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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sonickteam2 on February 10, 2006, 02:25:00 pm
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As a Canadian, i am in love with the Winter Olympics...we kick a lot of ass.
but whats up with everyone getting banned now.
its lame. come on people. does anyone else agree??/
hair restoration products as a masking agent?? for BALDNESS!!!
can we just play the games?
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As an American - whose country has gotten a lot of new age contrived sports added to the mix simply so we can also kick ass - I, too, love the Winter Olypics.
Who do you like in hockey? I see Canadians beating Russians for gold, Swedes over Czechs for bronze.
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be afraid, be very afraid....
http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0126/winterolympics.html (http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0126/winterolympics.html)
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Originally posted by brennser:
be afraid, be very afraid....
http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0126/winterolympics.html (http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/0126/winterolympics.html)
TERRIFIED
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Here's reason enough to watch...
<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/02/08/gallery.olympicportraits/cohen.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Here's reason enough to watch...
<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/02/08/gallery.olympicportraits/cohen.jpg" alt=" - " />
Well, apparently, I would be watching for a whole different reason but all of the ice skating events, excluding speed skating, are the only ones that I have any interest in whatsoever.
I love good ice skating!
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I like figure skating somewhat. At least the womens. I hope they don't screw Slutskya over again like in 2002. Kwan will manage to screw up again and Cohen chokes at every big event.
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
I like figure skating somewhat.
well, that explains a lot
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
I like figure skating somewhat. At least the womens. I hope they don't screw Slutskya over again like in 2002. Kwan will manage to screw up again and Cohen chokes at every big event.
I was watching some European World championship the other week and I swear the Russians bribed the judges. Obviously, I can't prove it but I do fully believe so, especially considering so much has already been outed about that kind of stuff. They took the gold in every competition regardless of quaility. They clearly deserved it in the Mens. Christ, that guy totally embarrased all of the other skaters! What a pleasure to watch. However, in all of the other events, while they were good, they were not the best, in my opinion, nor in either of the commentators opinions. In fact, the commentators made no bones about continually saying how they did not agree with the judges' decisions. I was happy that the commentators agreed with me but not happy about the same old same old taking hold in any kind of big name organization.
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The Winter Olympics are definitely my favorite. Pretty much every sport interests me. Normally I have a schedule to keep track of things, but this year I'm a little behind. The upsets and surprise wins are the best.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
well, that explains a lot
Oh shut up. :p
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She got ugly knees.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Here's reason enough to watch...
<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/02/08/gallery.olympicportraits/cohen.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
She got ugly knees.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Here's reason enough to watch...
<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/02/08/gallery.olympicportraits/cohen.jpg" alt=" - " />
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WTF!?
I think she has nice knees. Man, you are picky, picky, picky. She has great calves.
For what it's worth, she's probably wearing some kind of skater's tights or stockings. Also, she may very well have just been kneeling on the ice prior to the photo. Although that looks like an artificial teflon rink.
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She looks like a little girl.
Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
She got ugly knees.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Here's reason enough to watch...
<img src="http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/2006/02/08/gallery.olympicportraits/cohen.jpg" alt=" - " />
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WTF!?
I think she has nice knees. Man, you are picky, picky, picky. She has great calves.
For what it's worth, she's probably wearing some kind of skater's tights or stockings. Also, she may very well have just been kneeling on the ice prior to the photo. Although that looks like an artificial teflon rink. [/b]
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Who do you like in hockey? I see Canadians beating Russians for gold, Swedes over Czechs for bronze.
Gold - Canada
Silver - USA
Bronze - Finland in a total shocker over Russia
the Swedish team will be the surprise disappointment this year.
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Who do you like in hockey? I see Canadians beating Russians for gold, Swedes over Czechs for bronze.
Gold - Canada
Silver - USA
Bronze - Finland in a total shocker over Russia
the Swedish team will be the surprise disappointment this year. [/b]
The US looks like garbage. I think the Czechs are the team that are getting talked up as gold medal contenders but will fall totally flat, not Sweeden. Finland medaling would be a shock. Should be fun to watch.
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we were talking about some hockey winners (me and my father) last night, so i pulled up the history....check out 1936 when the ENGLISH took the hockey gold!!!
