Most boring sport of the olympics?

Originally posted by Bollocks:
  Huh? Just what the fuck are you on about?

That's what I'd like to know.

[sonickteam2]

I decided last night that the worst part of the Olympics isnt even the sport, its the DAMN announcers.
 
   heres the list
 
   1. Bob Costas.  Just cause he's part Greek or something?  he's a LOSER and he only likes reporting bad news.  and after the opening ceremonies, i want him dead.
 
   2. the manly chick on cable in the morning, Mary Corelli or something.  Shes just too wierd, shes like Howard Cosell's niece or something and talks with her mouth closed out of the side of it or something.
 
   3. Jim Lampley.  Looks like the kind of guy who would molest children.
 
   4. Teddy, the Boxing announcer.  Hes TOO annoying and wants EVERYONE to "punch to the body"  look you dumb fuck, you go down there and punch those scrappy Cuban guys in the body!
 
   5. Rowdy Gaines.  just shut the hell up Rowdy, you are a has-been swimmer and NOT a sportcaster.
   
   6. That whiny bitch who announces diving. I hate her, and how she has to point out every divers flaws and then say thier score was too high, bitter are we?
 
   i think i have them all.  The gymnastics annnouncer was ok actually, a little gay, but hey, its gymnastics!
 
 
   I'm watching the rest of the games on MUTE!

[ggw]

I thought the gymnastics announcer sucked.
 
 Everything would look fine and he'd say "Oh my! That's going to be a big deduction" without ever explaining what exactly happened.

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  I decided last night that the worst part of the Olympics isnt even the sport, its the DAMN announcers.
 
   

What about Pat O'Brien?  Isn't he the dreamiest?
 
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[pepper*sans*salt]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   
   6. That whiny bitch who announces diving. I hate her, and how she has to point out every divers flaws and then say thier score was too high, bitter are we?
 
 
 I know what you mean. All she does is run her mouth about how big a splash so and so makes and whose leg isn't straight and who hit the water too soon and yack yack yack yack yack. I wanted to go through the screen and punch her.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:
 I wanted to go through the screen and punch her. [/QB]

That should be an Olympic event.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
    1. Bob Costas.  Just cause he's part Greek or something?  he's a LOSER and he only likes reporting bad news.  and after the opening ceremonies, i want him dead.

With the exception of Roy Firestone, probably the best sports interviewer on the planet.  NBC and HBO like him so much they moved him outisde the realm of sports.  Rightly so I figure too.  I agree that he is not the best "host" for events though.  It seems a bit beneath him and he acts it.

[RonniStar]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 
 
 1. Bob Costas.  Just cause he's part Greek or something?  he's a LOSER and he only likes reporting bad news.  and after the opening ceremonies, i want him dead.
 

He's one the reasons why I don't watch the Olympics anymore. Another reason are the over the top personal interest stories. If I saw the story of insert athlete here, I'll watch either biography or Behind The Glory. Other than that, I check to see who won and say forget about it.

[ggw]

I think they have actually avoided doing a lot of the "Up Close & Personal" crap this time around.  Thankfully.
 
 

Originally posted by RonniStar:
 Another reason are the over the top personal interest stories. If I saw the story of insert athlete here, I'll watch either biography or Behind The Glory. Other than that, I check to see who won and say forget about it.

[pepper*sans*salt]

What do you guys think about the whole Paul Hamm debacle? Think he should do the 'noble' thing and give the gold up?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I think he should take some hormone pills and make his voice go through puberty.
 
 

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:
  What do you guys think about the whole Paul Hamm debacle? Think he should do the 'noble' thing and give the gold up?

[ggw]

Too late.
 
 I think it would have been the right thing to do at the time, but now it would look too forced.
 
 

Originally posted by pepper*sans*salt:
  What do you guys think about the whole Paul Hamm debacle? Think he should do the 'noble' thing and give the gold up?

What percentage of male olympic gymnasts are gay?  Is it about on par with the level of, say, the divers?

[mankie]

The fact that he has a gold medal that he knows he didn't really win must be a bit of a bummer for him.
 
 I'd rather be the other bloke who knows he really won the gold but doesn't actually have the medal.

[Medusa]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
 I decided last night that the worst part of the Olympics isnt even the sport, its the DAMN announcers.

What is irking me now are the stories of these athletes who have "left" their medals behind.
 
 Earlier today I read about this person who left his silver medal in a taxi cab (the driver returned the medal).
 
 Now I just heard the story of tennis player Nicolas Massu (from Chile) who when he left Athens to go home, left his gold medals in his room at the Olympic Village.  Apparently a roommate of his retrieved them.
 
 I watched those tennis matches, in particular.  At the time, Massu seemed like a man possessed - it is difficult to imagine him just "forgetting" the medals he won.
 
 How ridiculous is this?!  These people spend so much time training/working/etc., then finally win medals and then leave them somewhere?!
 
 I just don't get it.    
 
 Cheers
 
 DJ Medusa.