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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: CatsbyAZ on July 13, 2024, 11:25:11 AM
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💩 Let's start the Olympics on the right foot - by stepping in, or swimming in(?), Poop?
Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?
From Vox–
"A key promise in Paris’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was that its famous river, the Seine, would be cleaned up in time to host open water swimming events...swimming has been banned in the Seine for a century because the Paris sewer system is designed to dump wastewater into the river during heavy rain when the sewers get overwhelmed by stormwater."
"Paris officials took on a $1.5 billion USD infrastructure project that included a massive underground tank and tunnel system that could hold excess sewage during heavy rain to minimize contamination of the Seine. Paris officials will test water quality daily ahead of the Olympic games...but the likelihood of open water swimming taking place will also depend on weather and luck."
https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1810717410132922729
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My wife was aghast.
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I always look forward to the Olympics.
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My wife was aghast.
not me
I assume Europe is polluted
Trump had the cleanest water!
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With streaming... interested in how they televise things.
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Men's basketball will be very interesting. I can see the US finishing out of the medals. The French team will be very good. Their guards are suspect but with the homecourt advantage and Wemby they might be the favorite. I think Wemby will come out of these Olympics as one of the best three players in the world along with some combination of Luka, Giannis, and Jokic.
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I think since they added pros I started to lose interest, but I lost interest in a lot of things about that time, or just was really busy.
I doubt I'll watch a minute this time around. I miss the East German judges.
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Men's basketball will be very interesting. I can see the US finishing out of the medals. The French team will be very good. Their guards are suspect but with the homecourt advantage and Wemby they might be the favorite. I think Wemby will come out of these Olympics as one of the best three players in the world along with some combination of Luka, Giannis, and Jokic.
Agreed
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💩 Let's start the Olympics on the right foot - by stepping in, or swimming in(?), Poop?
Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?
From Vox–
"A key promise in Paris’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was that its famous river, the Seine, would be cleaned up in time to host open water swimming events...swimming has been banned in the Seine for a century because the Paris sewer system is designed to dump wastewater into the river during heavy rain when the sewers get overwhelmed by stormwater."
"Paris officials took on a $1.5 billion USD infrastructure project that included a massive underground tank and tunnel system that could hold excess sewage during heavy rain to minimize contamination of the Seine. Paris officials will test water quality daily ahead of the Olympic games...but the likelihood of open water swimming taking place will also depend on weather and luck."
https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1810717410132922729
Paris sewers have been of interest since Victor Hugo
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I think since they added pros I started to lose interest, but I lost interest in a lot of things about that time, or just was really busy.
I doubt I'll watch a minute this time around. I miss the East German judges.
Yeah, Olympics don't do much for me anymore. NBC will not be getting my attention.
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My kids like them so I'm sure we'll watch some.
I like the sprints, and the hurdles, and swimming.
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I'll watch.
Which is to say more accurately, it will be on the TV while I'm WFH if there's no golf on. How much of it will actually be more than background noise, I can't say.
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I still have Peacock - not sure how they will set up viewing and what time things are, but I could see watching a lot of it, when I never have much before. Being able to pick whatever event I want to watch is a gamechanger.
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The last Olympics (February 2022 is so damn long ago!) was the reason why we got Peacock in the first place.
Actually having everything live is a game-changer.
Paris is 7 hours ahead of CDT.
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The Olympics are my favorite sports event. I'll watch as much as possible
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Nbc isn't sending over announcers for volleyball. Doing it from home based studios.
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fools
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From The Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/07/14/paris-has-killed-the-olympics-juggernaut-stone-dead/) – The Paris Olympics is turning into a catastrophic financial flop–
“True, it might cost a few billion to build all the stadia and facilities and lay on the extra security required to stage all the events. But that would pay for itself many times over, with the games bringing lots of extra tourists into the host city, raising its profile and triggering a wave of renewal and investment. In the case of Paris, the argument was always uncertain.”
“Air France reported earlier this month that it expected to report a loss of €180m in the current quarter. Why? Because lots of flyers are avoiding the city, expecting it to be far more crowded than usual. That is a double blow for the French government since it owns 29pc of the airline, and its shares are down by 40pc this year.”
“Likewise, hotel bookings are disappointing. There are some peak days around the opening ceremony, but over the entire Olympics period occupancy is now below the 81.4pc level the city saw in July 2023. In plain language, Paris’s hotels are having a worse summer than usual.”
“Meanwhile, the city may well not even be ready, with the Seine still too polluted for events planned on the river, and, with grim inevitability, French public sector workers already threatening strikes if they are not offered some extra money. Add it all up, and it is not looking good.”
MY THOUGHTS: Every host since dreams of reaping the gains Atlanta did in 1996, when it ascended from a southeast regional center to a global city, with its airport becoming among the world’s busiest since then. Since Atlanta, host cities have gone from barely breaking even (Sydney, Athens) to downright losing a lot of money (Vancouver, Tokyo).
The Olympic Committee themselves seems very ignorant/arrogant to the burden its infrastructure requirements place on host cities who are required to build brand new, billion dollar stadiums once awarded the games. It’s why I wondered why Los Angeles, with an endless list of its own internal problems, bothered bidding (and winning) to host the 2028 summer games.
Additionally, viewership for the Olympics has consistently declined for twenty years now, with operational costs soaring, and the other global sporting event – The World Cup – surpassing viewership and global following, especially across South America and Africa.
https://twitter.com/Fxhedgers/status/1812989545299763412
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Has a city actually ever made money on the Olympics? Atlanta maybe??
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The World Cup is going to three countries the next go around, feels like the Olympics has to start spreading out more too. It always feels like a boondogle.
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Has a city actually ever made money on the Olympics? Atlanta maybe??
Not when the bidding process is in the tens of millions (and just the above table portion) and the requirements to put hundred of millions more into infrastructure.
As Max said the World Cup is spreading to multiple host countries, but even before that it was host "country" not host "city". I think at the very least they should go to host countries, and countries with the existing infrastructure.
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Olympics could spread out, or it could just focus on rotating among 3-4 sites that would then have more capability and impetus to develop and maintain the facilities.
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I remember when Chicago was trying to get the Olympics, which went to Brazil.
That would have been some special kind of boondoggle in Chicago.
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Has a city actually ever made money on the Olympics? Atlanta maybe??
Atlanta supposedly broke even. That is subject of course to accounting, but a lot of the stuff built for the Olympics is still in use. I also think some scuzzy areas near downtown got cleaned up permanently, like Centennial Park and the tourist traps, I mean, attractions, surrounding it.
Cities that lose money MIGHT make it up in future tourism, but not cities like Paris, it won't impact their future tourism. It can put some cities "on the map", as it were.
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I believe that LA 84 and Salt Lake 02 both turned profits.
Seoul and Beijing were both budget busters that signaled the arrival of their countries onto the international stage.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/past-olympics-made-profit-160020931.html
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I believe that LA 84 and Salt Lake 02 both turned profits.
Seoul and Beijing were both budget busters that signaled the arrival of their countries onto the international stage.
Do you know how Athens did? I'm curious because I've not really paid attention.
Living in Chicago, I knew it would be a disaster there. Just look at poor Soldier Field as an example.
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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/past-olympics-made-profit-160020931.html
Wow. That's painful to read.
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(https://i.imgur.com/sYwdatx.png)
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[img width=260.182 height=500]https://i.imgur.com/sYwdatx.png[/img]
Well, duh. Let me guess. The other definite lock is the SEC. And for the third I'll go toss-up between the ACC and B12.
You know, the only four conferences with money.
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Never trust the Canucks
https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40629677/canadian-soccer-coach-analyst-olympics-drone-use
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Probably the ACC, smaller number of schools.
And they do pretty well in "other sports".
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Argentina U23 saved by a massive stoppage time number. They scored at 90' + 17' to tie it at 2-2. Looks like these Olympics will be following the huge stoppage time numbers we saw in the World Cup, and not the smaller numbers we saw in Euro Cup.
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I loved that they were sticking it to the floppers and other general time vampires in the World Cup, and I hated how little stoppage they prescribed in the Euros.
Sounds like I'll he happy with the officiating in the Olympics.
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Argentina U23 saved by a massive stoppage time number. They scored at 90' + 17' to tie it at 2-2. Looks like these Olympics will be following the huge stoppage time numbers we saw in the World Cup, and not the smaller numbers we saw in Euro Cup.
Or were they?
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Since the opening montage seems to have gone out of favor at the peacock, in honor of tomorrow's opening ceremony, here is the best montage NBC ever did for the Olympics.
https://youtu.be/Ubybb69Wydo?si=vMkZAghYiBmudEiH
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My wife, somewhat curiously to me, wants to watch the Opening Ceremonies, I think that's today? She asked me what channel they were on and if we would get said channel. She's not generally interested in sports of any kind, which is not unusual, I guess as she grew up there she's interested. She told me swimming in the Seine was an awful idea.
I should look up when it starts locally I suppose. Maybe she did. People pay BIG BUCKS to attend these events, I recall it was eye popping back in '96.
