OT: 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

This, is simply amazing. If you aren't watching this opening ceremony, I emplore you to switch on your tv's.

Breath-taking.

The only thing good about these Olympics...

Michael Phelps in a bathing suit...

And WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL!!

I only like womens Gymnastics. Lemme know when that's on. Moose Knuckle FTW! haha

I only like womens Gymnastics. Lemme know when that's on. Moose Knuckle FTW! haha

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Amazing drop there dude.

The summer Olympics are garbage. Can't stand watching them, so I never do. Might tune into tennis if Federer and Nadal meet in the final. Other than that, bleh.

The summer Olympics are garbage. Can't stand watching them, so I never do. Might tune into tennis if Federer and Nadal meet in the final. Other than that, bleh.

Too much snow in Canada? :sarcasm:

I don't think they're showing the opening til tonight here. I haven't checked the direct TV feeds that they promised us yet though.

Does anyone know if Doc is calling Water Polo again? That was the best in Sydney, at work my boss was flipping through the satellite feeds and I heard Doc going nuts and perked up and said something stupid like "Holy **** there's hockey in this???"

We ended up watching the bulk of the water polo tourney just because he was calling it.

Too much snow in Canada? :sarcasm:

Yep, if there's no ICE hockey http://z.about.com/d/nintendo/1/0/c/F/Ice-Hockey.jpg then I'm not interested.

Rhythmic Floor Exercise FTW!

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Up The Brits!!!

Nice hats America. :sarcasm:

Wow, the US dwarfs the other countries in representation, let the medals rain down...

Rhythmic Floor Exercise FTW!

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Are you kidding me that chick doesn't stand a chance.

USA! USA! FRANK THE TANK! USA!
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The summer Olympics are garbage. Can't stand watching them, so I never do. Might tune into tennis if Federer and Nadal meet in the final. Other than that, bleh.

Soooo, everything is garbage. Except tennis, of all sports, eh? "Quiet, please!"

Soooo, everything is garbage. Except tennis, of all sports, eh? "Quiet, please!"

The band which shares the name with your username is garbage. :D

why can't they make ufc part of the olympics.

why can't they make ufc part of the olympics.

Every year, they remove and add sports to the Games, so with it's growing there is always a possibilty that MMA can be included in the future. They've considered skateboarding for christ's sake.

The band which shares the name with your username is garbage. :D

Never heard of them. My username relates to my date of birth and other stuff. Sounds like a name for a pop punk band or some emo ******** though, i give you that ;)

Boring. Wake me when the Winter Olympics are on.

This, is simply amazing. If you aren't watching this opening ceremony, I emplore you to switch on your tv's.

Breath-taking.

that was crazy. the amount of planing for that must have been insane. although i'd have to say they started with the best thing (the drummers.....WOW!)

were the opening cermonies on in the states? i think they are recording it and rerunning it tonight

I wonder if the TV schedule is going to be as messed up as the Winter one, anyone know a decent website to get the TV coverage listings?

Never heard of them. My username relates to my date of birth and other stuff. Sounds like a name for a pop punk band or some emo ******** though, i give you that ;)

it's crappy metalcore actually. haha

Never heard of them. My username relates to my date of birth and other stuff. Sounds like a name for a pop punk band or some emo ******** though, i give you that ;)

is that your name because of the foo fighters song?

is that your name because of the foo fighters song?

No, nothing to do with the Foo Fighters either :)

Outdoor midget tossing would bring in huge ratings...
Although Japan may own us again...
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were the opening cermonies on in the states? i think they are recording it and rerunning it tonight

No it was not on this morning. I watched it live but I had to watch the BBC feed that was being streamed over the internet.

I wasn't that impressed with the opening ceremony. Except for the torch lighting that was insane it seemed run of mill.

As for the games as mentioned they are not on live in US and this mornings ceremony has not yet be shown over here unless you live close to the Canadian border to get CBC or you got one of those handy internet feeds that float around.

Watching the opening ceremony is really giving me a craving for some lo mein. I don't know why.

Really cool opening ceremony so far

The opening is awesome

Just wait until the end. That's the best part.

The parade of nations is great, its a nice reminder of how immense and diverse our world is.
Say what you want about China's politics, they are throwing an insane opening ceremony.

Lithuania's up. Zuuuuuuuuubbeeesss.

Canada has some smoking hot girls in the parade

I only watching under protest. I should have stayed with my full boycott lol................But 40 mins till the first medal is awarded though :)

Haha anyone catch the footage of Bush when Iraq was announced, he basically looked like he was thinking "yeah, thats right, where's Saddam now?".
Laura Bush looked like a robot.

By the way, anyone else catch the shot of Langenbrunner on the NBC "4 New York" promo?

Puerto Rico is cheating. It's like we have a bonus team.

Canada has some smoking hot girls in the parade
Most of them are probably from Montreal. All the hot girls are there.

The parade of nations is great, its a nice reminder of how immense and diverse our world is.
Say what you want about China's politics, they are throwing an insane opening ceremony.

This is their "coming out" party, you know to distract the world from their blaring human rights offenses and starving farmers.

BTW those who have a withdraw from the season and miss hearing Steve Cangelosi yell out "scaaaaar" when he fills in for Doc will be happy to know he is one of NBC's Soccer announcers.

dear god - our team looked like Ted Knight on Caddyshack down at the yacht club...

