Olympics discussion thread
by aznsensation on Aug 13, 2008 8:53 PM CDT
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I didn't see one of these up yet, and hell, it only happens every four years. Discuss what you want, but as always, try not to be rude to others for having differing opinions.
Here are my opinions so far about these Olympics:
*Phelps has been absolutely amazing and dominant at all the events he's been in
*The Men's Olympic gymnastic team won bronze and their attitude was absolutely hilarious. They reminded me of a group of frat guys.
*The Women's gymnastic team got silver while China got gold, it was well deserved based on performance, but I wish the US could have won to put cheating China in their place.
*US men's basketball and softball have been absolutely dominant. They play Greece today and look for the US to make a statement by dominating them.
*Handball is a badass sport.
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Anyone notice that Phelps really really looks like carlos tevez?
by xene on Aug 13, 2008 9:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Really, I thought more of Eli Manning
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Aug 13, 2008 9:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the Cubs were in the Olympics:
Who would be in what event?
My team (if this team had to play for the USA) -
Mike Fontenot – Gymnastics team – perfect height and agility
Soriano – Shot-put, discus, javelin – He can toss and stand and watch his work and not get yelled at for doing so. ;)
Reed and Jimmy – Long Jump – face forward of course they way they do in the field!
Go Cubbies and USA!!
by dlansfor on Aug 13, 2008 9:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Zambrano..
Greco Roman wrestling…old school, not this freestyle b.s.
Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.
by bren on Aug 13, 2008 9:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice!
I thought also of boxing, he cleaned Barrett’s clock.
by dlansfor on Aug 13, 2008 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
everytime a fight is brought up...
i always end up thinking about how kyle farnsworth tackled that one Cincinnati guy. It was awesome.
by aznsensation on Aug 13, 2008 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
DeRosa
Decathalon
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by IowaCubs- on Aug 14, 2008 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good call!
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 14, 2008 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you want a badass sport...
Nothing against handball because it is a tough sport, but every four years I am in absolute awe of the water polo dudes. To go up and down the ‘court’, endure the high level of physical contact above and below the waterline, and all the while they’re swimming or treading water… simply amazing.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
by ballhawk on Aug 13, 2008 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
I get winded just watching!
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 14, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
mine is synchro diving
Didnt know it was a sport before this last week. I am just in awe of it. Gymnastics always draws me in.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 13, 2008 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
To each their own
I saw about two minutes of that and had couldnt take it seriously.
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 14, 2008 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Men's game against Greece
Greece is gonna try and bully their way to a win. The thing we have going for us is that guys like LeBron and DWade are hungry for revenge.
I cannot wait for the game.
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by nji232 on Aug 13, 2008 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What a blowout!
This team is so different from the last olympic team. LeBron has been dominant. Carmelo and Bosh and Wade have been real good. The youngster form a very focused team. Old guard guys, who are used to dominating without trying, need to go. Kidd is done, and Kobe is getting way too many minutes for a guy who just shoots, and not that well at that.
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 14, 2008 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Superior defense from Kobe...
and an assumption of heating up from outside.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Aug 16, 2008 1:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've always been leery
One thing that gets me about some olympic sports is the judges scoring a performance. Like diving or gymnastics. How consistent is that type of scoring? I have no doubt they are qualified and know about the sport, but something has always made me nervous about that. I like the sports that have an obvious winner and loser. If Phelps out swims a guy, I can see it. If a tiny Chinese girl twirls through the air and a tiny American girl twirls through the air I can’t see what the difference is.
Can anyone clarify the way these events are scored? Possibly the history behind it?
by trefrog66 on Aug 14, 2008 12:15 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I know exactly what you mean
To me, these sports seem to be subjective to me as well. I’ve been following the Olympics and gymnastics caught my interest so I’ve looked up more information on it.
The way gymnastic scoring worked pre-2006 was based on a 10.0 scoring system. Every twistie thing they did was given a specific rating based on difficulty and there were special skills that all the gymnasts had to do. Basically before 2006, they were trying to get scores very close to 10 by all the judges and they were averaged for that gymnast’s score.
There was controversy at the 2004 olympics involving American Paul Hamm that led to a different scoring system. Now it is scored by using two scores combined. The first score is called the A score which is predetermined and based on how difficult the routine is. The second score is the B score which is based on execution. The B score has multiple judges and starts at a 10 and they deduct points for mistakes and bad form. Add those scores together and you get your score for the round. A score of 16 or better is usually very good.
