which is a hybrid of the two: more turns than the downhill but fewer than the regular slalom. Not satisfied with that, they concocted a Giant Slalom/Downhill hybrid for the same reason 'Cruiserweights' and 'Super-Middleweights' were invented: an excuse to crown more "champions". So the 'Super-G' is nothing more than a nifty-sounding made-up name that tells you that it's a bigger version of the Giant Slalom.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 22 2010 09:02 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="MFS62"] 2) How many times can the guy doing color on the skiing broadcast have to tell us "its too dark out there"? How about explaining it. Is it because: * they need to fill air time? * there are a lot of contestants? * the course was laid out improperly? * something else? Isn't that what good color commentary is for? Later |
| MFS62 Feb 22 2010 09:27 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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FK- thanks. LWFS - forgot about the earlier weather. Makes sense. That said, I'd love to help Lindsay Vonn find her Super G spot. Later
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| Frayed Knot Feb 23 2010 01:14 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Feb 23 2010 06:21 PM |
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Jason Bay: "I played [curling] a couple of years when I was in high school. They needed an extra guy. I wasn't any good. It's more of an excuse to go out on the ice and sweep around for a couple of hours and get a little exercise, and then drink a couple of beers afterward. I don't have high school baseball where I'm at. We have curling, but we don't have baseball-just club teams and travel teams." from Adam Rubin's blob
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| Valadius Feb 23 2010 02:30 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 23 2010 03:00 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 23 2010 03:16 PM |
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[quote="Frayed Knot"]Jason Bay: "I played [curling] a couple of years when I was in high school. They needed an extra guy. I wasn't any good. It's more of an excuse to go out on the ice and sweep around for a couple of hours and get a little exercise, and then drink a couple of beers afterward. I don't have high school baseball where I'm at. We have curling, but we don't have baseball-just club teams and travel teams." from Adam Rubin's blog |
| Swan Swan H Feb 23 2010 03:16 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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German ski jumper Andreas Wank tried to help his team win the gold medal, but he couldn't pull it off.
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| Valadius Feb 23 2010 03:32 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2wo4bbxf]Whassup with the Blob, Val?[/quote:2wo4bbxf] FK made a typo and misspelled "blog" as "blob". I found it hilarious.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 23 2010 03:48 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Adam Rubin's Blob lobby for position with the X-Men?
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 23 2010 05:54 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":32hcp7w3]Adam Rubin's Blob lobby for position with the X-Men?[/quote:32hcp7w3] Don't move. I have a gub.
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| themetfairy Feb 23 2010 05:55 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2g7kuoy4][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":2g7kuoy4]Adam Rubin's Blob lobby for position with the X-Men?[/quote:2g7kuoy4] Don't move. I have a gub.[/quote:2g7kuoy4] Abt Natural
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| Frayed Knot Feb 23 2010 06:21 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Valadius":1gxz0p5x][quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":1gxz0p5x]Whassup with the Blob, Val?[/quote:1gxz0p5x] FK made a typo and misspelled "blog" as "blob". I found it hilarious.[/quote:1gxz0p5x] I didn't realize that was what the cartoon was in reference to even though I noticed and changed the typo right after looking at it. So now I have to change it back.
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| Kong76 Feb 23 2010 08:03 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I meant to say this the other day, Ski Cross is sick ... love it.
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| themetfairy Feb 23 2010 09:01 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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This skating coach from Holland might as well seek political asylum in Canada right now. Because his life back home will be Hell after this fuckup!
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 23 2010 09:57 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The Korean's a stone-cold killer. Kim Yu-Naaaaaaaat yo' night, rest o' you bitches.
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| Ashie62 Feb 24 2010 05:11 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I have a crush on Rachel Flatt
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| MFS62 Feb 24 2010 08:37 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Ashie62":2am8vzn6]I have a crush on Rachel Flatt[/quote:2am8vzn6] How do you feel about Earl Scruggs? http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8 ... %20Scruggs Later
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 24 2010 08:56 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Ashie62"]I have a crush on Rachel Flatt |
That's terrible. I'm a terrible human.
| Frayed Knot Feb 24 2010 02:32 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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They've reached the knockout stage of the hockey tourney and the top-ranked USA are in a scoreless duel with the Swiss after two periods. Do you suppose the Swiss team specializes at play in ... (wait for it) ... the neutral zone?
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| Valadius Feb 24 2010 06:24 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 24 2010 06:59 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Whatta comedic enterprise you've got, there. Would've been fun to see, say, a Borg-themed ice dance routine. Would've been no less weird than the booga-booga 'aboriginal' dances and uncountable 'romantic' variations on Lux Aeterna.
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| TransMonk Feb 25 2010 06:46 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr"][quote="Ashie62"]I have a crush on Rachel Flatt |
I read it as them:
| Centerfield Feb 26 2010 08:32 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr":3nim086t]The Korean's a stone-cold killer. Kim Yu-Naaaaaaaat yo' night, rest o' you bitches.[/quote:3nim086t] Um, seriously. That wasn't a victory, that was a beatdown. That was like Syracuse-Maine.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 26 2010 09:42 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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She was obviously, unequivocally the best in this entirely-subjectively-adjuticated sport. Hooray for the cross-country dudes, especially New Yorker/Olympic vet Bill Demong, or, as we call him in these parts, "Goldy Showaz."
