I'm not a fan of NBC's monopoly of the Olympics either, but supposedly they are going to provide true live coverage this year plus every event online. We will see. Usually they call a 6 hour delay as live.
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Caution, may contain results!
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I don't think this 2008's US Olympic basketball team looks any better than the 2004's, or 2000's, or any Olympics I've watched. I've seen them lose, and I'll likely see them lose again.
However, with regards to the gold medal, I'd put my money on the US. I don't know why so many people are writing them off. They have one every single basketball gold medal except 2 (maybe 3....not sure). Unless I missed something, I don't see what has changed really, other than a bit of anti-US basketball attitude, or a "cheer for the underdogs......all of them" attitude.
However, with regards to the gold medal, I'd put my money on the US. I don't know why so many people are writing them off. They have one every single basketball gold medal except 2 (maybe 3....not sure). Unless I missed something, I don't see what has changed really, other than a bit of anti-US basketball attitude, or a "cheer for the underdogs......all of them" attitude.
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - Caution, may contain results!
Damn, where are the results??
I wanna put down some bets in Vegas!!
Damn, where are the results??
I wanna put down some bets in Vegas!!
This is something I've never quite understood - why is the MLB championship called the World Series and the winners of the SuperBowl are called the world champions? Who else from an international perspective did they compete against to gain these titles?
i think you are confusing the "world series" which makes sense with your logic to the "world baseball classic" which is indeed an international tourney
but we all know that the super bowl champions are the best football team in the world lol
i disagree, the makeup of this team has been playing for 3 years with the intent on teamwork. the 04 team was a bunch of superstars thrown together and hoped they would win. this years team has a lot of role players as the players were picked to fill the best team, not just the best individual players. i bet the us team rolls threw the olympics honestly
The Olympics has begun, with the women's football competition kicking off earlier today. The US have caused the Chinese some embarrassment by donning face masks.
Oh, and it's not smog, it's mist!
Oh, and it's not smog, it's mist!
Three words
Girls Beach Volleyball
(These are the only sports I really watch other than my Hockey, that and When Kournikova plays tennis, hell even Sharapova, I'm not that picky.)
Girls Beach Volleyball
(These are the only sports I really watch other than my Hockey, that and When Kournikova plays tennis, hell even Sharapova, I'm not that picky.
)
Misty and Kerri.
Women's Soccer started today
USA 0
Norway 2
New Zealand 2
Japan 2
Canada 2
Argentina 1
Brazil 0
Germany 0
Sweden 1
China 2
Nigeria 0
N Korea 1
Women's Soccer started today
USA 0
Norway 2
New Zealand 2
Japan 2
Canada 2
Argentina 1
Brazil 0
Germany 0
Sweden 1
China 2
Nigeria 0
N Korea 1
I love that yellow mist in the morning.
I would much rather she go nekid as well.
she did playboy after the 2004 Athens Olympics..
I've never liked the idea of politics entering into the Olympics.
It's not fair for the athletes who spent years training for a chance to compete. Imagine if you would, spending 4 years training 8 hours a day everyday to compete in the Olympics. Now that the Olympic Games arrive, you'll have to wait at least another 4 years just because the @--hole who runs your country doesn't like the @--holes in charge of the host country. Your country boycotts the Games. What would you do? I'd go postal. Postal, I tell you.This is something I've never quite understood - why is the MLB championship called the World Series and the winners of the SuperBowl are called the world champions? Who else from an international perspective did they compete against to gain these titles?
I agree about the World Series since other countries (Japan, most Latin American countries) field some impressive teams.
The winners of the Superbowl, OTOH, are world champs. No other country has fielded an american football team that match even the worst NFL team. Yes, I've seen the European Football League games -- the top players would probably be third stringers in the NFL. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
MLB is still a lot stronger than Japan ball.I agree about the World Series since other countries (Japan, most Latin American countries) field some impressive teams.
The winners of the Superbowl, OTOH, are world champs. No other country has fielded an american football team that match even the worst NFL team. Yes, I've seen the European Football League games -- the top players would probably be third stringer in the NFL. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
I agree about the World Series since other countries (Japan, most Latin American countries) field some impressive teams.
The winners of the Superbowl, OTOH, are world champs. No other country has fielded an american football team that match even the worst NFL team. Yes, I've seen the European Football League games -- the top players would probably be third stringers in the NFL. That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.
I totally understand that but it still seems a little presumptuous and arrogant in a way.
i would be disappointed if the season stopped for the olympics, we'll be stuck with just that for 3 weeks. that's why bud has his world baseball classic. it's like baseball's world cup (and fyi, the world cup is much bigger than olympic soccer). and besides, let the no names play and get known instead of the same stars over again.
I'm not a fan of NBC's monopoly of the Olympics either, but supposedly they are going to provide true live coverage this year plus every event online. We will see. Usually they call a 6 hour delay as live.
the online thing...you have to see it on tv first (dumb), and they will do the same thing over again, show day old events as live and focus more on 'the child that had to raise herself in her own house' than on the athletic events. nbc's olympic coverage is overall bad.
We already have a boxer in the weight above. Such a shame as he is a real talent.