Year Gold Final Silver Bronze
1920 Canada United States Czechoslovakia
1924 Canada United States Great Britain
1928 Canada Sweden Switzerland
1932 Canada United States Germany
1936 Great Britain Canada United States
1948 Canada Czechoslovakia Switzerland
1952 Canada United States Sweden
1956 Soviet Union United States Canada
1960 United States Canada Soviet Union
1964 Soviet Union Sweden Czechoslovakia
1968 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Canada
1972 Soviet Union United States Czechoslovakia
1976 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia F.R. Germany
1980 United States Soviet Union Sweden
1984 Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Sweden
1988 Soviet Union Finland Sweden
1992 Unified Team 3-1 Canada Czechoslovakia
1994 Sweden 2-2 (3-2) Canada Finland
1998 Czech Republic 1-0 Russia Finland
2002 Canada 5-2 United States Russia
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
She looks like a little girl.
Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.
Nah, she looks like a young woman to me. She's attractive but I'm not into the hottness factor being a straight female. I just wouldn't mind seeing that in the mirror when I had to face up to one.
Katerina was attractive but I've seen plenty of other very attractive skaters. Some not so attractive too. In the end, I go for the skating regardless of looks, nationality or anything else. It's a truly beautiful art form that I really appreciate.
Tara Lapinsky (sp?) was the one skater who really bugged me due to her placement. Don't get me wrong, I think she was extremely good but she completely lacked the grace of skaters just a few years older. Too much of her skating looked like she was running and lacked the feminine angularity and gracefullness that tops off a beautiful performance. I haven't seen her skate for a couple years now so I bet she's developed that with a tiny bit of maturing and even more practice.
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Should be fun to watch.
a guy on HNIC last week was joking that the Italian hockey team has only one thing going for it: They have 3 guys on the team named Mario!!!
lol. first day of action...Italy vs. Canada...should be a nice waker upper!
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
She looks like a little girl.
Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.
Nah, she looks like a young woman to me. She's attractive but I'm not into the hottness factor being a straight female. I just wouldn't mind seeing that in the mirror when I had to face up to one.
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shes definitely hot. I mean, if i saw her out somewhere, she may be the "damn shes hot, but probably like 8 years younger than me" kind of girl...but she doesnt look 15 or anything.
whats her name ? i dont keep up on figure skating, i am excited for the snowboarding, hockey, curling!!!
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
whats her name ?
Sasha Cohen. USA, 21 years old. One of the biggest chokes in the world, and I don't mean that in a celeb-porn kind of way.
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But she's 5'2" tall. I've certainly become less picky as I've gotten older (not that I'm really doing any picking, being married), but short women just never did it for me.
Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
She looks like a little girl.
Katerina Witt was and will alway be the hottest skater. Yum yum.
Nah, she looks like a young woman to me. She's attractive but I'm not into the hottness factor being a straight female. I just wouldn't mind seeing that in the mirror when I had to face up to one.
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shes definitely hot. I mean, if i saw her out somewhere, she may be the "damn shes hot, but probably like 8 years younger than me" kind of girl...but she doesnt look 15 or anything.
whats her name ? i dont keep up on figure skating, i am excited for the snowboarding, hockey, curling!!! [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
but short women just never did it for me.
maybe you didnt pay them enough ;)
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Gofer:
but short women just never did it for me.
<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/team_dupek/9c7fe4f9.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
But she's 5'2" tall.
Being a shortie is an advantage for some sports. Besides, the closer to the ground, the gentler the fall. Then there are sports that being the Jolly Green Giant is an advantage. That's just the physical mechanics of each sport.
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Ah, figure skating.
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Oh, I've never seen Katarina without skates, let's say. She's in damn good shape, I have to admit.
I really like the photograph on the bottom, from an artistic standpoint. Georgeous resolution and black and white skin tones. Very rich and silvery with lots of warm tones. One of the reasons that human skin and high quality black and white photography go so well together. Hey, I went to Art school! Can't help but look at nude photography this way.