The problem is that scoring for these events have always been very gracious to the hosting city or the home favorite. It seems to me that in these Olympics, mistakes that Chinese gymnast make aren’t deducted as much, but that’s just me.
I didn’t really know the story behind this until I looked it up because I didn’t pay attention to the Olympics before 2004, but the gymnast Kerry Strugg had one of the best Olympic moments I had ever seen. If you haven’t seen it, check out the youtube link, it almost brought a tear to my eye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFn47a_Ny0Y
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 1:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Strike zone is subjective.
Lets do it Cubbies
by slocs55 on Aug 15, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This video was horifically disturbing
This is what happened to that Hungarian weightlifter. He dislocated his arm, I turned away when I first saw it.
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 1:30 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Aaaahhh!
holy crap! Yuck
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wasn't too bad in regular speed...
but slo-mo…..yikes!
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by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
US women gymasts were out of it before they got there
My wife knows the scoring exceptionally well; watching every move by every ‘woman’. Just as figure skating has its’ scoring woes, so does she believe gymnastics too has that issue, maybe worse; scandals aside. I don’t know much about it but what she’s told me that I can remember and keep up with her, the mistakes by Alicia on the beam and the other minor issues the other ladies had late in the competition (like stepping out during the floor exercise) would have had no impact on the final standings.
She thinks the US women didn’t stand a chance, even if they were perfect. Regardless though, I thought they and the men did well. I know I could never do 10% of that stuff they do, flying around the way they do and not only not get hurt but make it look graceful yet strong. Let’s hope Shawn can get the womens overall Gold. I know Horton struggled in the mens competition this morning.
Phelps is utterly amazing; what else can be said? It’s like he can turn it up a notch whenever he wants to; that is awesome. That 4×100 final where Lezak came back; against all teams none other than the French, was very exciting. Some of the other swimmers are doing well too. No way the US ladies were going to beat the Aussies in their 4×100 today. And they did well to hold onto the Bronze.
With all the crap going on there, from the fake fireworks to the lip-sync singing of a 9-year old to the under-age ‘women’ gymnasts, I have to wonder how these stories affect any of the athletes.
I follow the summer games fairly close (no where near as close as the winter games) but trying to keep the politics out of it and the fact the olympics are in a communist land, I think the US teams overall are doing well. And they haven’t even started track events yet.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 14, 2008 7:15 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Which is why gymnastics is not a sport
It’s pro wrestling for chicks
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Huh?
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by IowaCubs- on Aug 14, 2008 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Outcomes are fixed...scoring is suspect
Pro wrestling. Might as well let the coaches throw chairs at the gymnasts.
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
are you kidding me?
1. Where do any of them come in contact with one another?
2. They do not actively participate in any staged outcome. It’s a scoring issue.
3. Have you ever tried to do any of those activities?
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 14, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1) They don’t. The pro wrestling crack was to say that gymnastics is about the story for many people, not the action. I obviously do not include your wife, who is in the know in a lot.
2) See above
3) That’s hardly the point. I probably couldn’t do a Frankensteiner without breaking my neck, but that doesn’t make pro wrestling legit.
99.999 percent of people couldn’t walk halfway across a balance beam without falling. They couldn’t hang for more than 10 seconds from the bottom of the still rings without dislocating their shoulders. That doesn’t mean we can’t be critical of the sport.
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
exactly what do you mean by the comment about my wife?
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 15, 2008 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In time...
small people hate that which they cannot understand.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Aug 16, 2008 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Handball may be badass
But did anyone see the badmitton, WOW
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Aug 14, 2008 7:56 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i saw badminton too
i didn’t realize they play at that quick of a pace. Doubles was crazy/
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone could easily lose an eye
never seen a a shuttlecock move that fast
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
TWSS!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
someone caught it! lol
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
approved LMAO
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hey maddy!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
whats up bump
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 17, 2008 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
watching the 400 hurdles now...
what’s up with the U.S. dude wearing shades while running? what you up to?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 17, 2008 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not much just was reading some myspace blogs
are you just naturaly noctural? or do you work late?
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 17, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
is phelps on myspace too?
yep…always been a nite owl…you? or working?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 17, 2008 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
no I clean homes...........
they won’t want me cleaning there homes while they were asleep LOL
what do you do for a living?
