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sweetcell

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #150 on: March 01, 2010, 05:13:20 pm »
it's looking like the ratings for the gold medal games were huge, as one might expect.  no official numbers yet, but so far i've found this and this

i'm betting that most of these people watched.
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #151 on: March 01, 2010, 05:24:19 pm »
i was all ready for a friday afternoon bickering-about-something-silly-fest

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #152 on: March 01, 2010, 05:27:26 pm »
i'll be sure to be on the look out for a desmond nkotb in my yet-to-be-born daughter's social circles then
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #153 on: March 03, 2010, 12:13:44 am »
it's looking like the ratings for the gold medal games were huge, as one might expect. 

confirmed.

"Sunday afternoon?s USA vs. Canada gold medal hockey game, that NBC?s Bob Costas called, ?One of the greatest sports events I have ever seen,? was the most-watched hockey game in 30 years.  Canada?s epic 3-2 overtime victory (3:20-6:13 p.m. ET) drew an average viewership of 27.6 million, the most watched hockey broadcast of any kind since the USA vs. Finland 1980 gold medal game in Lake Placid on Feb. 24, 1980 (32.8 million)."  (source) (not too surprising: top metered markets = Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Detroit)
 
"To put the numbers in perspective, Sunday's game drew a higher overnight rating than every World Series game since 2004 (including every game of Yankees/Phillies last year), every NBA Finals telecast since 1998, and every NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four game since at least '98." (source)
 
"Sunday?s gold-medal Olympic men?s hockey game became the most-watched TV broadcast in Canadian history, with an average audience of 16.6 million viewers.
The peak viewership was estimated at 22 million people ? or two-thirds of Canada?s population ? who watched when Sidney Crosby scored in overtime as Canada beat the United States 3-2.
Nearly half the Canadian population watched the entire game on average, while 80 per cent of Canadians watched some part of the game (26.5 million)." (source)
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #154 on: March 09, 2010, 05:45:51 pm »

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #155 on: July 28, 2012, 06:03:39 pm »
So I thought the opening ceremony was pretty lame, except for the fact that the first song they played during the "40 years of British rock'n roll" segment was Going Underground by The Jam.

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #156 on: July 28, 2012, 07:32:57 pm »
The Olympics are less than they used to be since they started allowing professional athletes.  Had much more meaning before and was a lot more fun to watch.
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #157 on: July 31, 2012, 12:25:17 am »
It's high time this receive a repost.

Thanks, Julian.
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #158 on: August 01, 2012, 12:34:31 pm »

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #159 on: August 03, 2012, 01:09:53 pm »
A terrible accident happened during the wrestling event...



I believe that hold is called the 'head-butt'

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #161 on: August 03, 2012, 02:34:54 pm »
"Sunday afternoon?s USA vs. Canada gold medal hockey game, that NBC?s Bob Costas called, ?One of the greatest sports events I have ever seen,? was the most-watched hockey game in 30 years.

Bob Costas About 2 Seconds Away From Comparing Badminton Scandal To 1919 Black Sox
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #162 on: August 03, 2012, 04:11:02 pm »
will andy murray close the deal this time around?
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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #163 on: August 03, 2012, 04:13:24 pm »
will andy murray close the deal this time around?

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Re: The Olympics Thread
« Reply #164 on: August 03, 2012, 04:25:27 pm »