The Olympic Thread

Why is it that many of the NBC olympic commentators have names that remind one of fish?

Jim Lamprey

Al Troutwig

russia v. slovakia on MSNBC right now, probably the best matchup of the day …

Slovakia vs. Canada for the Gold Medal..

and how excited can Ovechkin get EVERY time he scores a goal….he may be my new favourite player…

the slovaks are the real deal, not sure if their goaltending can hold up all tournament though … russia doesn't look as good as i thought they would (if they had 'bulin they'd be contending for a medal) … it was fun watching latvia and switzerland the last couple of days, they've really shown a lot of heart … david aebischer (swiss) put in one of the best performances in net that i've seen in a while against the czechs …. sweden and the US look like shit

I'm really loving all the US fuck-ups this time around!

Heres the latest…..

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/5113610/detail.html?qs=pt=espn

that snowboard cross is A LOT of fun to watch, i almost wish it were a longer course so we'd see more passing and bumping … would be a good video game …

Originally posted by brennser:
I'm really loving all the US fuck-ups this time around!

Medals Table
Last Updated: G S B Total
1. US 6 3 1 10
2. Germany 5 4 2 11
3. Russia 5 2 4 11
4. Austria 3 2 1 6
5. Estonia 3 0 0 3
6. Switzerland 2 2 1 5
7. Sweden 2 1 1 4
8. Italy 2 0 3 5
9. France 2 0 2 4
10. Norway 1 6 6 13

ha, ha, ha….oooh, lets make a table giving gold medals more weight so we can still be first….you guys are insufferable…….

how about a population weighted table Hoya?

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Originally posted by brennser:
I'm really loving all the US fuck-ups this time around!

Medals Table
Last Updated: G S B Total
1. US 6 3 1 10
2. Germany 5 4 2 11
3. Russia 5 2 4 11
4. Austria 3 2 1 6
5. Estonia 3 0 0 3
6. Switzerland 2 2 1 5
7. Sweden 2 1 1 4
8. Italy 2 0 3 5
9. France 2 0 2 4
10. Norway 1 6 6 13

and the point still stands…sure you'll end up with a boatload of medals (most of them in those newfangled sports that were designed to boost US medal totals) but there have been a bunch of flops/dissapointments…Ohno, Miller, the snowboardcross woman etc etc

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:

Originally posted by brennser:
I'm really loving all the US fuck-ups this time around!

Medals Table
Last Updated: G S B Total
1. US 6 3 1 10
2. Germany 5 4 2 11
3. Russia 5 2 4 11
4. Austria 3 2 1 6
5. Estonia 3 0 0 3
6. Switzerland 2 2 1 5
7. Sweden 2 1 1 4
8. Italy 2 0 3 5
9. France 2 0 2 4
10. Norway 1 6 6 13

34th place…not too shabby, behind Azerbaijan but really teaching the Dominican Republic a lesson

:p

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Gold/Million
1 THE BAHAMAS 1 0 1 3.1546
2 NORWAY 5 0 1 1.0965
3 AUSTRALIA 17 16 16 0.8547
4 CUBA 9 7 11 0.7965
5 HUNGARY 8 6 3 0.7905
6 JAMAICA 2 1 2 0.7576
7 NEW ZEALAND 3 2 0 0.7483
8 GREECE 6 6 4 0.5618
9 SWEDEN 4 1 2 0.4466
10 GEORGIA 2 2 0 0.3902
11 SLOVAKIA 2 2 2 0.3717
12 DENMARK 2 0 6 0.3713
13 ROMANIA 8 5 6 0.3604
14 LITHUANIA 1 2 0 0.2895
15 BULGARIA 2 1 9 0.2556
16 IRELAND 1 0 0 0.2534
17 AUSTRIA 2 4 1 0.2482
18 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 0 0 0.2475
19 NETHERLANDS 4 9 9 0.2467
20 CROATIA 1 2 2 0.2244
21 BELARUS 2 6 7 0.2024
22 RUSSIA 27 27 38 0.1883
23 KOREA, SOUTH 9 12 9 0.1878
24 UKRAINE 9 5 9 0.1861
25 FRANCE 11 9 13 0.1842
26 ITALY 10 11 11 0.1735
27 GERMANY 14 16 18 0.1696
28 UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN) 9 9 12 0.1518
29 ISRAEL 1 0 1 0.1495
30 SWITZERLAND 1 1 3 0.1362
31 CHILE 2 0 1 0.1268
32 JAPAN 16 9 12 0.1258
33 AZERBAIJAN 1 0 4 0.1215
34 UNITED STATES 35 39 29 0.1203
35 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 0 0 0.1144

