Olympics, who is watching what event?
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Bay_Kat
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I know WTOP puts out a warning before they give any results so you can turn your radio down, but probably doesn't make any difference with everyone else giving out results.
LordStanley
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those 2 chinese girls are so flat they look and sound like 2 2x4's diving into the water
kom526
They call me ... Sarcasmo
We've been watching swimming (of course) and gymnastics. I've been watching softball (Osterman no-hit AUS last night) and some volleyball as well as boxing. Boxing should be removed as an Olympic sport due to the eff'd up scoring system they use. Personally I'd like to see some of the shooting events and kayaking get some more coverage.
AndyMarquisLIVE
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I was watching the women's gymnastics highlights of the high-beam competition and Shawn Johnson was robbed. Even the announcers were shocked at her rather low score. One of them called them out "Her routine wasn't perfect but it definitely deserved a higher score."
I was kind of surprised nbc called that out. Either way, something doesn't smell right. They said one of the Chinese gymnasts are too young to participate in the Olympics, yet here she is competing anyways.
The IOC needs to take a good hard look at what's going on in Beijing, first the Chinese government pulls a singer because she "wasn't pretty enough" and has someone else lip-sync one of the biggest pieces in the opening ceremonies, and now this little fiasco.
AndyMarquisLIVE
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I HATE how NBC decides to wait to air everything in primetime. One of the swimming things, they were talking about on MSNBC Olympic Setup yesterday morning, and the anchor says "You can catch this segment in it's entirety tonight on NBC."
WTF? A full 20-something hours after it happened?
I'd like to see the Olympics go back to CBS. NBC has events airing live on NBCOLYMPICS.com, they have CNBC, USA, MSNBC, Bravo, we, shopNBC, Universal HD and CNBC World. And they can't bring us stuff until a full 22 hours after something happened?
theArtistFormerlyKnownAs
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In regards to boxing: I agree that the scoring system needs some work, but as I see it, they have it in place for a reason. Is it a good reason? You decide, but here is my take on it. If the scoring is more of a free-for-all of the judges just deciding who did better in the fight, then it will be more of an "all out" fight and will lead to more knock-outs. Of course, this is more exciting, BUT remember that these fights are between people who would like to compete in at least a few olympics. If the fights are all-out, they may be lucky to get through one or two "seasons". All I saw was fly-weight, so maybe that isn't the best thing to judge off of, but these guys looked like any hardcore fighting and they'd be done for. They'd prefer it be more about strategy :shrug:
I had heard that "half the Chinese gymnastics team is underage, but they have government-regulated passports that legally state their age, so 'it is what it is'." Basically, it may be strongly believed that the girls are underage, but there is really no way to prove it that would make it worthwhile.
LordStanley
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getbent
Thats how them b*tch's R
It's too bad they're going to drop softball. I recorded it so hubby can watch it later. He won't get any of the results while at work. Of course he just messaged me that he has a fantasy football league draft tonite and he has to go look at a side job, :shrug: so who know when or if he'll watch it, lol.
AndyMarquisLIVE
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You can watch them on CNBC.com later the next day.
Cat threw a no hitter last night!
Here's the no-hitter game.
NBCOLYMPICS.com has just about every event live or on demand.
morningbell
hmmmmmm
I was thinking about years past with Aunt Betty and my Nan doing needle point in the living room while they watched the Olympics. They always spoke to eachother in Italian so when Aunt Betty Stood up and cheered for the USA the way it sounded in her thick accent was "GO YOU ASS! GO YOU ASS!"
Ahhhh, I love the Olympics
Ahhhh, I love the Olympics
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tiny_dancer33
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Michael Phelps is a GOD. So is Lezak.
And the men's gymnastics team. So proud of them for pulling a team bronze and medaling with China and Japan even without the Hamms. Pumped for all-arounds. (But holy cow, did anyone else see Yang Wei on the pommel horse? Ridiculous.)
That is all.
And the men's gymnastics team. So proud of them for pulling a team bronze and medaling with China and Japan even without the Hamms. Pumped for all-arounds. (But holy cow, did anyone else see Yang Wei on the pommel horse? Ridiculous.)
That is all.
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theArtistFormerlyKnownAs
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That's too funny. GF mentioned that one of the Chinese girls didn't have all her teeth or something and I thought she was full of ####
I wonder though, are those Chinese girls REALLY small, or just appear small to us? Obviously, Asians are small in stature. How big is the AVERAGE 16 yo Chinese girl? :shrug:
mv_princess
mv = margaritaville
Would China lose the Gold if she was underage? Or try to say it isn't a big deal like the little girls from the opener?
Pooh31
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I dont think that they would be stripped of the gold, I'm not really sure. But I have to agree with Bela (USA coach, I know I spelled his name wrong), I think that the IOC should lift the age ban. I mean if they athletes are good enought to participate then they should be able to. He made it clear that China and other communist countries can fake a passport to make them seem of age. But then again the only problem with that is that they take these kids from their families at an early age and that sport become their lives.
LordStanley
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what happened?