RaoulDuke79 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Please merge if there's another thread. I didn't look too hard. I'm just not as into it this year. I love to watch competition and root for our country, but I think that it's in China after everything that's happened over the past several years has really lessened my enthusiasm. Go USA 🇺🇸....I just don't think I'll be watching as much. 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 USA Network (NBCU) did a great job explaining the basics of curling tonight. So NBC reporter decides hes going to throw the stone, slides forward and falls on his ass and the stone goes maybe 5 feet ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 23 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: USA Network (NBCU) did a great job explaining the basics of curling tonight. So NBC reporter decides hes going to throw the stone, slides forward and falls on his ass and the stone goes maybe 5 feet ... I think if there's one event I could compete, it would be curling. Kinda like shuffleboard minus the traction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Thanks for starting this thread BTW! I've got to really like curling, I can see why it can be a good beer drinking sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 49 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: Thanks for starting this thread BTW! I've got to really like curling, I can see why it can be a good beer drinking sport I would watch it as a kid on the Canadian channel growing up. It was strangely captivating! And I didn’t even drink beer when I was eight. Well, not much….. 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Just now, Augie said: I would watch it as a kid on the Canadian channel growing up. It was strangely captivating! And I didn’t even drink beer when I was eight. Well, not much….. 😋 LOL... My dad always gave me a little glass when mom was working 3-11 at the hospital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I feel like the Winter Olympics haven’t been well publicized. I randomly stumbled upon some women’s hockey on USA network. I didn’t even realize it had begun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 They are the international Patriots*. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBBills Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I know Hulu has an Olympic channel also if anyone didn't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) I love the Olympics. Watched the entire opening ceremony last night (the live broadcast tape delayed so I could FF through all commercials) though I found it kind of lackluster. They are wasting no time giving us the men's downhill TONIGHT which I will be watching...probably my favorite single event of the games. It's supposed to be shown for 2 hours between NBC and USA at 10 and 11pm. Right at the top NBC did their best to have "Chinese experts" on and politicize the hell out of the games, mentioning how the USA is "diplomatically boycotting" the games and so on. I hope they avoid that crap going forward--I want to watch the sports, not listen about Hitler and Joe Stalin wannabes like Putin and this big slob currently running China. They kept showing close-ups of Jinping and it looks like he last washed his hair about 2 weeks ago. Edited February 5, 2022 by Nextmanup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Thanks to whomever cleaned this up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Fee free to add your own BS commentary and strategy thoughts on sports you know nothing about. I dislike the Canadian guy on their mixed curling team. Not a guy I want to grab a beer with. Feels like that’s should be one of the skills on a curling team. A guy people want to drink with. He also seems controlling. He sweeps for his own throws which seems weird. Gives off a strong ranch on chicken wing vibes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) New Zealand just won it's first ever Winter Olympic gold medal! Woo hoo! https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/127701983/winter-olympics-zoi-sadowskisynnott-wins-historic-gold-for-new-zealand-in-slopestyle-final Edited February 8, 2022 by Bad Things 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 For those who care: the men's downhill is in a delay situation because of high winds on the course. It was supposed to start 10 minutes ago at 10:00pm eastern, now they are going to meet at 11pm eastern to see if they can go at midnight, eastern. Watching some luge now on USA. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Is Rebecca Lowe the new face of NBC sports? I'm used to seeing her for soccer games, but she's headlining Olympic coverage now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 (edited) 19 hours ago, Bad Things said: New Zealand just won it's first ever Olympic gold medal! Woo hoo! https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/127701983/winter-olympics-zoi-sadowskisynnott-wins-historic-gold-for-new-zealand-in-slopestyle-final The celebration and t!t grab by one of the other medalists when her score was announced was epic. Congrats to you guys!! Edited February 6, 2022 by Mike in Horseheads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewPort71 Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 10:06 PM, Bad Things said: New Zealand just won