Originally posted by brennser:
but there have been a bunch of flops/dissapointments…Ohno, Miller, the snowboardcross woman etc etc

you and i both know that hype never automatically translates to medals, i wouldn't consider media hype and no medal to be a dissapointment, unless you're NBC … now, that women's snowboardcross is a BIG flop

PS: I'm getting sick of the ESPN intelligentsia ripping on the olympics, i'm really enjoying them this year

Originally posted by brennser:
and the point still stands…sure you'll end up with a boatload of medals (most of them in those newfangled sports that were designed to boost US medal totals) but there have been a bunch of flops/dissapointments…Ohno, Miller, the snowboardcross woman etc etc

The last three sports added to the winter olympics were:

1. Curling - invented in Scotland and far more popular in Europe and Canada than in the U.S.
2. Skeleton - Developed in St. Moritz. Big in the Alpine countries.
3. Snowboarding - Maybe you can say this is a U.S.-favored sport, but considering it's become the most popular winter sport (after skiing), I don't see how it could have ever been excluded from the Olympics.

Originally posted by brennser:
I'm really loving all the US fuck-ups this time around!

Heres the latest…..

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/5113610/detail.html?qs=pt=espn

Hey man if you're gonna rag on the US then you can just sail on back to that rock you came from! :D

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
PS: I'm getting sick of the ESPN intelligentsia ripping on the olympics, i'm really enjoying them this year

i keep telling people, and i will say it again.


TSN.CA

its better coverage of international sports and hockey. if you want news on anything going on that doesnt ONLY concern America, go there. if you want MLB, NFL, NBA or NCAA news, you can go to ESPN, otherwise, you just end up with watered down, misinformation, with some bad humour mixed in


oh, and Canada has been pretty darn disappointing this olympics too.

U! … S! … A!

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Originally posted by brennser:
ha, ha, ha….oooh, lets make a table giving gold medals more weight so we can still be first….you guys are insufferable…….

how about a population weighted table Hoya?

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Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! God, someone give this guy a bottle today.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:

Originally posted by brennser:
ha, ha, ha….oooh, lets make a table giving gold medals more weight so we can still be first….you guys are insufferable…….

how about a population weighted table Hoya?

Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! God, someone give this guy a bottle today. [/QB]


i think you need to recognize the difference of someone complaining and someone poking fun.

poor Rob - always taking things so seriously

anyway, well done to everyone for quite rightly jumping to your countries defence….I was only trying to get a rise out of you all

as I'm quite sure my kids are going to be supremely talented at both summer and winter olympic sports I'm sure we'll face a tough decision down the road as to whether the compete under the Irish, Filipino or US flags!

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by brennser:
and the point still stands…sure you'll end up with a boatload of medals (most of them in those newfangled sports that were designed to boost US medal totals) but there have been a bunch of flops/dissapointments…Ohno, Miller, the snowboardcross woman etc etc

The last three sports added to the winter olympics were:

1. Curling - invented in Scotland and far more popular in Europe and Canada than in the U.S.
2. Skeleton - Developed in St. Moritz. Big in the Alpine countries.
3. Snowboarding - Maybe you can say this is a U.S.-favored sport, but considering it's become the most popular winter sport (after skiing), I don't see how it could have ever been excluded from the Olympics.

what about the short track skating? that was recently introduced, wasnt it?

and curling was in the Olympics as a demonstration event many times since 1924.