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Well, the Opening Ceremonies isn't sports of any kind
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I can't imagine spending time watching it on TV, maybe a quick glimpse or something.
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The Opening Ceremony broadcast is scheduled to go on the air at 12:30 PM CDT, and will be live on NBC across all time zones.
I do believe this will be the first opening ceremony outside of the Americas that NBC will carry live.
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I'm busy with a company golf outing
FORE!!!
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The Opening Ceremony broadcast is scheduled to go on the air at 12:30 PM CDT, and will be live on NBC across all time zones.
I do believe this will be the first opening ceremony outside of the Americas that NBC will carry live.
And I think they must be replaying it in the evening, because I see it listed again at 6:30 or 7 central.
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And I think they must be replaying it in the evening, because I see it listed again at 6:30 or 7 central.
Yup. This has traditionally been the US broadcast strategy (hold everything for primetime), but has gone out of vogue with the advent of fast, worldwide Internet.
One appeal of my dumpy Seattle apartment in the summer of 2008 was watching all the Beijing Olympics live on CBC.
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Unless it's a team game like soccer or basketball, I actually prefer their little "packaged" bits they run in primetime. They usually do a good job of showing sports/athletes that are relevant to the US, and they also provide helpful backstory and commentary as to WHY it's relevant to the US.
So for MOST of the events like swimming, gymnastics, sprint/hurdle races, decathlon, etc. I actually prefer the primetime packaged viewing over live viewing at odd hours throughout the day.
But again, that's definitely not true for the team sports.
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Yup. This has traditionally been the US broadcast strategy (hold everything for primetime), but has gone out of vogue with the advent of fast, worldwide Internet.
One appeal of my dumpy Seattle apartment in the summer of 2008 was watching all the Beijing Olympics live on CBC.
This year it seems like they are showing them both live, and then the evening package. Agreed though, knowing the results takes the fun out of it
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Above I specified "relevant to the US" which isn't necessarily the whole of what I mean.
I also like when they focus in on someone who's about to do something monumental like shatter an Olympic record, even if they're not American. Or if it's a really hot chick from some other country. :)
But in general my primary interests are going to be in events that are important to US athletes.
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My wife has been watching, I went to the pool. When I got back, she said a lot of stuff was just weird.
I gather it's a spectacle.
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What's up with the train system? I saw where part of it was down due to fire.
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What's up with the train system? I saw where part of it was down due to fire.
Sabotage apparently.
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My wife has been watching, I went to the pool. When I got back, she said a lot of stuff was just weird.
I gather it's a spectacle.
I was looking forward to seeing all the different countries march in but leave it to the French to do something completly out of tradition viva la blah
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My wife watched the whole thing, mostly shaking her head and sighing when I passed by. She wanted me to see the US float, which I did briefly. I like the Rose Bowl parade floats better, or vanilla and Coke better.
I cannot imagine being there in person and suffering through all this, but I am pretty sure I could have found a bar not too far away.
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Family wanted to watch some of it. I actually like that they changed it up somewhat. Dont need to watch people walk in a circle for 4 hours, which is the norm.
The worst part was the broadcasters. Tirico is as overrated as ever, Manning clearly did zero prep, and Kelly Clarkson never shut up
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https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1610992039868485632?t=xgeDwPrnW1BNLk-q2o8eBw&s=19
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Watching the "Gold Zone" on Peacock. Apparently a takeoff of the Red Zone, but with Olympics.
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Nice work Cook 'N Bacon taking a silver in synchro diving. Bacon is an Indiana product.
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The equestrian announcer described a horse as small, and then clarified small as horses go, still fairly large. Glad he is bringing this insight to the table
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The equestrian announcer described a horse as small, and then clarified small as horses go, still fairly large. Glad he is bringing this insight to the table
I'm normally numb to this sort of things by the talking heads, but one that really got me was "the ball went between his right and left hands," as if we wouldn't have been able to figure out which two hands he was referring to without the extra clarification.
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I'm normally numb to this sort of things by the talking heads, but one that really got me was "the ball went between his right and left hands," as if we wouldn't have been able to figure out which two hands he was referring to without the extra clarification.
Paid by the word?
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Glad others notice the empty suit of Tirico.
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Glad others notice the empty suit of Tirico.
I dont dislike him, I just dont get how he has been elevated to where he is. He is on par with a random nobody who hosts the 10am SportsCenter
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He is really bad at Golf. I hope they don't put him in that role here.
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He is really bad at Golf. I hope they don't put him in that role here.
I mean, if they put him in the majors, they will put him in Olympic golf.
Also seems like Olympic golf was a big miss. It's already an international sport. A regular tournament is what we always see. I'd rather see 16 national "teams" of 2, playing alternate shot. 3 days of group play, followed by an 8 team tournament. Make it like the Ryder Cup.
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Basketball is fine, because it's the premier international tournament, same as hockey. I like that soccer does essentially a U23 tournament + 3 senior players. because we already have the World Cup.
I loved the Dream Team, because I was 8. By Atlanta, I thought it was dumb. But I think the forward thinking was on point. Apparently in the 1992 Olympics there were 9 non-USA players who had, did, or would play in the NBA. This year there are 68, and that doesn't include young players, who might someday. The Dream Team made basketball the #2 international sport.
I do still wish they'd have baseball, as a best on best tournament. I'm a sucker for international sport.
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I mean, if they put him in the majors, they will put him in Olympic golf.
Also seems like Olympic golf was a big miss. It's already an international sport. A regular tournament is what we always see. I'd rather see 16 national "teams" of 2, playing alternate shot. 3 days of group play, followed by an 8 team tournament. Make it like the Ryder Cup.
I'd almost rather see both. An individual tournament AND a team event. One 72-hole stroke play event and then a 72-hole 2-man team event like the Zurich on the PGAT where it is best ball 2 days and alternate shot the other 2 days.
Or maybe make it individual but have it be a single-elimination match play tournament.
Although in the last games, there was a 7-man playoff for bronze, which was kinda fun to watch.
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I'd almost rather see both. An individual tournament AND a team event. One 72-hole stroke play event and then a 72-hole 2-man team event like the Zurich on the PGAT where it is best ball 2 days and alternate shot the other 2 days.
Or maybe make it individual but have it be a single-elimination match play tournament.
Although in the last games, there was a 7-man playoff for bronze, which was kinda fun to watch.
Normally, yes. And if the guys want to do it, sure. But a straight 72 hole tournament is very unnecessary. I dont hate the New Orleans format, but lets have some match play. Pro golf, particularly once they eliminated the WGC, is severely underrepresented on match play
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The equestrian announcer described a horse as small, and then clarified small as horses go, still fairly large. Glad he is bringing this insight to the table
Lmao
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Bjork would've been a much better choice than Lady Gaga for that number in the opening ceremonies.
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A drag show?
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A drag show?
reminds me of a quote from My Fair Lady
"The French dont care what they do actually as long as its pronounced properly"
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Gold Zone having some technical issues this morning
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I don't understand fencing, but then, neither does do the people covering it for Peacock
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(https://i.imgur.com/0QF3xQ2.png)
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I told that damn brick layer to stay off the wine while putting in my fence
just cant get good help anymore
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I think it would be cool if the Olympics had a Kentucky Derby style horse race where the horse is given the gold medal.
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I read one suggestion to have a "normal person" in each event to show how tough it is. Maybe not for the marathon etc.
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Probably not in archery either. 70m. Fans on each side.
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Speaking of archery, South Korea women just a machine. I watched NED push them and they just wilted in last set then tiebreaker.
China gets a shot now in gold match. South Korea has won every gold since inception in 88.
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Speaking of archery, South Korea women just a machine. I watched NED push them and they just wilted in last set then tiebreaker.
China gets a shot now in gold match. South Korea has won every gold since inception in 88.
Id be curious as to how the accuracy of archery compares to shooting even a generation ago
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I read one suggestion to have a "normal person" in each event to show how tough it is. Maybe not for the marathon etc.
We were discussing which sport would you embarrass yourself the least in. I think it might be shooting. Everyone is inside the inner circle, which I obviously would not be. But there are 7 and 8 point circles, which I assume are there for a reason. At some level, people must be hitting those. So even if I got destroyed, Id presumably at least be hitting the target somewhere. And obviously some would realize how bad it was, but I think it would be less obvious to a casual observer than in most sports.
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Air pistol is at 10m. Basically any shot below a 10 is viewed as meh. At 7-8 I assume that's like batting .075 in baseball.
Archery, that's 70m. Recurve w a fair amount of aid, sights l, weights and finger tabs. I bet most folks would miss the target entirely. I thought the men's event was once just the recurve bow w arrow, no aid or equipment.
Watching surf and kayak look like total failures for normal folks.
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I'm enjoying the fencing despite not having any idea what is going on. They do have announcers for it now, which helps.
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When I was 20, I'd say basketball, for me. I could run the 400 pretty well, but obviously I'd be nearly 100 m behind these folks. At 1600 m, I once broke 5 minutes, about killed me, unofficial time, but that puts me over a minute behind, an entire lap. Things like shooting would not look as terrible of course even if the score was a joke. I'd look OK. Swimming? I probably wouldn't drown, again, I'd be laps behind in most events, if I could swim that far at all.