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| Centerfield Feb 26 2010 12:58 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The reaction when she received her score was priceless. As poised and professional as she was all throughout, she looked like the teenager she is when she heard what the judges had given her.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 26 2010 01:35 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I don't like the whole nylons-pulled-down-over-the-skate look. Show the boots!
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| Frayed Knot Feb 26 2010 01:50 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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U.S. hockey, after barely getting past Switzerland in the quarters, sticks a touchdown up on Finland in the first period of today's semis (including 5 goals in like a 6 minute stretch) and heads into the 2nd up 6-0
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 27 2010 07:49 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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After the last couple of days, I think I'm rooting a little bit for a Canada hockey silver, almost as much as I'm rooting for American gold. Also, kind of fun to see Americans winning "WTF"-inspiring medals/matches (long-track against the Dutch men-- with coach-crossed Sven Kramer-- and Canadian women yesterday, cross country the day before). Goofy, even.
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| Valadius Feb 27 2010 09:27 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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When that Dutch coach steps off the plane in Amsterdam, he's going to face an angry mob of torches and pitchforks.
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| Valadius Feb 28 2010 11:40 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Prepare to use your mute button - Canadian abomination Nickelback is rumored to make an appearance at the Olympic Closing Ceremony.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 28 2010 11:57 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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At least Neil Young is to make an appearance - although one never knows which version of Neil is going to show up. He once did a cover of the Canadian folk fave 'Four Strong Winds' - but they used that one (not his) during the Calgary Olympics. As far as Jerry Seinfeld's new TV show goes - it's getting a ton of advance publicity during the games and is one of NBC's chips to try and fill the Jay-void - I so don't think so.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 28 2010 01:38 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The long-lost-relatives show, on the other hand, looks like the best TLC show NBC has ever aired.
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| Valadius Feb 28 2010 07:30 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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It's just like Vladimir Putin to bring back the Soviet national anthem.
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| Frayed Knot Feb 28 2010 08:02 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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In the liner notes to one of his albums, Neil dedicated this song to "my first car and my last lady" -- with your chrome heart shining in the sun, long may you run
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| themetfairy Feb 28 2010 08:22 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Mounties dancing to a jazz version of Oh Canada? I must be more tired and/or drunk than I thought....
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| metsguyinmichigan Feb 28 2010 08:37 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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WTF!!!! NBC leaves the closing ceremonies for that crap Seinfeld show -- and will come back in an hour????? Are you kidding me?????
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| Methead Feb 28 2010 09:03 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="Valadius":6mssdy7t]When that Dutch coach steps off the plane in Amsterdam, he's going to face an angry mob of torches and pitchforks.[/quote:6mssdy7t] You misspelled "bongs".
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| Ashie62 Mar 01 2010 06:36 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="metsguyinmichigan":ivwcmn06]WTF!!!! NBC leaves the closing ceremonies for that crap Seinfeld show -- and will come back in an hour????? Are you kidding me?????[/quote:ivwcmn06] I didn't care for the closing ceremonies being turned into a stand up "Comedy Night" I like Catherine O'Hara but she came off like Kathy Griffin.
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| MFS62 Mar 01 2010 09:20 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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I'm surprised the Germans didn't win many medals in the biathlon. That's the way they used to keep my relatives from escaping over the mountains to Switzerland. Later
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| DocTee Mar 01 2010 10:40 PM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Four more years until I'm subjected to Mary Carillo again. She's worse than Costas and Jimmy Roberts combined.
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| Valadius Mar 02 2010 07:52 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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Actually, the TV rights to Sochi 2014 haven't been decided yet. NBC's Olympic contract only runs through London 2012.
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| metirish Mar 02 2010 08:07 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="DocTee":1mmej5o8]Four more years until I'm subjected to Mary Carillo again. She's worse than Costas and Jimmy Roberts combined.[/quote:1mmej5o8] Totally agreee , she has a weird way of talking out the side of her mouth, a bit butch too.
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| LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 02 2010 08:54 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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[quote="DocTee":1p0nfrn9]Four more years until I'm subjected to Mary Carillo again. She's worse than Costas and Jimmy Roberts combined.[/quote:1p0nfrn9] She's a damn solid tennis color-woman... has been for years. (Like, just a step behind John McEnroe, and on par with Pat McEnroe.) It's being pushed to do the same goofy, informal studio stuff that's infected cable and local TV news that's gotten her.
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| DocTee Mar 02 2010 09:39 AM Re: Vancouver 2010 |
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The "human interest" stories are generally bad, but she was insufferable. I don't mind stories about athletes overcoming adversity, etc on their road to the Olympics but sending Carillo on a trip to the RCMP training center? Or the Montreal Comedy fest?? I have a feeling Jim McKay is turning over in his grave.
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I felt bad for the 16 year old American who skated last (could she be any cuter?) I mean, dead mom girl skated ok and all, but that doesn't mean you have to give her a medal. Our girl was clearly better.
I'm thinking I should have thrown some ice skates into the mix at Stella's birthday.