I have battled sleep probs most of my life.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 17, 2008 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
btw michael phelps parents are divorced .....
and he’s isnt close w/ his dad.
I just googled it.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 17, 2008 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ways to improve the Olympics --
http://www.cracked.com/article_16563_20-ideas-making-olympics-kick-way-more-ass.html
All I can say is — santoswood, PLEASE find this site and work your magic in the next Photoshop contest.
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 9:32 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Perfect
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 14, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love it!!!
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that was great.
Another way they can make the Olympics better is to add some drinking elements to some events and see who could handle the booze the best and still perform. Could you imagine a “16 year old” Chinese gymnast who weighs 60 pounds after downing a zima. It’s like watching a midget get drunk off taking shots from a thimble. :-)
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are assuming
the Chinese have a gymnast who is 16.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 3:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I put it in quotes
The Chinese government have a track record of trying to deceive for their advantage, no way these girls are over 16.
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That is especially
noticable when you look at their 18 year old swimmers.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
eeeexcellent
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I never thought I'd be into the Olympics this year...
In fact, I poo-pooed them last week on this site, but I’ve got to admit that the swimming events and Shawn Johnson have me glued. Strange, but I can’t remember an Olympics that was this interesting. Maybe it’s just me getting older and more nostalgic, or maybe it’s the local angle with Johnson.
Anyone else feel this way?
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by IowaCubs- on Aug 14, 2008 10:07 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tivo
I remember not being willing to stay up late to watch, but with Tivo thats not a problem. And I can fast forward thru all the blah blah blah.
Plus the US is doing so well. Phelps has been unbeatable. Gymnasts were real good. Great volleyball, softball, basketball. Been the funnest olympics in a while
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by californiachicagoan on Aug 14, 2008 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am so nervous
for Shawn Johnson tonight. She is the World Champ on the beam and was fantastic on it Tues. night. She had one little miss step on her floor exercise otherwise she did well for her team. Tonight she’s on her own. I wish her the best.
Phelps is must see TV. I hope he gets the 8 gold medals he’s after.
Can’t wait for track and field to start too. I will be cheering hard for Lolo Jones to get a gold too.
If you want to keep this fanpost up to use every day use the recommend feature.
GO USA!!!!!!
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 11:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
She's got a good chance to win it
That was a physical mistake. Alicia’s issues were mental. She seemed to be psyched out waiting so long before going on the beam. My wife swears that w/o the mistakes during the team competition late, they still would not have made up the 2.375 pts.
Don’t be surprised if Nastia makes a run at it too. What a way of redemption if both of the medal.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 14, 2008 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really wish the announcers would do more
To explain scoring to the rest of us. The lead guy is the biggest propagandist I’ve ever heard and is useless. The former gymnasts sound like they know what’s up, but they don’t explain it.
They should take some time, slow down a couple of routines, and really tell us what the judges see. For the average person, we just see the landing and any falls. Show us if the toes aren’t pointed, or the legs come apart, or the hands wobble, or whatever it is your wife and others in the know see.
If a gymnast did a quintuple back somersault-twist (I exaggerate) but hopped two inches on the landing, the average American would say, “Awp! She didn’t stick it! Give it to the American girl!”
As far as the waiting, hasn’t it come out that it was more NBC’s fault for wanting more commercials than anything the Chinese did?
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You must not be watching
the same games as me. The announcers do tell you what the ahtletes did wrong when they go over it in slow motion and tell you how much will be taken off for that error. As far as the delays it is not done by NBC. It’s the judges taking so long to score the athlete’s routines. While waiting for Alicia to do the beam NBC stayed right there.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not NBC...my mistake
But still TV, according to the USA gymnastics prez
Karolyi blames TV delay: Video killed the balance-beam star.
U.S. women’s gymnastics coordinator Martha Karolyi said a TV delay broke Alicia Sacramone’s concentration with the U.S. and China in a tight race for the gold medal.
Sacramone, the first gymnast in the U.S. beam rotation, twice approached the balance beam and was twice told to wait. After a delay that seemed “like five minutes” to her, she said, she finally was allowed to mount.
She failed, falling off, the beginning of a ruinous routine that opened the door for China to win gold. Why the delay? Did the Chinese try to psych her out?
No, TV needed time to adjust.