:facepalm:

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That was a pretty kick ass ceremony. No offense Brit, but there's no way your peoples is topping that. I mean, in all likelihood the Olympic organizers in London will be at the pub downing pints and eating crisps until a couple of weeks before the game. If we're lucky, they'll manage to get a Sex Pistols tribute band booked last minute and head back to the pub.

I just tuned into to two Australian lesbians ass slapping one another.

You are a lucky man.

You are a lucky man.

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Not when the lesbian looks like that.

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Not when the lesbian looks like that.

That's a cute belly button gone to waste - surrounded by yuck. :(

:rant::banghead:

LOL anyone notice Obama standing behind her?

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Not when the lesbian looks like that.

What'd you expect, that's what happens when your country starts out as a prison colony. Tons of ugly lesbians.

lol, Bill Clement sighting on USA. He's doing the shooting events. Reminds me of when he was ESPN's go-to guy for the lumberjack events.

By the way, anyone else catch the shot of Langenbrunner on the NBC "4 New York" promo?

I thought maybe u were seeing things but I just say it. I guess whoever made it likes the devils lol. Since we rarely see the Devils in anything ny wise.

dear god - our team looked like Ted Knight on Caddyshack down at the yacht club...

:facepalm:

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How about you come over and mow my lawn

I'll pretty much watch only events Doc calls. Everything else about the Summer Olympics suck. Winter is better.

They should have winter olympics in the summer, and summer olympics in the winter... why the hell should we lose 2 weeks of NHL time?!

I'll pretty much watch only events Doc calls. Everything else about the Summer Olympics suck. Winter is better.

In Athens, Doc called water polo and that's about it I think.

In Athens, Doc called water polo and that's about it I think.

"Oooooh myyyyyy! and he sails one just wide of the net."

Yeah - that fits Doc's calling.

"Oooooh myyyyyy! and he sails one just wide of the net."

Yeah - that fits Doc's calling.

He actually makes it sound interesting. In '04 I watched every water polo game.

Oh, and like him or not, you must admit that President Bush has his priorities in order.

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In fact, he's getting awfully chummy with some of our female athletes. Where's Laura?

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He actually makes it sound interesting. In '04 I watched every water polo game.

Oh, and like him or not, you must admit that President Bush has his priorities in order.

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In fact, he's getting awfully chummy with some of our female athletes. Where's Laura?

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:yo::yo:

lol, Bill Clement sighting on USA. He's doing the shooting events. Reminds me of when he was ESPN's go-to guy for the lumberjack events.

I believe he is also calling Table Tennis and is the analyst for Badminton. Although he isn't actually over there, he is in the SNL studios calling it off a monitor.

And just for mentioning Clement, since he is doing the outdoor events this has to be posted.

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As for Doc looking over the announcer list his is not working any Summer games for NBC this year. We will have to wait until October to here him again. Here is the list:
http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/07/your-nbc-olympic-announcers-updated.html

I am so psyched. I love the Olympics, I'll be glued to my TV for the next two weeks. Especially the gymnastics and swimming (go Phelps!).

I believe he is also calling Table Tennis and is the analyst for Badminton. Although he isn't actually over there, he is in the SNL studios calling it off a monitor.

And just for mentioning Clement, since he is doing the outdoor events this has to be posted.

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As for Doc looking over the announcer list his is not working any Summer games for NBC this year. We will have to wait until October to here him again. Here is the list:
http://awfulannouncing.blogspot.com/2008/07/your-nbc-olympic-announcers-updated.html

Analyst for Badminton. :laugh: I assume this means he's actually good at it, but I mean, really, does badminton need an analyst?

Good news: this President Bush has been in China now for over 24 hours and hasn't thrown up on any dignitaries.

Good news: this President Bush has been in China now for over 24 hours and hasn't thrown up on any dignitaries.

That was in Japan where the elder George Bush threw up.

He actually makes it sound interesting. In '04 I watched every water polo game.

Oh, and like him or not, you must admit that President Bush has his priorities in order.

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In fact, he's getting awfully chummy with some of our female athletes. Where's Laura?

http://www.nbcolympics.com/photos/galleryid=187938.htmlCome on. We are not talking about former Senator and VP/Presidential hopeful John Edwards.

That was in Japan where the elder George Bush threw up.

Might have been - they all look the same to me :sarcasm:

Ha... Ha... Ranger Al is stuck doing gymnastics.

Ha... Ha... Ranger Al is stuck doing gymnastics.
somehow ********* Al predicted the Rangers to take home the gold in the floor exercise

I just watched some of the field hockey online. After see the goalies in comparison to the net let's hope that Gary doesn't watch that and get any ideas.

Still despite a huge net the players still can't hit the barn. New Zealand and Japan have a lot of Langenbrunners on their teams.

Phelps has a mountain of pressure on him.

Awesome opening show. Bush being there saves us from him. Go USA

****ing domination, hes not a man, hes an alien.

Katie Hoff blows it. Stephanie Rice grrrr.

Is Trautwig doing gymnastics?

Is Trautwig doing gymnastics?

hahahaha yes he is.

****ing domination, hes not a man, hes an alien.
I think he's part fish.

That was freaking awesome last night, if that really was going to be his hardest event then the rest of the world is screwed.

US just blew the Soccer game against the Dutch. They were leading in extra time and at the end the Netherlands scored on a free kick to tie it.