Anything diving or gymnasticly, fuggit aboud it.
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I read one suggestion to have a "normal person" in each event to show how tough it is. Maybe not for the marathon etc.
Don't forget, the person the marathon is named after dropped dead immediately after.
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so Im watching these 6 year old kids competing for a metal in the skateboard event
they fall so much the only thing missing is having them say "hold my beer and watch this"
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I will say Peacock is making the Olympics a way better experience. Can watch whatever event live, plus with Gold Zone they whip around to everything going on, so you can switch to something you find interesting.
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Can you watch events that you missed? Do they keep an archive?
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Can you watch events that you missed? Do they keep an archive?
I think so. They have a replay section under each event though I'm not sure how long they keep them up.
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BTW how did I miss that Connor Stallions apparently took a position with the Canadian women's soccer team?
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BTW how did I miss that Connor Stallions apparently took a position with the Canadian women's soccer team?
😂😂
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Can you watch events that you missed? Do they keep an archive?
I believe they do
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Shooting really doesn't translate to television yet. I have no idea what they are doing
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Stiff arm and to the house with 7 seconds left for the win, and a historic bronze
https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1818360220009341283?t=-OTsQDmmG1DKZplRE0AjqA&s=19
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That was awesome
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She looked like Jerome Bettis against the Gators in the '92 Sugar Bowl.
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Karch replaced Lauren Carlini w Micah Hancock at Setter. Suppose injury?
Ioc totally impossible to interpret rules. And USAV is a useless organization.
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Top 10 in Olympic medal count by American university affiliation. The totals column is wrong on the first two, but then look correct after that, so it should be Stanford 8, Texas 5, Notre Dame 4, and then the rest are correct.
(https://i.imgur.com/zg2mXjE.png)
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Canada makes it through. Man, have we ever seen a team get caught cheating then succeed without their head coach? Can't think of any.
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Michigan did OK without Booger for a few games.
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I do find it fun that we seem to have adopted Snoop Dogg as our national Olympic mascot.
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Special interest groups never know how to pick their battles. Why in the world would high performing Olympic Athletes, of all your choices, be the people to implement veganism on? While they are amidst high-tempo competitions?! Olympians didn’t build themselves into world-class athletes on a lifetime of Almond Milk, Avocado Toast, Soy Smoothies, and Kale.
From Outkick (https://www.outkick.com/sports/paris-olympics-running-out-food-chicken-eggs-plant-based-meals-olympic-village)–
“Running out of food before the Games are even officially underway is a new one, and we're not talking about the Olympic Village running out of certain fruits or vegetables, either. There is a shortage of two of the most-staple proteins for 99.9% of athletes: grilled chicken and eggs. According to the Times of London, some athletes have resorted to bringing packed meals back to the Village because they simply can't get their hands on any chicken and eggs. The reasoning behind the shortage of two of the most-eaten items on planet Earth is a result of Olympic officials pushing more plant-based food items on athletes in hopes of reducing the Games' carbon footprint.”
https://twitter.com/Outkick/status/1816808236265406791
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Yeah, I saw a report on that a couple of days ago and just shook my head.
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Europe gonna Europe.
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I renew my belief that there are too many swimming events.
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Let's not knock Avocado Toast. That's a staple of my standard weekend breakfast.
- Three poached eggs
- Smoked salmon
- Two slices of whole wheat avocado toast
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I can't afford smoked salmon so I substitute thick cut smoked bacon
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I can afford smoked salmon but I also substitute bacon.
And I don't like avocadoes so I substitute chorizo. And I scramble the eggs instead of poaching them. And I add some fresh cotija cheese. I also substitute fresh tortillas instead of the toast. And top with fresh homemade salsa.
Other than that, exact same breakfast.
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Add judo to the list of things I don't understand but am enjoying watching
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Add judo to the list of things I don't understand but am enjoying watching
Is it a Judo guy beating the shit out of a Judo girl?
If so, I need to catch the replay.
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Is it a Judo guy beating the shit out of a Judo girl?
If so, I need to catch the replay.
I'm not sure. Less beating and more flipping people over
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I won a judo tournament back in college.
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I won a karate match once in college.
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I've won a lot of trivia contests over the years.
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I can't afford smoked salmon so I substitute thick cut smoked bacon
😂😂
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I won a karate match once in college.
I once had a LOT of trophies from my HS days in karate tournaments. When I lived in Marietta my folks came down to visit from IL and gave them to me--to get them out of their house. I didn't want to move them to CA when I moved back here, so they're likely in a landfill somewhere in the Atlanta area now. I did keep my two silver medals from the Team USA team trials. They're sitting in a box I haven't opened for about 5 years in the garage lol.
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I won a lot of these games.
(https://i.imgur.com/zumv1Fa.png)
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I once saw a man beat a woman in Olympic boxing. (Today)
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I once won a watermelon seed spitting contest at summer camp.
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Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time. At some point they go to landfill. I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course. I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least.
I liked Olympic curling in the winter, I'd watch that, fascinated and having no real idea what was happening.
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Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time. At some point they go to landfill. I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course. I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least.
I liked Olympic curling in the winter, I'd watch that, fascinated and having no real idea what was happening.
It's just shuffleboard on ice.
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Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time. At some point they go to landfill. I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course. I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least.
I liked Olympic curling in the winter, I'd watch that, fascinated and having no real idea what was happening.
They were, back in the day. Not everyone got one.
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It's just shuffleboard on ice.
Id like to try out to be a sweeper in curling
I could do that
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They were, back in the day. Not everyone got one.
They often strike me as a way to placate children and adults who can’t separate from children.
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They often strike me as a way to placate children and adults who can’t separate from children.
Back in my days, not a lot of parents went to kids' games. They were too busy with other things.
That changed along the line somewhere, and I'm not sure when.
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Trophies and awards and ribbons and medals ... they seemed pretty cool at the time. At some point they go to landfill. I'm not talking about anything near Olympic medals of course. I have three championship rings from fantasy baseball camp I treasure, but they are sort of small at least.
Yeah, I only kept the medals because they're small. Trophies were fun when I was winning them, but it's not like they were for events large/important enough that I'm going to have them taking up space in my very small house 30 years later.
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I once saw a man beat a woman in Olympic boxing. (Today)
I honestly haven't watched any of the Olympics and this is why. If they are going to let men beat up women, why bother watching?
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I honestly haven't watched any of the Olympics and this is why. If they are going to let men beat up women, why bother watching?
It's kind of unfortunate. The person in question is from a small town in Algeria and was born female and raised female, but turns out she is intersex and has XY chromosomes. It's not like she woke up one day and decided to become a woman. Also, Algeria not exactly the most progressive nation in the world.
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I wasn't going to watch the Olympics anyway, and haven't but I did see the finish to the "man beats woman" event. That "man" was really quite "manly" for an alleged "woman". It was ridiculous. In other news, the Seine River is not very clean.
2024 Paris Olympics: Belgium triathlete Jolien Vermeylen slams 'dirty' Seine River after race (nypost.com) (https://nypost.com/2024/08/01/sports/2024-paris-olympics-belgium-triathlete-jolien-vermeylen-slams-dirty-seine-river-after-race/)
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(https://i.imgur.com/O6xMVv5.png)
I don't GaS how he was raised, that is a dude, with XY. He should be beyond embarassed. The Olympics should be embarassed. The whole thing is, I can't even think of a word for it. Travesty is not enough.
Let me know when women want to pretend to be men and box other men.
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I don't GaS how he was raised, that is a dude, with XY. He should be beyond embarassed. The Olympics should be embarassed. The whole thing is, I can't even think of a word for it. Travesty is not enough.
Let me know when women want to pretend to be men and box other men.
Maybe she will grow a penis if you wish hard enough
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I don't GaS how he was raised, that is a dude, with XY. He should be beyond embarassed. The Olympics should be embarassed. The whole thing is, I can't even think of a word for it. Travesty is not enough.
Let me know when women want to pretend to be men and box other men.
This take feels surprising from you. Or not super well researched.
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I feel like Phelps and then Biles spoiled us. I know the GOAT can always change, but in a such individual sports, where medal counts matter, NBC has had back to back cash cows, and it's tough to imagine anyone touching it. Even if their greatness raised the bar across the board. Kind of like golf with Tiger.
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Yeah, I only kept the medals because they're small. Trophies were fun when I was winning them, but it's not like they were for events large/important enough that I'm going to have them taking up space in my very small house 30 years later.
I'm glad youth sports have started shifting to medals and now rings. There is a place for trophy, but my son's largest trophy is for finishing 3rd in a 6 team tournament. We don't need to use up that much space for that. Most tournaments now (at least for baseball and soccer) are trophies for 1st, medals/ribbons/rings for everyone else.
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Was watching the 3v3 basketball and saw Jimmer Fredette.
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Was watching the 3v3 basketball and saw Jimmer Fredette.