“There was a two-minute delay so [they] could get Alicia’s routine into the world feed,” USA Gymnastics president Steve Penny told the Philadelphia Daily News.
I don’t hear the announcers saying all this. Here is what I hear:
Trautwig: “The Americans will try to defeat the dirty competitors from the other dirty nations who somehow have the audacity to think they even belong on the same floor with our American princesses”
Daggett and Elfie: “Yeah! China SUCKS! USA!”
Daggett: “This is a great routine. Look at these flips. Look at the power. I don’t see what the judges can deduct here.”
Judges: 9.1
Elfie: “That’s a very strong score…”
(It is, but where did the nine-tenths go?)
Daggett: “Ooooh, there’s a mistake…” But he won’t say.
Elfie: “Yep, there it was…”
Trautwig: “You can’t make mistakes like that and expect to beat the Americans, who have lost their partners, cars, houses, dogs, pickup trucks and girlfriends, but are still in contention for the silver!”
And so on and so forth.
I kid, but I honestly don’t hear that. I hear a lot of “great routine” and then see 8.7s.
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, here is the link for that TV story
by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or here...
http://www.courant.com/sports/other/hc-olynotes0814.artaug14,0,1235088.story
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by DaBard on Aug 14, 2008 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How 'bout that 1-2 finish?
Both girls were strong the whole time through the 4 rotations.
I think the announcers do give some insight on the going’s on but only the folks really versed in gymnastics (myself not included) will fully understand.
On the delay’s and all, I wouldn’t be surprised if the communist gov’t there has a hand in anything. They already have the world questioning them about the age of their athletes. Who knows what else can be going on there. I’m just glad to see our girls go out there and put up strong performances.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 15, 2008 6:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would have really
liked to see Shawn get the gold but I’m very happy they got the gold and silver. Shawn still has a chance to get a gold on Sunday and Tuesday. Very intense stuff last night.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 15, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought she got robbed on the beam...
…but what do I know really, right? Lukin looked like more of a champ last night and she deserved it, but it was hard to watch Shawn walk away with less than gold.
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by IowaCubs- on Aug 15, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with you
on her beam scores. Hopefully she’ll bounce back Sunday and Tuesday and get two golds.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 15, 2008 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm most impressed
with the women who work on the beam. I couldn’t walk across that thing without falling off let alone all the acrobatics that they do on it. Simply amazing too me.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. ~Earl Wilson
by tucsoncubsfan on Aug 14, 2008 11:52 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Handball?
Badass? I’m all for the ’everyone’s entitled to their own opinion,’ but as far as I’m concerned that “sport” is a joke. I laughed when I turned on the TV and there were two teams running around trying to throw a ball into a net guarded by someone in gym clothes. It’s like lacrosse without the, well cool parts. (Hitting, sticks, running, um… athleticism…)
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by Lou In Blue on Aug 14, 2008 11:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The olympics bore the hell out of me!
I just can’t care about them when the Cubs are playing this type of baseball in a playoff run.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Aug 14, 2008 12:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
just noticed your quote
What a great skit
Call the US embassy!
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by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The ACTUAL answer to the question was...
Kwa Kee Sur Pee PEE Ku!
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Aug 17, 2008 10:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bad-ass sports...
for me is in the winter games, 2 of them in fact.
1. any biathalon – cross country ski for miles, stop, slow your heart rate quickly enough to point a rifle and shoot targets accurately, then go back and ski your ass off a few more miles.
2. luge – tiny sled, huge curves, 90MPH. Only way that’s more bad-ass is if you go down head first. Talk about a rush…!
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 14, 2008 12:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No argument here
just more interested in baseball.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Aug 14, 2008 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's fine...
I get this all the time at work, especially the winter games where my interest is way higher than the summer games. Many others just don’t like it.
It’s funny that one of the guys here at work, not too many years older than me is still jaded by the ‘94 strike; still rips on baseball when we’re all at lunch. It makes me want to talk about baseball more. So what happens the other day? He starts ripping on the olympics. I told him to quit being such a grumpy old bastard. If he said he just wasn’t interested, I would have accepted it. But he chose to rip on it without any substance behind his statement of dislike.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 15, 2008 6:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like a pleasant co worker!
The olympics are great for many. Some is interesting too. I am with you though, the winter games are far more interesting to me as I snowboard and played hockey most of my life.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on Aug 17, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did anyone watch the men's all around gymnastics competition?