US just blew the Soccer game against the Dutch. They were leading in extra time and at the end the Netherlands scored on a free kick to tie it.
Yeah that was unfortunate, but from what I saw they had a good game overall. Came back from down 1-0 after the first half.

I'm watching the US-China mens basketball game, and man this US team is good. I know there have been dream teams before, but they look really good today, they seem to have a lot of chemistry. Having Dwayne Wade come off the bench is sick.

The US mens basketball team just gave China a through ass kicking.

P.S. DF38, Rice>>>>>Phelps.

Redeem team looked good against China. Maybe this will be their year for the Gold.

lol, Bill Clement sighting on USA. He's doing the shooting events. Reminds me of when he was ESPN's go-to guy for the lumberjack events.

Clement, Clement, Hands of Cement.
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The US mens basketball team just gave China a through ass kicking.

P.S. DF38, Rice>>>>>Phelps.
Um, that would be incorrect. Not only is Phelps the far better swimmer, from my POV he's also much better in other ways :naughty:

But we can agree on the basketball, after the first quarter the US just blew them out of the water.

Trautwig just said something about how watching these gymnasts has been a treat. Aren't they like 16 years old? That's gross...

Trautwig just said something about how watching these gymnasts has been a treat. Aren't they like 16 years old? That's gross...

in that case - I need to turn my tv off - this shouldn't be this interesting to watch... seriously.

Trautwig just said something about how watching these gymnasts has been a treat. Aren't they like 16 years old? That's gross...
Some of these Chinese gymnasts look like they're about 12.

Whoever posted that link with the announcers, it says Steve Cangalosi is calling soccer. That ought to be fun.

"Pele a shot, SCARRRR!!!!!!!!"

Some of these Chinese gymnasts look like they're about 12.

Yea, they all looked about 4 years younger than their listed age.

The US team is just making dumb mistakes right now. They could have had China beat easily, but they're choking. But not everyone can be as perfect in all aspects like Stephanie Rice so I don't blame them.

Whoever posted that link with the announcers, it says Steve Cangalosi is calling soccer. That ought to be fun.

"Pele a shot, SCARRRR!!!!!!!!"

LOL - I was listening to that game earlier... I was thinking - Hey, that voice sounds familiar... NO WAY. :laugh:

Kitajima pwnz Hansen once again. Damn Japs.

"Oh, I dunno Lloyd....the French are *******s!"

EAT YOUR WORDS YOU SMARMY FRENCHIES!!!! (Quote "We will smash the Americans!")

USA!!! USA!!!

4 x 100m Mens freestyle

"The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's what we came here for." - Alain Bernard

Are ya?

French ******* couldn't handle the freedom fries.

If anyone missed that men's relay, you missed out BIG TIME. What an incredible race and an unbelievable finish. Lezak especially was ****ing phenomenal to chase down Bernard.

If anyone missed that men's relay, you missed out BIG TIME. What an incredible race and an unbelievable finish. Lezak especially was ****ing phenomenal to chase down Bernard.

That victory was a big F-U to all the US haters. Most notably France and "Harrison Ford".

If anyone missed that men's relay, you missed out BIG TIME. What an incredible race and an unbelievable finish. Lezak especially was ****ing phenomenal to chase down Bernard.That was incredible! Garret Weber-Gale also swam a strong leg, but Jason Lezak closing the gap on the haughty Alain Bernard was a emotionally great.

That victory was a big F-U to all the US haters. Most notably France and "Harrison Ford".

Woah there bud, didnt say anything about the mens swimming team. Dont be puttin words in my mouth. Lets clear it up, i hate the government of this country and i think it is terrible. i dont hate americans or the actual country itself.

I hate America and pretty much everyone in this country (except you guys, of course).

I also hate just about every country on every continent except indigenous peoples who still live tribally (cannibals included).


There I said it.


Oh and Harrison, don't hate the government, hate the people that vote to employ them. :nod:

I hate America and pretty much everyone in this country (except you guys, of course).

I also hate just about every country on every continent except indigenous peoples who still live tribally (cannibals included).


There I said it.


Oh and Harrison, don't hate the government, hate the people that vote to employ them. :nod:

See im not the only one. I just really think our politics are a joke. I just cant take our politicians seriously anymore. I remember on CNN or some channel like that had an analysis of blah blah candidate A and B. The lady then said "This really shows people vote for who they like."

Are you ****ing kidding me? of course they do that, what other reason would they vote for them.

Seriously im just gonna go to school in Canada, so i can just get a head start on living there.

What an awesome swim race that was. Especially since that ***** said they were going to "crush the Americans". Then he's the one that gets beat out in the last leg of the race. What a site.

What an awesome swim race that was. Especially since that frog ***** said they were going to "crush the Americans". Then he's the one that gets beat out in the last leg of the race. What a site.

That victory was a big F-U to all the US haters. Most notably France and "Harrison Ford".

If anyone missed that men's relay, you missed out BIG TIME. What an incredible race and an unbelievable finish. Lezak especially was ****ing phenomenal to chase down Bernard.

"The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's what we came here for." - Alain Bernard

Are ya?

French ******* couldn't handle the freedom fries.

"Oh, I dunno Lloyd....the French are *******s!"

EAT YOUR WORDS YOU SMARMY FRENCHIES!!!! (Quote "We will smash the Americans!")