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Yeah, I feel like the one guy in charge of the roster was like "the key is to have one white dude who was a college star like a decade ago, but never did much professionally, surrounded by 3 guys you've never heard of"
Last Olympics it was Robbie Hummel, and they didn't even qualify. This time it's Jimmer, and they did, but they suck. If they had put this sport in in 2016 Rio, Drew Neitzel was a lock for the roster
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This take feels surprising from you. Or not super well researched.
Not surprising at all. CDawg has always had common sense.
research? I have absorbed everything available.
so you have a man beating up a woman. Period.
I try to respect other opinions, because reasonable people can disagree on so many things. Abortion. Gun control. Taxes. Law enforcement. Long , endless list.
But then there are those things where you just wonder how people with a brain, or an ounce of common sense, can think a certain way.
This is one of those. A man beating up a woman in a pinnacle sporting event for women.
an absolute disgrace with no justification that can be considered remotely credible.
It’s ok for a man to beat the shit out of a woman in a boxing competition for women. Or it’s not. It is not nuanced.
Max’s response is the one you should be talking about. So disrespectful and a personal insult. Like so many on the left, that is their reflex. Attack with anyone with a different opinion, even though their own opinion is EXTREME AND OFFENSIVE.
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Max’s response is the one you should be talking about. So disrespectful and a personal insult. Like so many on the left, that is their reflex. Attack with anyone with a different opinion, even though their own opinion is EXTREME AND OFFENSIVE.
Hmm...please explain how my opinion is extreme and offensive.
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Yeah, I feel like the one guy in charge of the roster was like "the key is to have one white dude who was a college star like a decade ago, but never did much professionally, surrounded by 3 guys you've never heard of"
Last Olympics it was Robbie Hummel, and they didn't even qualify. This time it's Jimmer, and they did, but they suck. If they had put this sport in in 2016 Rio, Drew Neitzel was a lock for the roster
I've heard we can only get jobbers for this team because of the qualifying. There is no way that should be our team.
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It's kind of unfortunate. The person in question is from a small town in Algeria and was born female and raised female, but turns out she is intersex and has XY chromosomes. It's not like she woke up one day and decided to become a woman. Also, Algeria not exactly the most progressive nation in the world.
I’ve been sheepishly wondering if there is more to this story. But I don’t really know what you just said.
Does he/she/it have man parts or female? Or both? Do they have high testosterone and muscle mass like a man?
It doesn’t matter how they identify or how they were raised. If they have xy genes they are a man. They did not win based on training and athletic ability and hard work. They won because they were mismatched. If this is becoming a major problem they need to create another category and let them compete against
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I’ve been sheepishly wondering if there is more to this story. But I don’t really know what you just said.
Does he/she/it have man parts or female? Or both? Do they have high testosterone and muscle mass like a man?
It doesn’t matter how they identify or how they were raised. If they have xy genes they are a man. They did not win based on training and athletic ability and hard work. They won because they were mismatched. If this is becoming a major problem they need to create another category and let them compete against
Bingo. And why this person has been banned from competition by the IBA- a respected organization not beholden to the trans lobby or other lunatics.
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Super glad this is the lane we are in here
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I've heard we can only get jobbers for this team because of the qualifying. There is no way that should be our team.
Why does the qualifying team have to be your Olympic team? Its not that way for other sports. None of the NBA players show up until the Olympics. If you can qualify with your B team, good on you
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I’ve been sheepishly wondering if there is more to this story. But I don’t really know what you just said.
Does he/she/it have man parts or female? Or both? Do they have high testosterone and muscle mass like a man?
It doesn’t matter how they identify or how they were raised. If they have xy genes they are a man. They did not win based on training and athletic ability and hard work. They won because they were mismatched. If this is becoming a major problem they need to create another category and let them compete against
Almost certainly phenotypically female. Which is why, fine, you don't think she should be in competition with women. But the amount of vitriol towards her is nonsense. Literally makes no sense. She didn't do anything wrong or ask for any of this. She just trained and became really good, and it wasn't until she was really good that suddenly she was a problem. She competed in 2020 without apparent incident.
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Why does the qualifying team have to be your Olympic team? Its not that way for other sports. None of the NBA players show up until the Olympics. If you can qualify with your B team, good on you
I guess the rules say the roster can only be made up of guys ranked in 3 by 3 basketball, but no one good actually plays that in America, so that's why we have a team of jobbers.
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Almost certainly phenotypically female. Which is why, fine, you don't think she should be in competition with women. But the amount of vitriol towards her is nonsense. Literally makes no sense. She didn't do anything wrong or ask for any of this. She just trained and became really good, and it wasn't until she was really good that suddenly she was a problem. She competed in 2020 without apparent incident.
Interesting take.
100% of the vitriol that I can find is aimed at IOC for allowing him/her to compete.
The professional medical community seems confident that the XY chromosome- males only- is likely medically induced.
he/ she was barred in 2023 for failing their male/ female test.
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Dude is clearly a dude.
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This is why I left last year. College football sucks, and people cant talk sports without making it about politics.
OSU and Georgia fans concerned about competative equity. Duly noted
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French got behind Biles. The US men are sort of on par with other strong squads. US women are playing every game in hostile territory
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Peacock has been great overall, I've watched more live events this year than probably all other Olympics combined. Six bucks well invested.
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https://twitter.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1818740223511048552?t=y8eInbRIbbgKtDnR97MXOw&s=19
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Not surprising at all. CDawg has always had common sense.
research? I have absorbed everything available.
so you have a man beating up a woman. Period.
I try to respect other opinions, because reasonable people can disagree on so many things. Abortion. Gun control. Taxes. Law enforcement. Long , endless list.
But then there are those things where you just wonder how people with a brain, or an ounce of common sense, can think a certain way.
This is one of those. A man beating up a woman in a pinnacle sporting event for women.
an absolute disgrace with no justification that can be considered remotely credible.
It’s ok for a man to beat the shit out of a woman in a boxing competition for women. Or it’s not. It is not nuanced.
Max’s response is the one you should be talking about. So disrespectful and a personal insult. Like so many on the left, that is their reflex. Attack with anyone with a different opinion, even though their own opinion is EXTREME AND OFFENSIVE.
I didn't think we'd get to the point where folks of a certain political persuasion would be arguing vociferously that a biological male could be born with female reproductive parts. It turns out "gender is what's in your pants" was a load of hooey, at least when convenient.
If people want to say this person is some kind of intersex and that should disqualify them, go with God, that seems fine. But to get all hot and bothered because they're a "man," smacks of bulljive. If this person didn't take some test, but moved to the US and said they wanted to live as a man, I'd be hearing they can't just change their gender because they feel like it.
I swear, the nonsense of our time.
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https://twitter.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1818740223511048552?t=y8eInbRIbbgKtDnR97MXOw&s=19
This man looks like he wears dad New Balances.
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not hey Dudes
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Why does the qualifying team have to be your Olympic team? Its not that way for other sports. None of the NBA players show up until the Olympics. If you can qualify with your B team, good on you
Hmmm.
My only guess would be that regular basketball (and maybe some other sports?) is given an exception that the program as a whole has to compete. Whereas the default for Olympic sports is that athletes themselves have to be part of qualifying?
Like back in the day, the US hockey team played 61 games before the Olympics. Granted, that was before pros and such.
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What specifically are "Dad New Balances?"
'Cause I run about 20-25 miles per week and after trying all the top brands my preferred shoe is New Balance, and I'm a Dad--- does that make my shoes "Dad New Balances?"
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not hey Dudes
Also don't understand the deal with Hey Dudes? Twenty years ago we just called them boat shoes or topsiders...
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What specifically are "Dad New Balances?"
'Cause I run about 20-25 miles per week and after trying all the top brands my preferred shoe is New Balance, and I'm a Dad--- does that make my shoes "Dad New Balances?"
Either the plain gray ones (515s or maybe 574s) or some of the more plain white ones.
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What specifically are "Dad New Balances?"
'Cause I run about 20-25 miles per week and after trying all the top brands my preferred shoe is New Balance, and I'm a Dad--- does that make my shoes "Dad New Balances?"
The “Dad” starter pack.
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My mom always complained that the only shorts my dad wore were coaching shirts or free polos from work conferences. I spent $250 on 10 well made UM/Tigers/Red Wings/Pistons/Lions shirts for him one Christmas. Its now been 10 years, and they remain his entire casual rotation. I threw in one EMU shirt, bc I said he might want one of bis actual alma mater to balance the UM shirts, but Ive never seen him wear it
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Ah okay. Well my current New Balance are black and they're the fresh foam 1080s. Previous pair have been neon green, bright blue, and yeah, probably gray. I get whatever's on clearance to save a few bucks.
Can't recall ever wearing jorts.
And my preferred sunglass style is the Ray Ban Wayfarer.
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The line between boomer and hipster is so narrow
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Peacock has been great overall, I've watched more live events this year than probably all other Olympics combined. Six bucks well invested.