I wanted to see some falls to see how the gymnasts would react, but when two falls actually did happen during the event, it made my face cringe. Is it sadistic of me to want to see falls?
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 3:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's not a good thing.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Update! And as Sue396 said, please recommend this post
I would love to see this Olympic thread in the recommended fanpost until it ends. There’s going to be plenty of exciting things that will happen as the Olympics proceed.
Update:
Tennis: James Blake finally beats Roger Federer; Venus and Serena gets eliminated from singles competition.
Basketball: USA beat Greece 92-69, and the Women’s team is rolling as well.
China: They’re beating the US with the total overall medal count as of today, but we got Phelps going tonight along with athletics (track and field) yet to come.
Volleyball: The men’s indoor volleyball team stays undefeated beating Bulgaria today. I’m hoping the team keeps rolling to play for their coach who’s life was taken. It seems like they will have a lot of motivation.
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 3:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
This may not stay up for the balance of the Olympics...
…. but if there’s enough interest, feel free to post another one in a few days.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Aug 14, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The womens gymnastics
all around are tonight too.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 14, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes...it is
i’m a little excited, hopefully it will be a better competition than the men’s and the nerves don’t get the best of our competitors. I want to see more stick landings!
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Another article of China's use of underage gymnasts
The more and more I hear about this, the more convinced I am that China is cheating and that the IOC and FIG are allowing this to happen. They are using these girls’ passports as absolute proof of their age, but it is completely ridiculous to believe that the Chinese government does not have the ability to create fake documents. If they don’t care about the rule, they should get rid of it completely to allow other countries to take advantage of younger female athletes. The IOC and FIG are losing a lot of credibility with the way they are handling this issue and will continue to do so until they do something about it.
Here is the recent article on yahoo.
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/gymnastics/news?slug=ap-gym—underagechinese&prov=ap&type=lgns
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 5:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
link didn't go in correctly
hopefully this will work:
yahoo article
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Woot! Another one for the USA
Soni Rebecca upsets Australian Liesel Jones for the gold in the 200m breaststroke. She gets her first gold and congratulations to her.
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Phelps now has 6 golds
Absolutely ridiculous
by aznsensation on Aug 14, 2008 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Great Women's gymanstics all around
Americans Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liuken win gold and silver respectively. They did wonderful tonight and it was well deserved. The only thing that bothered me was that the scoring seemed a little biased towards the Chinese gymnasts. It seemed to me that the judges were far more lenient when they made mistakes. I might be a little biased, but i honestly noticed there was a problem with scoring. Other than that, congratulations to these gymnast for representing the red, white and blue and all the others for performing so well tonight.
by aznsensation on Aug 15, 2008 12:18 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It was the other way around...
With Nastia winning the gold and Shawn the silver. I thought the judging was biased towards the Chinese also, but it all worked out in the end.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 15, 2008 1:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my fault...it was switched
As long as the american’s are number 1 and 2, I’m happy.
by aznsensation on Aug 15, 2008 1:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
There's always a problem with the scoring..
It’s gymnastics. Every four years, they trot out, do their thing, and whine about the scoring.
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by DaBard on Aug 15, 2008 6:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was so hoping the politics
would not surface at the Olympics (long shot) but with a communist country and any time the French are involved (can you say skating scandel screwing the Canucks a few years back?) you can bet that any sport that has subjective scoring will have will have its window of uncertainty pushed to the max when questionable tactics are used; in scoring or even at the higher levels of management.
No one has to look any further than the [temporary, IMHO] elimination of baseball and softball at the 2012 games.
Sweet Lou for Mayor in '11.
by blackhawk24 on Aug 15, 2008 6:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've got a great track record with suggesting rules changes :)
But how about this one?
A panel of coaches designs a routine for each apparatus. The Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners from the previous World Championships have veto power over those routines, forcing the panel to go back to the drawing board if one says, “too hard, too easy,” whatever.
Every single gymnast must do that routine.
I don’t know. Maybe gymnastics likes this. It figures that controversy is part of the appeal and that if people go to message boards the next day and say, “Yeah, we got screwed” or in this case, “They tried to screw us, but the girls won anyway!” that’s OK.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
by DaBard on Aug 15, 2008 7:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not quite sure that would work
But I see where youre coming from. Basically it would kinda be like the required portions of Ice Dancing where all competitors do the same short program, that gives you an equal benchmark to start judging from.
mmmmm – could work
If the world didn't suck we would all fall off.
by carolinacub on Aug 15, 2008 8:26 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right...