USA!!! USA!!!

4 x 100m Mens freestyle

This makes me laugh hysterically because every morning I pass this restaurant on my way to work and they always have something funny on their sign..this morning's was:

Come watch USA kick France's A$$ in the 4 x 100 relay!!

That'll teach those cocky french ****s to keep their mouth shut.

Trautwig just said something about how watching these gymnasts has been a treat. Aren't they like 16 years old? That's gross...

Between him and that windbag Costas, I turned off the gymnastics competition last night. Seriously, how many feel good stories do we need? Yes, we get it, these people work hard and want to win. We also get that terrible things happen to people. This is the Olympics, not 20/20 With Barbara Walters. Stick to the sports.


And what is up with their random commercial breaks, watching water polo has been painful, Italy and Russia were in a thriller....Italy is up 9-8, Russia has the ball, Italy makes a stop, 38 seconds left in the game, no warning, no nothing. 'UP NEXT ROGER FEDERER!' and a two minute montage of pictures of Roger.

Then like 3 minutes later they come back and show the final 30 seconds of the match, Italy hangs on to win. Then more commercials.

The hell???

Between him and that windbag Costas, I turned off the gymnastics competition last night. Seriously, how many feel good stories do we need? Yes, we get it, these people work hard and want to win. We also get that terrible things happen to people. This is the Olympics, not 20/20 With Barbara Walters. Stick to the sports.


And what is up with their random commercial breaks, watching water polo has been painful, Italy and Russia were in a thriller....Italy is up 9-8, Russia has the ball, Italy makes a stop, 38 seconds left in the game, no warning, no nothing. 'UP NEXT ROGER FEDERER!' and a two minute montage of pictures of Roger.

Then like 3 minutes later they come back and show the final 30 seconds of the match, Italy hangs on to win. Then more commercials.

The hell???

It's important to remember that NBC does not air the Olympics like it is a sporting event. They air it as more of a soap opera geared to non-sports fans. As such you get tape delays and interruptions at critical times (the US-China game was shown on the west coast after it was already over). It also doesn't help that the IOC doesn't allow commercial breaks so unless you are watching a team USA game you are going to miss part of the event. It's awful come winter time and the non-US hockey games.

It's important to remember that NBC does not air the Olympics like it is a sporting event. They air it as more of a soap opera geared to non-sports fans. As such you get tape delays and interruptions at critical times (the US-China game was shown on the west coast after it was already over). It also doesn't help that the IOC doesn't allow commercial breaks so unless you are watching a team USA game you are going to miss part of the event. It's awful come winter time and the non-US hockey games.

Is this something they've come out as saying is their mission statement or whatever? The fact that I see, "NBC SPORTS" everywhere and not "NBC DAYTIME" or "THE TODAY SHOW" everywhere makes it a bit misleading.

I understand the need for all the drama and whatnot, but last night, they stopped airing all the pure sports on the partner networks and the only option you had was Ranger Al salivating over little girls and Bob Costas blabbering on about some more human interest crap. Sure there's a market for people who want that, but why subject the rest of us to that?

Is this something they've come out as saying is their mission statement or whatever? The fact that I see, "NBC SPORTS" everywhere and not "NBC DAYTIME" or "THE TODAY SHOW" everywhere makes it a bit misleading.

I understand the need for all the drama and whatnot, but last night, they stopped airing all the pure sports on the partner networks and the only option you had was Ranger Al salivating over little girls and Bob Costas blabbering on about some more human interest crap. Sure there's a market for people who want that, but why subject the rest of us to that?

Actually I don't think the department is officially NBC Sports. I believe the official name is NBC Sports and Olympics.

They just talked about the guy from NJ who went to high school in Newark, Cullen Jones, he was the third leg of last nights relay which got Phelps his second gold. Great story.
Tons of athletes from NJ in this olympics.

The US just picked up 3 golds. Phelps, Coughlin, Piersol.

The US just picked up 3 golds. Phelps, Coughlin, Piersol.
With a silver to Greevers and bronzes to Vanderkaay and Hoelzer. Great night so far for the US.

And an absolutely DOMINANT performance by Phelps. Wow was that impressive.

New Jersian up right now in the Women's 100M breast stroke.

New Jersian gets the silver.

dude, parallell bars are so tough on the biceps. its brutal, i cringe every time they hit there biceps o the bars. ooooh.

dude, parallell bars are so tough on the biceps. its brutal, i cringe every time they hit there biceps o the bars. ooooh.

I'm the biggest couch potato ever. So just watching gymnastics gives me a workout.

dude, parallell bars are so tough on the biceps. its brutal, i cringe every time they hit there biceps o the bars. ooooh.
You and me both. That looks so painful.

I'm the biggest couch potato ever. So just watching gymnastics gives me a workout.
I was out of breath after cheering for the mens relay and screaming in celebration last night.

US Men's gymnastics team is killing it right now.

holy **** those gymnasts are ****ing nasty. HOLY **** that landing. Jonathon Horton. wow.

holy **** those gymnasts are ****ing nasty. HOLY **** that landing. Jonathon Horton. wow.

Yea, he dished out the pwnage. That was insane, and then the perfect dismount to top it off. Watching this is such a self esteem killer. I can barely do the monkey bars, and then I have to watch these guys defy the laws of physics.

dude, one handed? ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME. This is absolutely amazing. That landing was absolutely filthy too. woah. :amazed:

Wow i love how there teammates get so pumped too. This is awesome.