My only issue is certain events are pushed entirely there. Its nice for people who love boxing or tennis to be able to warch it all there, but Im not going to seek thoae sports out, so I end up watching none, while I consume equestrian, sinply because USA goes there after volleyball for 30 minutes
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I actually wear a couple pairs of 'running ' shoes despite never running. On and Saucony. Convinced some time ago to vary the footwear for working out.
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The air pistol guy needs a cigarette. He kinda fits our bill for man on the street in olympics.
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The air pistol guy needs a cigarette. He kinda fits our bill for man on the street in olympics.
Which backs me up that the sport that you could most easily hide in totally unqualified is shooting
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Can't recall ever wearing jorts.
That's because you were never associated with the University of Florida. Because only Gator fans wear jorts.
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How did this thread, which started as an Olympics thread, become an apparel thread?
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Are these dad new balance?
#askingforafriend
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https://twitter.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1818740223511048552?t=y8eInbRIbbgKtDnR97MXOw&s=19
https://twitter.com/JagermaNz/status/1818792225892929604?t=Z9qQCchszIXoZUF9lmQrsA&s=19
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Each Olympic basketball team is able to recruit, and have one "naturalized citizen."
On the men's side, there is a white guy, Josh Hawkinson, a U.S.-born player from Shoreline, Washington who played college ball at Washington State University. He plays for the Japan Olympic team. His connection to Japan is that he resides there and plays in a Japan professional league.
Megan Gustafson, from Port Wing, Wisconsin, led the NCAA in scoring two years at Iowa, in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons. She tied the NCAA season record for double-doubles with 33, and broke the NCAA record for field goals in the 2018-19 season. Before Caitlin Clark, every little basketball girl in Iowa wanted to be like Megan Gustafson.
Gustafson is a bench player for the Las Vegas Aces this season where she averages 8.8 minutes played, 2.1 RB, and 2.8 PPG. But she is a ringer.
Megan Gustafson helped lead led her London Lions team this past year to the EuroCup championship.
Megan Gustafson was recruited by Spain to play on the Espana Olympic team. Spain WBB is 2-0, and has two 1-point wins over China, and Peurto Rico. Megan Gustafson is Espana’s leading scorer with 23.5 points per game, and 10.5 rebounds per game. Las Vegas Aces have 4 players on the USA Olympic team, and Megan Gustafson on the Espana Olympic team.
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How did this thread, which started as an Olympics thread, become an apparel thread?
You new around here?
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How did this thread, which started as an Olympics thread, become an apparel thread?
The Turks arrived
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Hey Robbie Hummel on the call, felt like I had turned on the B1G network for a second
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I didn't think we'd get to the point where folks of a certain political persuasion would be arguing vociferously that a biological male could be born with female reproductive parts. It turns out "gender is what's in your pants" was a load of hooey, at least when convenient.
If people want to say this person is some kind of intersex and that should disqualify them, go with God, that seems fine. But to get all hot and bothered because they're a "man," smacks of bulljive. If this person didn't take some test, but moved to the US and said they wanted to live as a man, I'd be hearing they can't just change their gender because they feel like it.
I swear, the nonsense of our time.
Although not her or his fault, they are in fact a mutant. Neither fully male nor female. Although it’s been hinted, it is still unclear what makes this person a female. It does in fact have XY genes, which is male. “She” does in fact look like a man.
I think that the fallout would be a lot less if certain other males like Lea Thompson and others hadn’t did what they did in the last few years.
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And now back to the Olympics.
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Long Wang wins the synchro diving
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you are free to be whatever you want to be...... male/female/something else
you just can't compete in sports vs real women or men
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Long Wang wins the synchro diving
speaking of real men
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Are these dad new balance?
#askingforafriend
Naw.
Dad NB’s must be all leather, and plain white, with navy logo.
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But what about the Hey Dudes, why are they so maligned? They're just boat shoes-- topsiders. The same basic design has been around for almost 100 years.
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But what about the Hey Dudes, why are they so maligned? They're just boat shoes-- topsiders. The same basic design has been around for almost 100 years.
Dunno. I own several pairs.
A perfectly acceptable summertime shoe for this dad.
Maybe the stupid name? Not exactly masculine, or dad like.
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My i s c & a aggie wife wants to get me some. I'm fine with it. I already have a couple pair of Sperry Topsiders but my wife thinks these look better. Who am I to argue?
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Don't argue with your wife is one of my rules. She often suggests something to me, and my response, usually, is "Good idea", which she knows means it ain't happenin'.
My casual shoes have no names. I have some dress shoes with names, but almost never wear them. They take up space in my closet.
Olympics? Oh yeah. Dude looks like a dude.
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But what about the Hey Dudes, why are they so maligned? They're just boat shoes-- topsiders. The same basic design has been around for almost 100 years.
I didn't know they were. I see a lot of kids/teens wearing them
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Are these dad new balance?
#askingforafriend
Naw. They’re too athletically daring for that.
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The trampoline with the dynamic camera is some mesmerizing television
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Why did an Olympic boxer resign less than a minute into the match | 11alive.com (https://www.11alive.com/article/sports/olympics/who-is-italian-boxer-angela-carini/507-567c96fb-dccf-4951-9ada-e76ca548ff88?fbclid=IwY2xjawEZ8H1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeNRBSFou0EuDHs3jxTfAxh0NStyaJaFqmree2KDnMdzeFXUYA8sFloMmA_aem_sFoa3ACt7jtSz6S5uyerGw)
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I'm starting to wonder why the USA bothers with men's soccer anymore. Seems like embarrassment after embarrassment with that outfit.
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Let's not belabor that one, fellas. Thanks.
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I'm starting to wonder why the USA bothers with men's soccer anymore. Seems like embarrassment after embarrassment with that outfit.
Hey we didn't do too badly this year
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It's just not our sport, at least on the men's side.
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In the US obviously, the top HS athletes focus on the Big 3, not soccer. I don't see that changing other than with the influx of immigrants. And a lot of them who are elite athletes may evolve as well away from "futbol".
I vaguely remember seeing my first soccer team in HS. They came in to shower as we were dressing. They were all muddy. It didn't look like fun, to me.
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The money in American professional soccer would have to become competitive with the money in professional football, baseball, and basketball, to draw young male athletes away from those sports.
Even then, it's just not part of the fabric of our society in the same way it is in so many other countries around the world, and I don't think it ever will be. Maybe after American football implodes and ceases to exist, it could make some inroads.
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I hadn't read about this anywhere!!!
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The money in American professional soccer would have to become competitive with the money in professional football, baseball, and basketball, to draw young male athletes away from those sports.
That's 1/2 the issue. 99.9% of youth athletes will never make a dime playing sports. 99% of them won't get a scholarship, but we can't even adjust to that bar. We have guys rotting on the bench in college basketball and football who could be USMNT players if they had picked up soccer younger.
The other issue is the pay to play. I think I mentioned here, but I had a college friend whose older brother moved to the UK after graduation. His daughter was a very good, even by European standards, soccer player. She's I think 19 or 20 now, and it's not going in a professional direction, but they also never paid a dime for her to play from about the age of 12.
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That's 1/2 the issue. 99.9% of youth athletes will never make a dime playing sports. 99% of them won't get a scholarship, but we can't even adjust to that bar. We have guys rotting on the bench in college basketball and football who could be USMNT players if they had picked up soccer younger.
The other issue is the pay to play. I think I mentioned here, but I had a college friend whose older brother moved to the UK after graduation. His daughter was a very good, even by European standards, soccer player. She's I think 19 or 20 now, and it's not going in a professional direction, but they also never paid a dime for her to play from about the age of 12.
Sure but at some point, almost every single one of them dreamed of balling out in the bigtime with Lebron or Mahomes or whoever is good in baseball. That's what drew them to the sport, regardless of whether or not they ever truly had a chance to play professionally, which of course 99.9% do not. But that's irrelevant, it's the idols and the dreams that put them in THAT sport, over some other.
But there's no equivalent of Lebron or Mahomes or whoever is good in baseball, in American soccer, for the kids to dream about becoming. The soccer players just aren't getting the media attention, they're not getting the hype, they're not being turned into fathead posters on every kid's wall, and they're not getting the money, so as a kid all of your best friends aren't all saying, "Oh man I really want to grow up to be Pulisic!" And if it's not cool with them, it's not cool with you. There's just no focus or attention from anyone outside the sport.
And for sure, pay-to-play puts the US at a disadvantage as well.
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Football sucks up so much, and is incredibly different from soccer. Basketball is probably the most similar, and still probably the main sport kids play when left to themselves. Which is probably why we are good at it.
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One reason we guys played sports in HS was to attract attention, of the female type. At my HS, the top sport was football, and then baseball and basketball. The football players were higher up the food chain, so to speak. We had pretty good baseball teams traditionally, won the state in '66 and '67, and the region in 1970 (when I played). We'd attract pretty good crowds for baseball games, but football was king.
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Sure but at some point, almost every single one of them dreamed of balling out in the bigtime with Lebron or Mahomes or whoever is good in baseball. That's what drew them to the sport, regardless of whether or not they ever truly had a chance to play professionally, which of course 99.9% do not. But that's irrelevant, it's the idols and the dreams that put them in THAT sport, over some other.