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anyone know what the deal is with television and men's hockey (starting this wednesday)?
i want to be able to watch these games live, will that be possible with NBC or its affiliates?
i think Olympic Hockey is one of the best sports tournaments in the world, perhaps third to the World Cup and the NCAA Tournament ... although the World Baseball Classic could slip in there, depending on how gung-ho the Americans are about it
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Olympic Hockey > NCAA Tournament
I refuse to acknowledge World Cup as a sporting event.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
anyone know what the deal is with television and men's hockey (starting this wednesday)?
i want to be able to watch these games live, will that be possible with NBC or its affiliates?
Wednesday Feb. 15
MSNBC starting at 5:00 AM
2006 Torino Games
Ice Hockey - Men's: Sweden vs. Kazakhstan (LIVE)
Ice Hockey - Men's: Canada vs. Italy (LIVE)
Ice Hockey - Men's: Finland vs. Switzerland (LIVE)
Ice Hockey - Men's: Germany vs. Czech Republic (LIVE)
USA Network starting at 3:00 PM
2006 Torino Games
Ice Hockey - Men's: Team USA makes its tournament debut against Latvia.
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv/index.html (http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv/index.html)
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Olympic Hockey > NCAA Tournament
I refuse to acknowledge World Cup as a sporting event.
awesome! yes, olympic hockey is only 2nd to ONE thing, and thats the Stanley Cup Playoffs :)
march madness kicks ass too :) the World Cup doesnt interest me in the least....and the world baseball classic is the dumbest thing i have heard of in years!
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idiot
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
I refuse to acknowledge World Cup as a sporting event.
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Originally posted by brennser:
idiot
NASCAR is America's version of soccer: a thinly-veiled excuse for white people to segregate themselves, get drunk, and act foolish under the guise of "sporting event".
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Originally posted by brennser:
idiot
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
I refuse to acknowledge World Cup as a sporting event.
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Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
I like figure skating somewhat.
'nuff said... :p
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
[QByes, olympic hockey is only 2nd to ONE thing, and thats the Stanley Cup Playoffs :) [/QB]
really? all the hockey fans i know argue the opposite ...
a) the players play more passionately for their country than they do for their club team
b) the group system is more interesting than a best of 7 series
c) the top 4-5 teams are simply incredible, each one is an all-star team
d) it only happens every 4 years
why do you like the stanley cup more?
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
why do you like the stanley cup more?
I think if you find a North American born player and asked him if he could win a Stanley Cup or a gold medal, they'd say Stanley Cup. It's the best trophy in sports, and more respected.
I'll give you your points about single-elimination in the end opposed to best of 7, but I'd take the Stanley Cup over Olympics, although both are great.
And I realize I'm not who you asked.
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
we were talking about some hockey winners (me and my father) last night, so i pulled up the history....check out 1936 when the ENGLISH took the hockey gold!!!
Year Gold Final Silver Bronze
1980 United States Soviet Union Sweden
Oh be still my heart....Jim Craig, Ken Morrow, Dave Christian, even Mike Eruzione, I had a crush on all of them.
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
why do you like the stanley cup more?
good points on those things hoya....
my points for liking the Stanley Cup more is
a) i grew up watching the NHL and i think the Stanley Cup, as julian said, is the greatest trophy in sports. i love to see teams fight for it.
b) i dont agree that the players try harder for the gold medal. perhaps more than they do in the regular season, but i am talking about the playoffs here.
c) to use one of your reasons, it only happens once every four years. the NHL is (almost) every year and you get to know the players and which teams they are on, generally and the season builds to the playoffs.
d) sudden death overtime that could possibly last for an eternity.
furthermore, i dont know, its like 4 or 5 teams, and then 7 beat up teams, so most of the games are not that interesting and then its like 3 days of great games, that are on at like 11am on a thursday morning and some asshole tells me the score before i get off of work so i know the result before the game is over anyway.
blah. Olympic hockey is cool, and for the kids who grow up knowing nothing but NHLers in the games, they may end up liking it better.
but no, i cant believe any player whos been anywhere NEAR the Stanley Cup, would rather have Olympic Gold.
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oh and how about you guys beating Norway in curling yesterday, bravo!
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
d) sudden death overtime that could possibly last for an eternity.
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You need not say anymore than this.
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Why is it that many of the NBC olympic commentators have names that remind one of fish?