Weeonta if it makes you feel any better, im rooting for the US in the olympics. As long as George Bush doesnt go out there and try those bars, im all for those guys.

US men are having a great night here in gymnastics. Freaking awesome to watch. I can't wait to see this play out.

US men are having a great night here in gymnastics. Freaking awesome to watch. I can't wait to see this play out.

no doubt... an upset of the greatest magnitude in the making if they can sustain this...

US men are having a great night here in gymnastics. Freaking awesome to watch. I can't wait to see this play out.

It sucks because even though the US is on top of their game, China is baaaaaalllinnnn right now.

no doubt... an upset of the greatest magnitude in the making if they can sustain this...
Well, China gets the lead back after vault.

I really don't understand why the scores for some events are higher - maybe it's just me knowing nothing about this, but you'd think all 6 events should be worth about the same.

Well, China gets the lead back after vault.

I really don't understand why the scores for some events are higher - maybe it's just me knowing nothing about this, but you'd think all 6 events should be worth about the same.

I smell a conspiracy. The second Chinese guy botched the landing and had his foot way out of bounds but still managed a 15.9. *** is that ****?!

Well, China gets the lead back after vault.

I really don't understand why the scores for some events are higher - maybe it's just me knowing nothing about this, but you'd think all 6 events should be worth about the same.

The events are all worth the same. It's just that China is so damned good at the vault that the difficulty gets amped up, thus a much higher score.

The US men are killing right now too, I don't know how their knees didn't explode after landing some of those high bars.

Am I the only one who would love to see what these dudes could do on a skateboard or snowboard or something like?

I smell a conspiracy. The second Chinese guy botched the landing and had his foot way out of bounds but still managed a 15.9. *** is that ****?!

And that's why one in my mind can consider Gymnastics or any other sport that is "judges" legitimate. To me there should be an objective goal to each sport that does not involve human bias.

The events are all worth the same. It's just that China is so damned good at the vault that the difficulty gets amped up, thus a much higher score.

The US men are killing right now too, I don't know how their knees didn't explode after landing some of those high bars.

Am I the only one who would love to see what these dudes could do on a skateboard or snowboard or something like?

wow, i never thought of that. that would be awesome if someone could do those things on some kind of board whether it be skate or snow.

Am I the only one who would love to see what these dudes could do on a skateboard or snowboard or something like?

I want to know why no one has thrown some goalie pads on them by now.

Game over for the States. China's got this one in the bag. Sneaky ********.

The events are all worth the same. It's just that China is so damned good at the vault that the difficulty gets amped up, thus a much higher score.

The US men are killing right now too, I don't know how their knees didn't explode after landing some of those high bars.

Am I the only one who would love to see what these dudes could do on a skateboard or snowboard or something like?
I thought the announcers were saying that some events were higher scoring than others (like the vault), not just for China, but for everyone. Doesn't make sense that every country is best at the vault. But then, I know **** all about gymnastics scoring, so I could be completely wrong.

China is ridiculous.

watching Horton on the highbar was insane! and he wasn't too bad on the floor either.

get a medal USA!

edit: still a chance for silver going into the last rotation (pommel horse). Japan on the highbar.

Jonathon Horton looks alot like Zach Parise.

Jonathon Horton looks alot like Zach Parise.

Was just going to post that.

And one of the other guys looks alot like Brian Schneider from the Mets if anyone knows who he is.

Jonathon Horton looks alot like Zach Parise.

looks more like Cam in my opinion, but with Parise's hair

I thought the announcers were saying that some events were higher scoring than others (like the vault), not just for China, but for everyone. Doesn't make sense that every country is best at the vault. But then, I know **** all about gymnastics scoring, so I could be completely wrong.

I don't know **** about gymnastics either, but it seems like the US is getting shafted. They were near perfect until the floor exercises and I haven't seen them get a score above 16. Meanwhile, China and Japan, especially the latter, have been making a dumb mistakes and still post high scores. Makes no sense.

I don't know **** about gymnastics either, but it seems like the US is getting shafted. They were near perfect until the floor exercises and I haven't seen them get a score above 16. Meanwhile, China and Japan, especially the latter, have been making a dumb mistakes and still post high scores. Makes no sense.

Bela Karolyi (gymnastics guru) mentioned that he thinks the exact same thing.

i would believe it too. why not F the US over at any chance possible?

we don't have the same political ideology as China and we kinda nuked the Japanese......there are reasons.

First guy for the US just effed up big time.

we need a Japanese highbar screwup

EDIT: nevermind...just get a bronze now.

I thought the announcers were saying that some events were higher scoring than others (like the vault), not just for China, but for everyone. Doesn't make sense that every country is best at the vault. But then, I know **** all about gymnastics scoring, so I could be completely wrong.

I think they meant that some events are just traditionally higher scoring because the judges just like them better and will dole out higher difficulty scores much easier. Either that or, as stupid as it sounds, it's far easier and less riskier to do a very difficult high bar routine than it is to do a difficult floor exercise; so you'll see teams opt to go for broke in high bar and just cruise through floor.

Tan just sucked ass.

*** is happening to the US man. :shakehead

Come on comrade. Don't blow it.

lets just get the bronze.

holy **** that was sweet!