But there's no equivalent of Lebron or Mahomes or whoever is good in baseball, in American soccer, for the kids to dream about becoming. The soccer players just aren't getting the media attention, they're not getting the hype, they're not being turned into fathead posters on every kid's wall, and they're not getting the money, so as a kid all of your best friends aren't all saying, "Oh man I really want to grow up to be Pulisic!" And if it's not cool with them, it's not cool with you. There's just no focus or attention from anyone outside the sport.
And for sure, pay-to-play puts the US at a disadvantage as well.
Exactly, and by the time they realize that, they are mostly too old to switch sports and still compete at that high of a level
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Football sucks up so much, and is incredibly different from soccer. Basketball is probably the most similar, and still probably the main sport kids play when left to themselves. Which is probably why we are good at it.
Although the gap is narrowing because youth basketball development is broken in a very different way. We can still largely out talent everyone, but that's about all we have
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The global advantage of soccer is the need for almost no equipment.
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Stay classy, Argentina.
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Don’t cry for me…..
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The Turks arrived
Satire, nonetheless funny:
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While having brunch today, my wife unloaded on a lot of different things (not involving me fortunately). I guess it's good for her. One of them was how Paris has changed. She watched the opening ceremony and basically called it vulgar, and a few other things. She's a very open minded person, fortunately, but she remembers Paris from 1960 or so, and it has changed a lot. She said the ceremonies had nothing of French culture or refinement, she used the word vulgar repeatedly. I nodded a lot, seemed appropriate. We agreed we probably wouldn't be going back except maybe to spend a day visiting some grave sites. (She also is very concerned about how family members get buried, I don't really get that, but OK.)
She then said she'd watch the Closing Ceremonies as well. (I won't be.)
I think when a thing holds a special spot in your memories and you see it changed badly for the worse, as you see it, it's hard. I mentioned Pigeon Forge, which is kind of analogous for me personally. Then we chatted about Helen, GA, which is touristy as heck, but she noted it isn't vulgar.
She asks me about how I want to be buried, she has elaborate plans for her, and it involved entombment in .... Paris.
Weird topic.
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4X400 rarely disappoints. NED had a torrid anchor leg to edge USA in mixed relay. a day after US obliterated the world record in the semis.
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4X400 rarely disappoints. NED had a torrid anchor leg to edge USA in mixed relay. a day after US obliterated the world record in the semis.
Yes- but it’s not like the US team was bad. That girl from Netherlands was INCREDIBLE!!
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The women’s soccer team had an amazing win over Japan. Wow. Great battle all game long.
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Ledecky is beyond human. Incredible.
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Yes- but it’s not like the US team was bad. That girl from Netherlands was INCREDIBLE!!
that's what I'm saying. 4X400 is almost always thrilling, every level. Middle school, HS, collegiate, Intl. that was a fun race. NED anchor was sub 48. amazing run.
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that's what I'm saying. 4X400 is almost always thrilling, every level. Middle school, HS, collegiate, Intl. that was a fun race. NED anchor was sub 48. amazing run.
Definitely the capper after sitting through three hours of high school track.
Has to watch the replay because we were out doing school shopping. The 400 was great, and the rain really looked cool too. The girl from St. Lucia was a beast, too.
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Hmm, didn’t realize, but former Badger Aleem Ford is playing for the Puerto Rico team. So that’s nice.
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https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1819849785014149553?t=jE--MvtmKI3NRXFAoYh3ww&s=19
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https://twitter.com/DefiantLs/status/1819849785014149553?t=jE--MvtmKI3NRXFAoYh3ww&s=19
That is bananas
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Is it me or has NBC retained the services of Don Henley and the Eagles to suppress any use or images of the Olympics?
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It is interesting that in all the stories and memes about the Turkish shooting medalist almost the only mentions of his female partner (yes, the medal was for mixed doubles) are in Asian media.
Yusef Dikec and Sevval Ilayda Tarhan won the silver medal in mixed team 10-meter air pistol shooting Tuesday. It was Turkey’s first-ever medal in Olympic shooting.
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Scottie Scheffler is a machine.
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Is it me or has NBC retained the services of Don Henley and the Eagles to suppress any use or images of the Olympics?
NBC has always been jerks about protecting their Olympic video.
And yes, 62 for Scheffler down the stretch is how you finish a tournament.
If I was up on that stand with a gold medal around my neck and the Star Spangled Banner playing, I'd be ugly crying too.
I was watching archery earlier in the week, and the Koreans were closing the match by hitting 10 after 10 after 10. That's how you close out a match.
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~2:50 PM CDT for the 100M dash today.
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Amazing road race in women's cycling. Love that event.
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That was fun, Faulkner's breakaway was stunning.
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Fink dont stink
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USA women's vball advance to QFs. Not looking medal worthy imo.
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Leigh PBP guy was a little premature on the 100m call, can't blame him. 5 thousandths.
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That can't be more than about 2 inches between gold and bronze.
I wanted to see the official photo.
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Great race!
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All 8 dudes were on the frame.
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Read first time with 8 guys under 10 and 7 under 9.9
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It’s insane how fast that is
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It’s insane how fast that is
I often think about it as I'm crossing the street and the cross walk signal has a timer. Like, can I make it across the street in 10 seconds?
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Carl Lewis' gold medal time in '88 would have finished dead last now.
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I feel better now. I was having my Sunday bourbon during this race and this photo is what I actually saw. Good to know it was real and not just the bourbon.😂
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I've never seen a race where all ten were that close.
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I've never seen a race where all ten were that close.
Pretty typical Big Ten West race, except they all fell multiple times along the way, a couple aren't wearing shoes, and Brian Ferentz is trying to punt
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I feel better now. I was having my Sunday bourbon during this race and this photo is what I actually saw. Good to know it was real and not just the bourbon.😂
You saw a race with 64 people on the 100m track at the same time?
Are you SURE it wasn't the bourbon...?
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You saw a race with 64 people on the 100m track at the same time?
Are you SURE it wasn't the bourbon...?
Ok. Maybe it was. 🙃
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Carl Lewis' gold medal time in '88 would have finished dead last now.
No one's 1988 time would have gotten in, everyone in that race would have tested positive for steroids.
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slowly but surely most of those 80s era/Cold War/doping era/clouded world records have fallen. still a few hanging around though.
Men's Volleyball quarterfinals were pretty awesome today. US dropped Brazil in 4 sets, will face Poland in Semis. Meanwhile Italy over Japan in a ridiculous 5 set match. France stunned Germany in 5. 'both reversals of 0-2.
US women play at 11 am eastern time vs Poland in QFs. US should really win this one, not so sure about medal chances after that.
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always loved this pic.
(https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/johnson_ben_640.jpg)
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The Olympic Games on X: "This is everything. https://t.co/FrXz7wWtQg" / X (https://twitter.com/Olympics/status/1820461056088490034?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1820461056088490034|twgr^b53208b79abe12a98807ae94484da424d5b32f5f|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsports.yahoo.com%2Fsimone-biles-jordan-chiles-bow-205827152.html&mx=2)
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I almost wonder if they need to change the schedule to open with the apparatus metals, and build to the team and all around. today felt very lackluster, and maybe because it was like the fifth time that the top three gymnasts in the world had gone against each other in the past week, except now with the least stakes
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My daughter was in tumbling from age 7 - 18. She was a 2-time national champion at her tumbling level when she was 9 and 10. When she was 8 she would get so upset if she did not finish 1st, and throw a fit. I told her, "If you do not finish 1st, hereafter you will walk up to the winner, and congratulate the winner, or you are not doing this anymore." Next meet at the UNI-Dome she walked up to the winner and congratulated her. She loved the sport so much that it continued this way and she made many friends from other towns in Iowa.
At age 9 she was #1 on the podium every time. When she was 10, it was a bit less so but somehow she squeezed out as national champion over 67 other girls. At ages 8 and 9, other girls mostly congratulated her. As she got older we went back to the previous way where she was congratulating winners. Monday, she was up at 5:30 a.m. watching the gymnasts live b-4 she went to work as a physical therapist.
The above photo reminds me of one of my few good parenting moments. It appears other parents with daughters with much greater athletic ability sent the same memo when their competitive daughters were young.
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https://twitter.com/Jala__WashTV/status/1820566409367449649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1820566409367449649%7Ctwgr%5Eda08f85d0b4c195f6f5bc046911e2f562917044f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surlyhorns.com%2Fboard%2Findex.php%3Fapp%3Dcoremodule%3Dsystemcontroller%3Dembedurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fjala__washtv%2Fstatus%2F1820566409367449649%3Fs%3D4626t%3DcH-LvFrUDSIxqTdoyXUTxg
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My wife did gymnastics at a pretty high level and she couldn't believe the thought of doing her routine 3 times at a meet
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The easiest event for me to relate to are the running events. Even in my prime, I would have looked silly, being lapped in longer events. I have no clue how badly I'd do with the air pistols scorewise but I probably wouldn't look as bad.