it's first ever Olympic gold medal! Woo hoo! https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/127701983/winter-olympics-zoi-sadowskisynnott-wins-historic-gold-for-new-zealand-in-slopestyle-final This was exciting as all get out. Congrats to the Kiwis and this young lady. I watched this live as the rest of the family went to bed. This event is my daughters favorite. ( The daughter who hiked the Appalachian Trail) The next morning SIL turned on Peacock to watch this and I watched in silence , not wanting to spoil the outcome. The celebration started by the Silver and bronze medalists was great. Even greater when all 12 participants joined in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 9:06 PM, Bad Things said: New Zealand just won it's first ever Olympic gold medal! Woo hoo! https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/127701983/winter-olympics-zoi-sadowskisynnott-wins-historic-gold-for-new-zealand-in-slopestyle-final I guess you mean Winter Olympic gold medal. I can remember some rowing golds at summer games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, DrW said: I guess you mean Winter Olympic gold medal. I can remember some rowing golds at summer games. Thanks for that. Yeah, I meant the Winter Olympics sorry. (Now edited.) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 9 hours ago, LewPort71 said: I watched this live as the rest of the family went to bed. This event is my daughters favorite. ( The daughter who hiked the Appalachian Trail) The next morning SIL turned on Peacock to watch this and I watched in silence , not wanting to spoil the outcome. Years ago, probably more than 20, my brother and I were watching the Olympics on a Canadian station. Long before getting results online, or having multiple stations showing events. That night, whoever carried it in the US was showing the same event we had seen earlier that day. We start talking about the athletes, their countries, how we think they will do, etc. Our parents start looking at us strangely and ask us how we know all this. We told them we're just really into the Olympics. Eventually we did tell them we had already seen the event earlier that day. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Just Jack said: Years ago, probably more than 20, my brother and I were watching the Olympics on a Canadian station. Long before getting results online, or having multiple stations showing events. That night, whoever carried it in the US was showing the same event we had seen earlier that day. We start talking about the athletes, their countries, how we think they will do, etc. Our parents start looking at us strangely and ask us how we know all this. We told them we're just really into the Olympics. Eventually we did tell them we had already seen the event earlier that day. I dream of the days when I could watch the Olympics on CBC. Now I'm stuck with garbage American TV with everyone else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Things Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/7/2022 at 11:29 AM, Mike in Horseheads said: The celebration and t!t grab by one of the other medalists when her score was announced was epic. Congrats to you guys!! 15 hours ago, LewPort71 said: This was exciting as all get out. Congrats to the Kiwis and this young lady. I watched this live as the rest of the family went to bed. This event is my daughters favorite. ( The daughter who hiked the Appalachian Trail) The next morning SIL turned on Peacock to watch this and I watched in silence , not wanting to spoil the outcome. The celebration started by the Silver and bronze medalists was great. Even greater when all 12 participants joined in. If you liked the celebration at the race, you'd also like the live, nationwide television interview her father did, following the race. Clearly a very proud, intoxicated dad. 😀 https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/2022-winter-olympics-zoi-sadowski-synnott-dad-viral-hilarious-f-bomb-laden-interview-after-won-gold/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I was just watching Mikaela Shiffrin sitting on the side, not moving after wiping out again. They took it back to the studio but I assume she's still sitting there. To think how much these athletes dedicate to these moments. Must be gut-wrenching when something like this goes wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Talley56 said: I was just watching Mikaela Shiffrin sitting on the side, not moving after wiping out again. They took it back to the studio but I assume she's still sitting there. To think how much these athletes dedicate to these moments. Must be gut-wrenching when something like this goes wrong. So much pressure, reminds me of Simone Biles. Mikela has 3 races left with a chance for a medal Edited February 9, 2022 by Mike in Horseheads 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 43 minutes ago, Talley56 said: I was just watching Mikaela Shiffrin sitting on the side, not moving after wiping out again. They took it back to the studio but I assume she's still sitting there. To think how much these athletes dedicate to these moments. Must be gut-wrenching when something like this goes wrong. 