Wooot.

Now thats how you do it. That looked so awesome. Good for him.

can we get that 3rd alternate to be our enforcer? he's built like a tank!!!!

Wow that David Durante guy is a good teammate, that kinda sucks he was the first alternate. He looks like he was really apart of that team.

Germany needs to average 15.3 to tie the US.

EDIT: at least we know Al Trautwig reads HFBoards to get that number :)

After all that 15.35?! Are you kidding me?!

Wow, if the US get snaked out of a medal im gonna be pissed, what an effort by them.

US sucked on the pommel horse, aside from Artemov, who was brilliant. Now just hoping for the bronze.

I really feel for Durante, what a rough position to be in.

US sucked on the pommel horse, aside from Artemov, who was brilliant. Now just hoping for the bronze.

I really feel for Durante, what a rough position to be in.

Yeah me too. These people train all there lives for this, and he was that close.

How Japan can get the silver is beyond me. They were absolutely atrocious early on.

US sucked on the pommel horse, aside from Artemov, who was brilliant. Now just hoping for the bronze.

I really feel for Durante, what a rough position to be in.

we finished 3.025 behind Japan. with all these 14s coming out on the pommel horse, we still may not have gotten Silver without the **** ups.

Well at least we got the bronze.

US with the bronze, Germans can't get enough on this last routine. I'll take it, especially after losing Paul Hamm :handclap:

US with the bronze, Germans can't get enough on this last routine. I'll take it, especially after losing Paul Hamm :handclap:

and Morgan Hamm. Its like vancouver losing the Sedin Twins.

Im just happy we got a medal.

US with the bronze, Germans can't get enough on this last routine. I'll take it, especially after losing Paul Hamm :handclap:

If Artemov only got 15.35 there's no way in hell they're topping him. No way.

China is killing it.

and Morgan Hamm. Its like vancouver losing the Sedin Twins.

Im just happy we got a medal.
Losing Morgan was big, but losing Paul was huge. He was the defending all-around gold medalist.

China is killing it.

**** China.

Wow, did i just hear that right? The coach of the Chinese team said he would jump of the highest building in Beijing if China didnt get gold. What a tool. What i would give to see that...

Japan better take those judges out to dinner tonight. I cannot believe they beat the US. They were yeccch. So yeccch. I'm not into gymnastics at all, but I am extremely irritated right now. That was a sham.

Japan better take those judges out to dinner tonight. I cannot believe they beat the US. They were yeccch. So yeccch. I'm not into gymnastics at all, but I am extremely irritated right now. That was a sham.

Japan had so many mishaps its not even funny. There mistakes were much worse than the US mistakes IMO. :shakehead

Team USA Women's Softball vs Venezuela on CNBC right now, DirectTV Ch. 751

Wow Crystal Bustos or whoever is HUGE.

Wow Crystal Bustos or whoever is HUGE.

That is indeed, one big woman, what the hell position does she play??

Japan had so many mishaps its not even funny. There mistakes were much worse than the US mistakes IMO. :shakehead

The US was absolutely perfect on the high bar, and their scores weren't close to Japan and China. That was a joke. Oh how I'd love to give those ****ing judges a piece of my mind. They're just as bad as the a-hole Swedish ref who disallowed that US goal against Finland when the puck escaped through the back of the net...even after seeing the video replay! ****ing douches.

The US was absolutely perfect on the high bar, and their scores weren't close to Japan and China. That was a joke. Oh how I'd love to give those ****ing judges a piece of my mind. They're just as bad as the a-hole Swedish ref who disallowed that US goal against Finland when the puck escaped through the back of the net...even after seeing the video replay! ****ing douches.

UGH dont remind me of that. I agree with you 100 percent.

Woooo Homerun Usa!

Wow, back to back homeruns, but the second was an inside the park!

Michael Phelps is a manchild

and those judges screwed over the US in some of those gymnastics routines i think, but oh well...at least we got a medal

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals

USA - 21
China - 18


Canada - 0?

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals

USA - 21
China - 18


Canada - 0?

Yeah, we suck.

Most of our medals will probably come in rowing and maybe Alexandre Depatis (sp?) in diving. Other than that, we aren't very strong at anything and have some remote chances at bronze in other events (softball, women's football, etc.)

Predictions of 12 - 17 medals for Canada at these games were vastly overrated in my opinion.

Edit: by we, I mean the Canadian Olympic team, not that I have any chance of remotely making the team so I should say "they" suck and not include myself even though I suck even more and now I am just rambling and hope that someone finds this remotely amusing since I can go on like this forever without a pause in my sentence or a stop in the fluidity of this sentence but you are probably getting bored of reading this about now and so I should stop at some point in time but if you are still reading this it's your own fault and not mine so don't blame me if you haven't stopped reading by now because I am really just wasting your time with random words put in a sentence to continue to amuse you but you probably aren't thinking it's funny anny more but I can't stop now because you are expecting so much more and this is like the song that never ends but I won't sing it because it's probably already in your head and is driving you nuts right now but that's your fault for reading this far and not stopping by now and you know that I can continue this on for a much longer time but I think I will stop now.

The US was absolutely perfect on the high bar, and their scores weren't close to Japan and China. That was a joke. Oh how I'd love to give those ****ing judges a piece of my mind.