The extent of human athleticism at the 0.000001 percentile is stunning. Say we have 330 Olympians out of 330,000,000 people ...
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https://twitter.com/RyanChandlerTV/status/1820593493053444530
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that's why the SEC wanted Texas
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That's why I wanted Texas.
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Conferences wanted Texas because of $$$$.
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Conferences wanted Texas because of $$$$.
Recruiting.
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And also because we're such terrific people!
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If I owned property in Hell and Texas ....
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Thank You For Your Support
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And also because we're such terrific people!
That’s why I’d like to live among them.
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I also should not have bet on basketball this morning. It wasn’t much money, but not good for my mood.
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That’s why I’d like to live among them.
Plenty of Texans move to Colorado. You can find them there!
Thank You For Your Support
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Were I to move to Texas, I'd simply squat in UTee's rental house.
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Were I to move to Texas, I'd simply squat in UTee's rental house.
I mean, the current tenants might take issue with that, but... good luck?
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I also should not have bet on basketball this morning. It wasn’t much money, but not good for my mood.
Betting on Australia/Serbia in the Olympics? Didn't have you pegged as the degenerate gambler type
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Betting on Australia/Serbia in the Olympics? Didn't have you pegged as the degenerate gambler type
I’m not. I honestly hardly gamble, but got some free bets and am now losing money (to be clear, not very much).
What I am is a mildly degenerate international basketball person. So I like watching the teams with random names I remember.
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I’m not. I honestly hardly gamble, but got some free bets and am now losing money (to be clear, not very much).
What I am is a mildly degenerate international basketball person. So I like watching the teams with random names I remember.
Plus we get Robbie Hummel on the call
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Plus we get Robbie Hummel on the call
And Warriors homer play-by-play guy Bob Fitzgerald.
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(https://i.imgur.com/vFS6TJR.png)
His center of gravity goes under the bar. (I could do the same.)
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I can guarantee 100% that my CoG would stay below the bar...
...but so would the rest of me.
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I can guarantee 100% that my CoG would stay below the bar...
...but so would the rest of me.
You avoid the risk that Italian fella ran into
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https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1610992039868485632?t=xgeDwPrnW1BNLk-q2o8eBw&s=19
They just said a Chinese diver "grew up a gymnast but switched to diving at age 7"
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Robbie Hummel is what everyone thought Jay Bilas was, and still better
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I really don’t follow the Olympics much, but when is the basketball championship? I went back and looked and was surprised that the US didn’t win every game post-dream team. Did the rest catchup with us, or were those teams not homogenous?
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For me, I don't watch "live", I may catch a few short clips later of something interesting. It's interesting the main "news" is a Turkish dude who won silver.
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I freaking love waking up and drinking coffee and watching live sports. Right now there is taekwondo. Can't say I've ever watched competitive tkd at all, though my younger kids are in it
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I really enjoy the Olympics. So much human persistence and resiliency. So many fascinating sub plots.
Did you see the gold medal in the men’s 1500M? That was insane.
The American runner shocked the world by upsetting the two enormous favorites who had been jawing each other and focused only on each other
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I really enjoy the Olympics. So much human persistence and resiliency. So many fascinating sub plots.
Did you see the gold medal in the men’s 1500M? That was insane.
The American runner shocked the world by upsetting the two enormous favorites who had been jawing each other and focused only on each other
This is the first time I'm really paying attention, other than the winter games, which I really like.
I'm enjoying this, and yeah, that 1500 was something.
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I still miss the East German judges ....
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I've been watching way too much Olympics this year due to the time they're on. And it's terrific.
It's also fun to hear the French crowd when one of them wins a gold medal, then listen to them belt out La Marseillaise.
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Drat, US v Poland result in vball.
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I find the weightlifting stressful to watch, like I'm about to see someone's spine splinter
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Elite Powerlifter Pretended to be a BEGINNER #9 | Anatoly GYM PRANK (youtube.com) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJy8blRrqh4)
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I really don’t follow the Olympics much, but when is the basketball championship? I went back and looked and was surprised that the US didn’t win every game post-dream team. Did the rest catchup with us, or were those teams not homogenous?
Saturday at 2:30 PM CDT.
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dern, I'll be on the golf course
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Drat, US v Poland result in vball.
Men gagged hard.
Destroyed them in the 3rd set, were up 4 points in the 4th.
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Men's water polo was fairly crazy as well. Just like volleyball, the #1 seed had already been knocked out, but the US got essentially docked 4 goals on a technicality.
They can review a "brutality" foul, but not other fouls. So Australia committed a common foul, which would have stopped play (holding a head underwater), and in response the US player punched the guy. So the play should have been whistled dead, wasn't then they reviewed, and called the brutality foul which (a) negated the goal the US scored on the possession; (b) gave Australia a penalty shot they scored on; and (c) gave Australia a 4 minute power play, during which they scored 2 goals. For comparison a normal power play is 20 seconds.
So that call turned a 2-1 US lead into a 4-1 deficit. Although the US then held Australia scoreless for 19 game minutes, which is also insane, retook the lead by 1, only to give up goals on back to back possessions. The US then scored on their final possession to send it to shootouts, where they won 4-3
The Olympics are perfect for stuff like this
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We need to get Gus Johnson on some of this stuff. He would have killed on that French-Germany handball game
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Killed as in ended interest in the sport globally? Agreed
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Killed as in ended interest in the sport globally? Agreed
He couldn't possibly convey less information about the sport than the current announcers do
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I really don’t follow the Olympics much, but when is the basketball championship? I went back and looked and was surprised that the US didn’t win every game post-dream team. Did the rest catchup with us, or were those teams not homogenous?
The world catching up combined with some really craptastic dream teams in the post-Jordan/pre-LeBron era that were centered around Allen Iverson.
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Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.
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Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.
Never have, and I don't think I'm going to go in 2028 even though it's just up the road :57:
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He couldn't possibly convey less information about the sport than the current announcers do
He could. And do it with an annoying amount of fake enthusiasm where he makes himself the show. It's like saying Ted Hightower couldn't possibly be worse, simply because he's famous
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Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.
A friend growing up went to Atlanta 1996. He enjoyed it, but aside from one night where they got T&F tickets, they stuck to offbeat sports. He actually said kayak was awesome.
I was listening to a podcast where one of the hosts went to a ton of the Atlanta games, but he lived there at the time. He said it wasn't the tickets that were tough to come by, it was the lodging. They lived in Atlanta, so they went down there almost every day and just picked events to go to.
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Helluva basketball game vs Serbia. Lebron, Curry, and Durant on the same team isn't fair. AND Embiid. AND Booker. And and and.
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My parents went to Salt Lake City games, my Dad ran security at some of the venues. They loved it, I actually still have some swag from those games. Those Roots hats and gear were all the rage.
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Never have, and I don't think I'm going to go in 2028 even though it's just up the road :57:
A friend growing up went to Atlanta 1996. He enjoyed it, but aside from one night where they got T&F tickets, they stuck to offbeat sports. He actually said kayak was awesome.
I was listening to a podcast where one of the hosts went to a ton of the Atlanta games, but he lived there at the time. He said it wasn't the tickets that were tough to come by, it was the lodging. They lived in Atlanta, so they went down there almost every day and just picked events to go to.
Well BRAD, better get your house in gear by 2028, you may have houseguests
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We stay long enough, its the 2028 CFN tailgate. Its Big Ten country now afterall.
USC hosts Iowa, Nebraska, Purdue and Penn State in 2028
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US v Italy WVB Gold medal match will be early Sunday 7am ET.
for some reason Brazil and Turkey really hate it each other, they plan the bronze match Saturday. I know someone who has attended some VB, he says the Brazil and Turkey fans are nuts. such a lather
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We stay long enough, its the 2028 CFN tailgate. Its Big Ten country now afterall.
USC hosts Iowa, Nebraska, Purdue and Penn State in 2028
Could make this a two month excursion
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2 months?
I'll just drive out
UCLA home games in 28
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(https://i.imgur.com/Gj8dJ6B.png)
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(https://i.imgur.com/Gj8dJ6B.png)
This is going to end up in the "weird history" thread someday.
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well, nobody is going into that filthy river to fetch it
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I do kinda like that a Silver Medalist is the face of the Olympics, sorta.
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Well BRAD, better get your house in gear by 2028, you may have houseguests
LOL. I guess if some of you come out this way, I might have to show up to SOMETHING to say hello.
Just make sure it's one of the Long Beach events. That's at least a better drive than LA.
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Put it on the Statue of Liberty
https://twitter.com/mikefinger/status/1821653416340287556
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Put it on the Statue of Liberty
https://twitter.com/mikefinger/status/1821653416340287556
Nailed it.
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nailed if for EVERY country everywhere
how astute!
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nailed if for EVERY country everywhere
how astute!
Nah, plenty of countries are all bullshit. Which is why their press doesn't ask them questions like that
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like Texas???
just don't move there
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Brazilian team all over USA women’s soccer in gold medal game. We are very fortunate to be at 0-0.