The judges could say, “OK, this is what this routine is SUPPOSED to look like” and deduct from there. In theory, that’s what they do anyway, but with so many routines and so much room for interpretation, it goes off the rails.
The problem is, what is good for fairness isn’t always good for TV. The show could get boring if everyone was doing the same thing
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by DaBard on Aug 15, 2008 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes the judging was
very biased towards the Chinese. Shawn still has a chance to get gold on Sunday and Tuesday. Hope she gets one or two.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 15, 2008 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Michael Phelps is a stud.
WOW!!!! Amazing race tonight.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 15, 2008 9:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm way too old to get giddy about the size of a man's
feet, but he wears SIZE 14 shoes. Oh my!!
"ROUS's? Rodents of Unusual Size. Don't worry, they don't exist."
http://margaritagirl11.spaces.live.com/
by iluvryno on Aug 16, 2008 8:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
USA..
totally dominated Spain today. Hard to see them losing a game the rest of the way after dismantling the World Champion Spain team and handling Greece with ease. Don’t see Lithuania or Argentina being capable of the upset.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Aug 16, 2008 1:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad...
I looooove watch NBA players cry
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
by DaBard on Aug 16, 2008 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And I...
could care less. It’s good to see USA regain basketball dominance. The players put in a lot of work and it has paid off.
Free Ronny Cedeno
by Kansas25 on Aug 16, 2008 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's true
It is very refreshing to see them actually work.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
by DaBard on Aug 16, 2008 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
1500 meter swim...
wow…that’s grueling….almost a mile..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 9:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's tough...
But for distance swimmers it isn’t any harder than the 50 or the 100 is for sprinters. I think it’s odd that the commentators were suggesting that Hackett’s achievement was better because of the “grueling” nature of the event.
Every time I watch the Olympics it makes me want to be a competitive swimmer again…
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean...
I used to run quite a bit and the longer distances didn’t seem tough…marathons of course, are a different matter..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
It’s all about conditioning. If you’re conditioned to swim/run the longer distances it will be easier for you than doing a sprint or mid distance event would be. Vice versa for sprinters.
It’s kind of the same deal with strokes, too. Part of what makes Phelps so special is that he’s so good at all of the strokes, in the IMs and individually. Most swimmers have a stroke or two, and that’s it. To be gold medal level good in so many events is truly amazing.
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 9:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the tunisian won!
aw thats what the olympics are all about
by nolacubbiegirl on Aug 16, 2008 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
beleive so..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
did Torres lose by very much?
I missed it..
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by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
.01 I think...very similar to Phelp's race last night
by stadiumguru on Aug 16, 2008 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks....
wow…that is close!
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by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 9:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'M HERE! WE CAN WIN NOW!!
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by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A smidge late...
US takes the silver in women’s 4×100 medley
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 9:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch...
Sweden DQed in the event… it has no effect on the medals, but to be the swimmer who false started at the Olympics must suck…
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
WHEN THE HELL IS PHELPS
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by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
now
apparently.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Aug 16, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know why the IOC sucks?
I’ll tell you why.
Because Spitz was not even invited to these Olympics to watch Phelps. That’s why the IOC sucks.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Eh....
Spitz is kind of a douchebag….
I mean he should have gone, I guess, but I’m not crying over it…
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he's always been pretty big on himself....but still...
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I do not think
the amount of doucheness in a person should have any weight on whether or not he is invited to watch a 24 year old attempt to break his seemingless untouchable record. If that was the case, Barry Bonds wouldn’t have been invited to his own Hank Aaron record breaking game.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well....
There’s a reason no one is really sad that Bonds isn’t playing baseball anymore. If Phelps does break the record tonight, I think it might be a sigh of relief for some because then we can stop talking about Mark Spitz.
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I won't stop talking about Spitz
Dude went 7 for 7. Wasn’t allowed to use goggles. Chose not to wear a cap and had a rockin’ porn star stache!
Also, he competed in the 100m free, which Phelps ducked. If the 50m free would have been in place, he’d have won that one too.