Exactly... and the floor routines did not deserve that low of a score. The "fall" on the pommel horse by the first guy for the US - even the commentator was flabbergasted that they scored him THAT low... definitely some predetermined outcomes being steered to during those last 3 rotations. The Japanese difficulty was silly easy on the high bar too.

I work in a large Operations Center, a brand new one at that.

We have an array of HD LCD displays at the front of the room for all our monitoring and fancy stuff, kinda looks like NASA in here.

I walk in this morning and find out that we recently hooked up not one , but TWO Direct TV feeds.

I have the pleasure of seeing two games at once, just finished watching US Women's Soccer and Mens' Bball, simultaneously, each on an array of six fifty something inch TVs. So it's something like 3 feet by 6 feet screens.


I'm so getting nothing done this week.

Holy crap the Brazilian women are goooood at soccer.

Within a few minutes they scored two goals, one a sick header, the next, an insane bicycle kick that just floated over everyone and arced into the net.

Holy crap the Brazilian women are goooood at soccer.

Within a few minutes they scored two goals, one a sick header, the next, an insane bicycle kick that just floated over everyone and arced into the net.

That's not the only thing.

Holy crap the Brazilian women are goooood at soccer.

Within a few minutes they scored two goals, one a sick header, the next, an insane bicycle kick that just floated over everyone and arced into the net.

It's the waxing... it gives them aerodynamics. :naughty:

USA Men's Water Polo team hangs on to squeak by Italy 12-11, what a game. Damnit I wish Doc was calling these. Anyone know why he's not this year?

This makes me laugh hysterically because every morning I pass this restaurant on my way to work and they always have something funny on their sign..this morning's was:

Come watch USA kick France's A$$ in the 4 x 100 relay!!

THE THIRSTY MOOSE!

USA Men's Water Polo team hangs on to squeak by Italy 12-11, what a game. Damnit I wish Doc was calling these. Anyone know why he's not this year?

No complaining - he's saving his energy to call our games! :nod:

Not sure why - perhaps he's making a political statement? In all fairness he worked his butt off for the playoffs between NBC, VS. and all his regular duties I'm sure he's just tired and wants a break before the NHL season starts again.

THE THIRSTY MOOSE!

Hahaha...you obviously live up somewhere near me!!

Hahaha...you obviously live up somewhere near me!!

You live in Scranton?:sarcasm:

No complaining - he's saving his energy to call our games! :nod:

Not sure why - perhaps he's making a political statement? In all fairness he worked his butt off for the playoffs between NBC, VS. and all his regular duties I'm sure he's just tired and wants a break before the NHL season starts again.

You know that's true, and I also just realized something. Sydney summer Olympics happened during our winter, he's probably only under contract with NBC during the winter months.

You know that's true, and I also just realized something. Sydney summer Olympics happened during our winter, he's probably only under contract with NBC during the winter months.

Huh? The Sydney games took place in September.

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/medals

USA - 21
China - 18


Canada - 0?

We are right where we want to be! We should be closing the gap real soon...................................

**** we blow!

Huh? The Sydney games took place in September.

Damn, well there goes that theory. And the last one was Athens and he did those.

Man I'm shot today.

We are right where we want to be! We should be closing the gap real soon...................................

**** we blow!

Yup, we should only bother sending teams to the winter games from now on..

I never watch the Olympics normally, but damn, there's a lot of women's beach volleyball coverage and I think it's just taken over the NBA as my 2nd favorite sport. It's actually fun to watch too (the sport I mean) beyond the obvious other reasons to watch.

Now if only Miwa Asao had made the cut I'd be in heaven.

At least we kicked butt in Fencing, the women's fencing team took Gold, Silver and Bronze in a sweep.

How sad is this?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/oly.kids/index.html

Games organizers confirm that Lin Miaoke, who performed "Ode to the Motherland" as China's flag was paraded Friday into Beijing's National Stadium, was not singing at all.

Lin was lip-syncing to the sound of another girl, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was heard but not seen, apparently because she was deemed not cute enough.
Another said, "If foreigners found out, they'd think we can't even find a girl who is good at both."
True that - 1.3(?) billion people and they can't find a kid who can sing and look cute? Pitiful that they deemed the kid who actually sang "not cute enough" :shakehead

How sad is this?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/oly.kids/index.html



True that - 1.3(?) billion people and they can't find a kid who can sing and look cute? Pitiful that they deemed the kid who actually sang "not cute enough" :shakehead

And people think our government is bad...

How sad is this?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/oly.kids/index.html



True that - 1.3(?) billion people and they can't find a kid who can sing and look cute? Pitiful that they deemed the kid who actually sang "not cute enough" :shakehead

in Chinese culture it is all about saving face. Thats the sad truth.

How sad is this?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/oly.kids/index.html



True that - 1.3(?) billion people and they can't find a kid who can sing and look cute? Pitiful that they deemed the kid who actually sang "not cute enough" :shakehead

That's not the only thing they faked. The fireworks were pre-taped and cg enhanced in order for them to show up good on tv through the smog.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/12/fake.fireworks.ap/

Hey NBC, more actual sport and less feel good stories, not every god damn Olympian has a after school special story to tell.

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/d/3/7/d375bcb7ff19525cf7c67cc873e850bd.gif

I don't like Sullivan.