USA needs some transition offense. Entire game being played on our side🤮
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Im watching the breaking event and it looks to me like the Olympic Committee has really missed on this one
It just doesnt seem like a very hard sport
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Brazilian team all over USA women’s soccer in gold medal game. We are very fortunate to be at 0-0.
USA needs some transition offense. Entire game being played on our side🤮
I just fast forward untill a goal is scored and then replay it and fast forward for the next goal
Takes me ten minutes to watch a 2 hour game
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USA finally wakes up, plus a lot of mistakes from Brazil. Should probably have a couple more goals this half.
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Yikes. 10 minutes extra.
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Yeah that seemed like a very Brazil-friendly number. Anyway...
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Yes!!!!!!!
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BOOM
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Im watching the breaking event and it looks to me like the Olympic Committee has really missed on this one
It just doesnt seem like a very hard sport
Get out there and show us! I'd pay to watch that.
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Get out there and show us! I'd pay to watch that.
you got me there
I cant drink beer with a straw through my nose either so maybe thats the next olympic sport
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Eh, there are lots of skills I can't do, that would still make stupid Olympic sports. Breakdancing is absolutely one of them.
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you got me there
I cant drink beer with a straw through my nose either so maybe thats the next olympic sport
Start training!
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Start training!
I'll leave that up to Fearless
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T&F rules. So many great finishes, all distances.
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https://twitter.com/itsAntWright/status/1822381492510790138?t=RovfwMuIutIBUsoT2okW0g&s=19
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Steph Curry is unreal!
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I'll leave that up to Fearless
amen!
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Steph Curry is unreal!
Curry, Durant and James with one last in them. Not super confident in our 2028 chances. Tons of athletic 2/3s, which is what finally did us in in 2004. We just kept trying to out athlete everyone. Aside from Embiid, who is always a crapshoot with his health, I dont see where our PG/3 point shooting/rim protection is coming from. A lot of guys that want to take you off the dribble. Granted if they buy in on defense, we should be really good guarding 1-4
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Women's team ...woof
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Women's team ...woof
Well that turned quickly
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The women are doing what the pundits were afraid would happen to the men.
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If UF was a country, we'd be 16th in the medal count.
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Good finish. With gold.
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Women almost got got leaving their best guards at home. But overall, heck of an Olympics. Except for the breakdancing lady.
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Man even the finish of the women's marathon was awesome. I can't believe both those women were sprinting
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Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.
I went to Vancouver in 2010. Stayed at a friend's house in Everett, WA, then drove up and back in a day. Went on the first Tuesday and saw the first USA group hockey game. It remains the most money I ever spent on a ticket to a sporting event, and I'm glad I did it. Even though it took those games a while to get its feet under it, the mood in town was super friendly and a lot of fun.
My in laws are in the entertainment industry in LA, and my wife and I are fully intending to go to events.
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It’s always a little melancholy when the Olympics are over. I really enjoy watching them and then realizing that it will be four more years before we see Summer Olympics. By then my hair and metabolism will be 100% gone.
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It’s always a little melancholy when the Olympics are over. I really enjoy watching them and then realizing that it will be four more years before we see Summer Olympics. By then my hair and metabolism will be 100% gone.
Agree. But that's why I'm actually glad they split the summer and winter Olympics off the same year. We have to wait 4 years for another summer games, but only 2 years for the next Olympics. That's at least some relief.
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Women almost got got leaving their best guards at home. But overall, heck of an Olympics. Except for the breakdancing lady.
Next time bring Caitlin
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Next time bring Caitlin
Nah, 2028 for sure
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If UF was a country, we'd be 16th in the medal count.
And as a football team, they are 16th in the SEC
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Agree. But that's why I'm actually glad they split the summer and winter Olympics off the same year. We have to wait 4 years for another summer games, but only 2 years for the next Olympics. That's at least some relief.
Yup. Although I definitely struggle to get as nearly into the Winter.
Obviously fewer sports I enjoy, but really it comes down to two major things...
#1 - It goes up against other sports, not just August MLB
#2 - So much of the racing sports are time trials. Aside from speed skating and some of the cross events, you are just watching one participant at a time. Swimming wouldnt be so interesting if they swam one at a time, and you were just watching times
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(https://i.imgur.com/3I2fGtG.png)
https://fansided.com/posts/olympic-medal-tracker-colleges-with-the-most-2024-olympic-medalists-01j3xgy7pn25
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Yup. Although I definitely struggle to get as nearly into the Winter.
Obviously fewer sports I enjoy, but really it comes down to two major things...
#1 - It goes up against other sports, not just August MLB
#2 - So much of the racing sports are time trials. Aside from speed skating and some of the cross events, you are just watching one participant at a time. Swimming wouldnt be so interesting if they swam one at a time, and you were just watching times
Friends of mine were, at one point in the early 2010s, practitioners of the sliding sports. I saw them in action when I was in Salt Lake some years ago. One must go to the track to really comprehend how stupidly fast lugers, skeleton sliders, and bobsleds really go. So if you travels ever take you to Lake Placid, Park City, or Whistler, make sure you go by the sliding track when people are out there.
I think that another reason why this Olympics was a smashing success is that this is the first Olympics since 2018 where everyone was visibly enjoying themselves in Paris, instead of being locked in their Tokyo hotels or a Chinese gulag.
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I've always loved bobsled, it fascinates me for some reason. As a kid I also always loved to set up convoluted tracks for marbles to roll down, probably linked.
And I like the Alpine sports too. I didn't appreciate them until I started skiing myself, then I understood just how special their capabilities are.
Figure skating does nothing for me, and ice dancing is even worse.
Overall I'd say I like the summer and winter games about equally. But for some reason the winter games seem more special, more spectacular settings in the mountains*. Just my opinion.
* You know, other than the Beijing winter games, that were set against a factory hellscape.
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Friends of mine were, at one point in the early 2010s, practitioners of the sliding sports. I saw them in action when I was in Salt Lake some years ago. One must go to the track to really comprehend how stupidly fast lugers, skeleton sliders, and bobsleds really go. So if you travels ever take you to Lake Placid, Park City, or Whistler, make sure you go by the sliding track when people are out there.
I think that another reason why this Olympics was a smashing success is that this is the first Olympics since 2018 where everyone was visibly enjoying themselves in Paris, instead of being locked in their Tokyo hotels or a Chinese gulag.
I had forgotten the Zika thing in 2016 too. That and it being in Rio I think kept some numbers down.
Across the board this seems like the most positive reaction since Vancouver?
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You know, except for the three German swimmers who got the trots right after swimming in the Seine... ;)
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You know, except for the three German swimmers who got the trots right after swimming in the Seine... ;)
German athletes have done worse to their bodies for gold
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I had forgotten the Zika thing in 2016 too. That and it being in Rio I think kept some numbers down.
Across the board this seems like the most positive reaction since Vancouver?
Either Vancouver or London, but yes. Easily the most positive reaction since then. Rio had the Zika virus in Brazil, and going to Vlad Putin's villa on the Black Sea didn't sit right from the get-go.
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Jesus, I have zero memory of the 2022 Winter Olympics being held in Beijing. Not that I ever really watch them, but I remember many of the venues over the years including SLC, Sochi, Japan (seems like it got delayed that year due to warm temps), Lake Placid, and Lillehammer. As I recall, they split the winter/summer games from the same year to every two years, starting I think with Lillehammer in '94.
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I remember as a kid and a young man following the olympics, but I can remember the last olympics (winter or Summer) that i pay attention to. I think when the whole amatuer idea left I completely checked out, but it probably started sooner.
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(https://i.imgur.com/3I2fGtG.png)
https://fansided.com/posts/olympic-medal-tracker-colleges-with-the-most-2024-olympic-medalists-01j3xgy7pn25
SEC, SEC, SEC
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I went bobsledding in SLC. Awesome
Me in back of sled.
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Projected 2028 Team USA if MLB lets players participate, as they want
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/projecting-usa-baseball-roster-at-2028-olympics-what-team-could-look-like-if-mlb-stars-play-in-los-angeles/amp/
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Gold Medal winning Algerian boxer to sue over online harassment questioning whether she should be allowed to compete as a women – from Variety:
“The abuse centered around a misguided notion that Khelif, who is a woman, is transgender or a man. The complaint, filed on Friday with the anti-online hatred center of the Paris public prosecutor’s office, is looking at aggravated cyber harassment. The investigation will apparently seek to identify not only which persons started sharing, incorrectly, that Khelif isn’t a woman, but also go after those who fueled the days-long firestorm of abuse.”
Now how is that supposed to work? Unless the lawsuit is filed in U.S. courts, I don’t see how it receives the legal treatment needed to target the platforms (facebook?), outlets (Daily Wire?), or personalities (Megyn Kelly?) that accelerated the criticism against Imane Khelif. Even in the right court venue, it’s all a longshot.
Anyway, good riddance to the Olympics. Not to be missed for another four years. Not when stories like this constitute Olympic headlines. Only going to be a worse product next time around when Los Angeles hosts.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1823008492283724220
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F her/it/him.
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Online harassment. Isn't that what happens to one who ventures online?