Phelps did better and deserves every bit of the accolades, but Spitz shouldn’t suffer too much in comparison.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
by DaBard on Aug 17, 2008 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha...
hey dan, didn’t see your post…I totally agree.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
HOLLLA
Missed the whole game today. Glad I did, too. Sounded like shit I hear.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah....left way too many on base...
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I heard Mark Spitz is pretty pissed off....
that he wasn’t given some kind of invite to the olympics…..Can’t say I blame him..Everyone knew Phelps would possibly break his record.
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
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by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone entitled to their opinion
but he was at the last games and complained that he was ignored in Athens during those games.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
When they talked to
him this week he said he would have like to have been there but his sponsors had other things for him to do.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark Spitz sponsors?
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Australia is like the
Yankees. At least in swimming. I liked Crocodile Dundee.
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does that make
the U.S. like the Red Sox?
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're kind of annoying me.
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by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
AMERICA!!! FUCK YEAH!!!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and that
as they say, is that.
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Aug 16, 2008 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What up drew
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by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
my eyelids
for about five more minutes. Im’a goin bed. :D
Our 2008 Chicago Cubs -- FINDING WAYS TO WIN!
by drewishdrewid on Aug 16, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just after...
Phelps finished, the Saturday fireworks started at Navy Pier
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 10:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure it's a relief
to him to have it over with. YAY USA!!!!! YAY MICHAEL!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 10:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
w00t!
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
exciting stuff Dan.
I cried…couldn’t help it.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I got goose bumps
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
great moment in sports history
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
great(est)?
Until this October that is
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Teams win the
WS every year. It would be great for Cub fans to win it this year but what Phelps did has never happened before.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can we....
Bring Phelps on the expanded roster or something? Then it would be the greatest Olympic champion winning the world series!
by hmlee on Aug 16, 2008 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I bet he could steal like no ones business
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He does look scrappy..:)
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
that he does
but that will mess up the trifecta or triangle of scrappiness.
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep...
too bad he’s not cajun..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
reading your post hmlee made me smile
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good stuff!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
kinda cool to see Baltimore fans cheering
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
That was very cool
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm outta here.
Nooner game tomorrow. Hopefully I can find some BCB-time tomorrow. Night to all.
Dan
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Aug 16, 2008 10:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
nite
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So let me guess Phelp's team won????
I was en route home and missed it
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
was it really really close
or just really close? never seems to be a blow out in swimming
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
The last lap wan't
that close. You could see Jason was well in front but still exciting.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about his dad?
non existant? passed away? Kinda wondered
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 11:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Was wondering that too..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
His
Parents divorced when he was 7, and apparently he and his dad have a somewhat strained relationship
by hmlee on Aug 17, 2008 11:23 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which calls to mind today's Tank McNamara cartoon...
Brilliant:
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Aug 17, 2008 11:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the medal ceremonies
very emotional and cool
"That guy is a gamer." said Ron Santo of Reed Johnson on 07-25-08
by love the ivy on Aug 16, 2008 10:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes it was. I love
the relationship he has with his mom and sisters.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that it for the swimming events?
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 11:00 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think so,
except there is some diving left
by stadiumguru on Aug 16, 2008 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Costas just said they are done.
Good luck Shawn Johnson, Lolo Jones and Doug Schwab. Bring home the gold!!!
by sue369 on Aug 16, 2008 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indoor swimming, yes...
The open water stuff is still to come. There’s a men’s and women’s 10km race.
Pluto will always be a planet to me!
by DaBard on Aug 17, 2008 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I enjoyed the interview he did w/ Costas
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 16, 2008 11:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that was good indeed...
I liked his Facebook story…lol..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 16, 2008 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
me too.
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 17, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I guess he's everyone's bff now..
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Aug 17, 2008 12:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I guess so
"We've had our ups and downs, but as long as you have a reason, something to fall back on and a plan, that's all there is to it," Soto said.
by Madison Cub Fan on Aug 17, 2008 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you guys know...
that beach volleyball has cheerleaders to entertain crowds during intermission? It makes me want to learn how to play. :-) Check out the NBC video below, you need silverlight plugin to play.
by aznsensation on Aug 17, 2008 3:50 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
FYI
The commentators for NBC just said that one of the female divers for the U.S. is the daughter of the guy who owns the Cubby Bear and is a die-hard Cubs fan! Go her!
by hmlee on Aug 17, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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