Jim Lamprey
Al Troutwig
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russia v. slovakia on MSNBC right now, probably the best matchup of the day ...
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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...
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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
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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 (http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/5113610/detail.html?qs=pt=espn)
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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 ...
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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
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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 [/b]
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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 [/b]
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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
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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
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PS: I'm getting sick of the ESPN intelligentsia ripping on the olympics, i'm really enjoying them this year
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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.
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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 (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
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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.
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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.
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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?
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Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! God, someone give this guy a bottle today. [/QB][/QUOTE]
i think you need to recognize the difference of someone complaining and someone poking fun.
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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!
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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. [/b]
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.
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i haven't been following the olympics or my fantasy hockey team at all, but i saw on espn.com's headlines that both hasek and elias got hurt and are out of the olympics and they are both on my team. bastards.
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
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. [/b]
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. [/b]
Skeleton - 2002
Curling - 1998
Snowboarding - 1998
Short Track Speed Skating - 1992
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Skeleton - 2002
Curling - 1998
Snowboarding - 1998
Short Track Speed Skating - 1992
thats what i thought. yes, if any one of those events were thrown in to boast US medals it would be the Short track. snowboarding is just inevitably popular and its gonna be a long time til the US gets a curling gold!
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
thats what i thought. yes, if any one of those events were thrown in to boast US medals it would be the Short track.
Sorry, wrong again.
Historically, Canada was the short track powerhouse. Recently, Korea has taken over. The U.S. has consistently been way down on the list.
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-165887-183105-88981-0-file,00.pdf (http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-165887-183105-88981-0-file,00.pdf)
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Originally posted by brennser:
poor Rob - always taking things so seriously
Actually, I'm not poor. :cool:
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
i think you need to recognize the difference of someone complaining and someone poking fun. [/QB]
It would be easier to recognize had it been in person, not written on the internet.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
thats what i thought. yes, if any one of those events were thrown in to boast US medals it would be the Short track.
Sorry, wrong again.
Historically, Canada was the short track powerhouse. Recently, Korea has taken over. The U.S. has consistently been way down on the list.
http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-165887-183105-88981-0-file,00.pdf (http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-165887-183105-88981-0-file,00.pdf) [/b]
first of all , ggw...i wasnt "wrong" in the first place. in my inital post, i questioned short track speed skating as a recent addition, i didnt say it was one of the top whatever, i just said, "recently" and you proved me right, by confirming that it came about in the last decade (recent enough, i think!).
secondly, i said, if ANY of those sports were to be considered to be more of a US sport , its Short track, because i was counting out snowboarding, their curling team sucks a big one, both men and women, and i dont believe they have a decent skeleton racer (you guys arent THAT crazy!)
therefore, with Ohno and i think some woman, America has a much better short track team, than curling or skeleton. and from what I've seen, they are getting better and better (the short track team)
if you are still trying to make this a matter or right or wrong, go ahead, but you are simply arguing with yourself, and if you think the US curling team is good, i suggest you watch those losers play a game.....
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by brennser:
poor Rob - always taking things so seriously
Actually, I'm not poor. :cool: [/b]
uuuh, ok
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
secondly, i said, if ANY of those sports were to be considered to be more of a US sport , its Short track, because i was counting out snowboarding, their curling team sucks a big one, both men and women, and i dont believe they have a decent skeleton racer (you guys arent THAT crazy!)
therefore, with Ohno and i think some woman, America has a much better short track team, than curling or skeleton. and from what I've seen, they are getting better and better (the short track team)
The US has placed a slider on the podium in four of the last five skeleton world championships, and we are ranked third according to the world curling federation.
But, I think we can all agree that curling, skeleton, and short track were not US-dominated sports when they became Olympic sports but that the US has now become relatively successful in them because we are the greatest nation in the world.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
The US has placed a slider on the podium in four of the last five skeleton world championships, and we are ranked third according to the world curling federation.
you have a lot of stats,which is cute, but you obviously arent watching any of these events.
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
we are the greatest nation in the world.
If we are the greatest nation, then which of the fifty states is the greatest state???
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Originally posted by Nguyen Sitch Hugh-Haitian:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
we are the greatest nation in the world.