Hoff lets her country down AGAIN.

let's go Phelps - time for #10

wait a minute - a woman named "PANG" was pronounced "PONG" and now a man named "PENG" is pronounced "PONG"

im confused

by .06 seconds, Gold #10 comes with another World Record!

Phelps wins again.

michael phelps!

its the United States WOMEN's Gymnastics team vs the Chinese GIRLS Gymnastics team.

cmon USA. beat em in there own backyard!!!!!!!!!!!

The Chinese will win in gymnastics again. The first chick botched the landing and still ended up with a 9.3 for execution. Stupid biased judges.

The Chinese will win in gymnastics again. The first chick botched the landing and still ended up with a 9.3 for execution. Stupid biased judges.

bias? in China? for the CHINESE? thats crazy talk.

if my math is right, the US leads China by 0.525 after 1 rotation

if my math is right, the US leads China by 0.525 after 1 rotation

deja vu...

we'll get 3rd then. :rant:

Phelps is a beast. Hoff is a disappointment. Can't wait for the relay later.

Hopefully the US women have a good night in gymnastics.

sacramone <3

sacramone <3

She has kind of a big neck. It looks awkward. Other than that, I agree with you.

it begins already? "mighta been a little harsh" (regarding Johnson's bars score)

we know those "ultra-little-need-to-rewind-50-times-and-go-to-super-slo-mo" deductions will only go against the Americans.

it begins already? "mighta been a little harsh" (regarding Johnson's bars score)

we know those "ultra-little-need-to-rewind-50-times-and-go-to-super-slo-mo" deductions will only go against the Americans.

Yea, it take 10 minutes to get US scores because they rewind and zoom in to catch every possibly mistake. China's scores are decided as soon as their routine starts.

awesome Liukin score - 16.900

awesome Liukin score - 16.900

One of the Chinese girls will top her despite putting up an inferior performance.

Bah, Coughlin only bronze and Hoff fourth.

Coughlin blows it big time, but I don't mind Rice.

Oh man, I'm so psyched for this relay.

oh geez! we saw what happened to "favorites" in relays. CMON USA!!!

No way those two Chinese girls are 16.

is it just me or have all the medals come on the inside 4 lanes? what's up with the outside being slower? would we see all these records if the winners were on the outside lanes?

Pwnge. Wow.

I just turned the swimming on in the middle of the relay race. Did the US get a head start or something? They won that by at least 5 lengths.

wait till you see the score the next Chinese girl gets.

by my math, the US trails by about 1.25 pts going into the beam

is it just me or have all the medals come on the inside 4 lanes? what's up with the outside being slower? would we see all these records if the winners were on the outside lanes?

The swimmers who qualify the highest go in the middle. The people who qualify the slowest are in the outer lanes.

Holy ****. Complete and utter domination. Almost FIVE SECONDS shaved off the world record time. That was insane.

I was a little worried when the announcers were talking so casually before the race about how the US should win it easily, but clearly they knew what they were talking about. How are no other countries even close?

how do you get such a high score when you fall?

only in China.

Holy ****. Complete and utter domination. Almost FIVE SECONDS shaved off the world record time. That was insane.

I was a little worried when the announcers were talking so casually before the race about how the US should win it easily, but clearly they knew what they were talking about. How are no other countries even close?

I can almost see them start doing qualifying heats where you can't beat your qualifying time in the finals or you're disqualified like drag racing then bringing in staggered starts. how much would that suck?

how do you get such a high score when you fall?

only in China.

Only against the US.

Wow, that one move by the Chinese gymnast was amazing :amazed:

Wow, that one move by the Chinese gymnast was amazing :amazed:

No it wasn't. It was digitally enhanced by the Olympic organizers.

That relay was absolutely sick, those dudes were drawing bigger wakes than my 150 HP, 23 foot boat at full throttle

15.925 after all those mistakes?!!!! Un-****ing-believable. What a sham.

so on super-fast mo, you cant really see those "balance checks"

16.375

Gymnastics is fun to watch, but it frustrates me so much because it's not completely objective. Of course it doesn't help that I'm biased and I know nothing about scoring (except that falling is bad), so I always think the US should be higher.

ok...no balance checks and falls.

Well, there's a massive screwup by the US.

Gymnastics is fun to watch, but it frustrates me so much because it's not completely objective. Of course it doesn't help that I'm biased and I know nothing about scoring (except that falling is bad), so I always think the US should be higher.

Well the chick and the fruity sounding color guy seem to be pretty accurate and unbiased. They call out the mistakes when they seem them.

Oh boy, Johnny Sac's daughter effed up big time.

lets see how that compares to the Chinese 15.150, which also had a fall.

wow. unbelievable.

15.1, not HORRIBLE

Liukin looks so elegant with her long legs. Great routine.

15.975 or a 16.100 would be good for Liukin as it would make up for sacramone's 15.1

edit: I should replace Trautwig.......i nailed that

Shawn John is sooooo clutch.

16.050 or higher and the US loses no ground going into the floor.

and they gained some ground after the beam.

Shawn John is sooooo clutch.
She really is, like Horton for the men. Should be a crazy awesome floor exercise.

1 point behind! Let's go ladies!

Daaamn Shawn Johnson is sick.

Stay In Bounds Dammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Daaamn Shawn Johnson is sick.

She certainly is.

BTW, DF38, you wouldn't happen to be in a At&t commercial would you?

DAMNIT! She effed up again!!!