If we are the greatest nation, then which of the fifty states is the greatest state??? [/b]
New Jersey
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BTW, I used to compete quite regularly in the "half-pipe"...if you know what I mean?
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Originally posted by Nguyen Sitch Hugh-Haitian:
If we are the greatest nation, then which of the fifty states is the greatest state???
Illinois. Sufjan says so.
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I'm thinking he prefers Michigan, given that he's from there, and did a Michigan record first.
Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
Originally posted by Nguyen Sitch Hugh-Haitian:
If we are the greatest nation, then which of the fifty states is the greatest state???
Illinois. Sufjan says so. [/b]
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holy crap! US vs Russia is turining out to be an entertaining game. I'm watching right now, its tied 4-4. USA! USA! USA!
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
and did a Michigan record first.
Well if that's our standard, I think the State of A Sun Came wins. That's near Colorado, right?
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wow, the 3rd period of the Finland/US quarterfinal match was incredible to watch ... USA really gave it their all, came a goal short ... shitty draw to run up against finland in the quarters, i bet US wishes they were in Sweden's place
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Seeing that this is an Olympic thread, the state that produced the most winter olympians should be deemed the best. The winner is Minnesota with 34.
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I don't know what's worse, USA winning just one game, or "The Almighty We Can't Be Beat Because Hockey Is Our Sport" Canada getting shut out three times.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I don't know what's worse, USA winning just one game, or "The Almighty We Can't Be Beat Because Hockey Is Our Sport" Canada getting shut out three times.
you mean, "The Almighty We are the Best Country and all other countries only exist cause we let them" USA winning just one game or Canada getting shut out 3 times?
well, first of all, the USA had a terrible hockey team that played about to what they were capable of. Canada just played crappy, and got just as bad a draw with Russia.
i still dont know about that lightning fast whistle on that would be tying goal late in the 3rd.
and besides, canada has won 1 gold medal in 50 years in hockey...no one i know in Canada thinks we cant be beat. but i suppose american media makes us look that way.
very very disappointing, i was really rooting for USA to beat everyone but Canada, it is my home now!
Canada was scared of Russia the whole game, it never looked good from minute one.
its looking good for Finland and Russia should be a doozy.
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I didn't know we were that bad until the tie with Latvia, then I pretty much knew it was over.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I didn't know we were that bad until the tie with Latvia, then I pretty much knew it was over.
yeah, so when does that world baseball thing start? haha.
at least Canada is going for Curling gold this weekend ;) `
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
yeah, so when does that world baseball thing start? haha.
at least Canada is going for Curling gold this weekend ;) ` [/QB]
I believe it's in two weeks. The Dominican Republic and Venezuala actually look like the two best teams on paper right now. As for Curling, I really thought the US men was gonna squeek one out against Canada a few days ago. But then Canada pulled away at the end. I guess now we just have Sasha too look forward to :cool:
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I see Sweden & Finland in the final, with gold going to Sweden.
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Originally posted by Scott Staph:
I see Sweden & Finland in the final, with gold going to Sweden.
funny. i was thinking Russia vs. Czech this morning.
for some reason i am stronly opposed to Sweden winning the gold.
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I wish Finland would get the gold for a change...they are really rather rabid about hockey up in that frozen woodland. And they have well-established rivalries with both the Swedes and the Ruskies...both hated neighbors.
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Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
and if you think the US curling team is good, i suggest you watch those losers play a game..... [/QB]
Great Britian watched as the US won the bronze. Not bad for a bunch of losers ;)
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Currently in the hockey semi-final:
Sweden 5
Czechs 3
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by Thom Foolerie:
and if you think the US curling team is good, i suggest you watch those losers play a game..... [/b]
Great Britian watched as the US won the bronze. Not bad for a bunch of losers ;) [/QB]
maybe you should watch the Canadians win the gold later.
and since when has beating the brits ever made anyone a "winner".
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Currently in hockey:
Finland 3
Russia 0
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just one final word on the Olympics.
in case you were wondering who won the most medals in Torino??
:)
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Originally posted by Scott Staph:
I see Sweden & Finland in the final, with gold going to Sweden.
Damn, you're good!