31 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: So much pressure, reminds me of Simone Biles. Mikela has 3 races left with a chance for a medal Damn missed that - was watching a replay of the mens downhill tonight. Reminded me of Dan Jansen - 1988 gold medal speed skater favorite who fell in a race hours after learning that his sister had succumb to cancer. Years later he got his gold. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/olympic-speed-skater-jansen-falls-after-sister-dies 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrW Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) That is the right attitude. Words of the German luge coach Norbert Loch after the win in the luge relay: “That’s a great performance. And now, beer. We earned it.” As a German myself, I have developed the hypothesis that we are good in any sport where you can sit on your behind. In the winter olympics, we are good in luge and bobsleigh. In the summer olympics, our best results are in equestrian, rowing, kayaking, and track cycling. Edited February 11, 2022 by DrW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Haven't watched too much at all, but really rooting for Shawn White to go out on top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said: Haven't watched too much at all, but really rooting for Shawn White to go out on top. .....he is a Carlsbad CA native and we shared some personal friends from my son and his bandmates. Shawn is a musicain as well as a star Olympian. This was an event he sponsored at the Rose Bowl...I was in the tents backstage and there were photo ops. The one thing I will never forget about meeting him was ..and you can kind of see it here...dudes calves were like Broomsticks...SKINNY> That surprised me...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 1 hour ago, muppy said: .....he is a Carlsbad CA native and we shared some personal friends from my son and his bandmates. Shawn is a musicain as well as a star Olympian. This was an event he sponsored at the Rose Bowl...I was in the tents backstage and there were photo ops. The one thing I will never forget about meeting him was ..and you can kind of see it here...dudes calves were like Broomsticks...SKINNY> That surprised me...... Hey Mup--very cool! I knew you partied with the rich and famous, I just knew it. This guy is an amazing athlete and Olympian. Oh--back in the day I had a shot to get some photos with Jeff Blatnick (Olympic wrestler and local guy, RIP) but bailed because i didn't want to bother him. He was a big cat! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppy Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 3 hours ago, leh-nerd skin-erd said: Hey Mup--very cool! I knew you partied with the rich and famous, I just knew it. This guy is an amazing athlete and Olympian. Oh--back in the day I had a shot to get some photos with Jeff Blatnick (Olympic wrestler and local guy, RIP) but bailed because i didn't want to bother him. He was a big cat! the event Shawn White sponsored that day had to have been a financial fiasco. It was supposed to have been a sports and music festival..he had built a snow ramp for tricks and ski jumps and had different different musical guests booked. But the weather down poured that day..I mean Buckets. It was amazing he was able to pull off what he did. But it wasnt very well attended. LA people dont do bad weather. Yeah I've met my fair share of "rich and famous" people along the way here and there. It is what it is. Too bad Shawn couldn't medal in his last Olympics. But he competed against guys 20 years younger than he is. Pretty impressive all in all. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Sees clip of what they do....Josh please don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That's No Moon Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 58 minutes ago, Warcodered said: Sees clip of what they do....Josh please don't. I dare any of them to get hit by an NFL player. Any NFL player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 "Kaitlin Hawayek, an East Aurora native, and her partner, Jean-Luc Baker, made their Olympic debut in Group 3 of the competition. They skated to Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" and "Bad Girls." The two were Olympic alternates in 2018, and after it finally became official they would be competing in the 2022 Winter Games, Hawayek told 2 On Your Side, "There's something about that 'Olympian' title that just really just gives a little extra oomph." https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/winter-olympics/east-aurora-native-makes-olympic-debut-in-ice-dance-competition/ar-AATLPq0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Tough loss by the men's curling team this afternoon but the US hockey team is up 3-1 in the 2nd... keep up the pressure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, T&C said: Tough loss by the men's curling team this afternoon but the US hockey team is up 3-1 in the 2nd... keep up the pressure. I think that game is from two nights ago. I loved the Latvian ref's accent: Penalty of two minute. Elbows. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, Simon said: I think that game is from two nights ago. I loved the Latvian ref's accent: Penalty of two minute. Elbows. lol... you are right. I'm watching on a chromebook with sling and if you don't pay attention and just hit play it leaves out the tiny word "re-aired". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 20 minutes ago, T&C said: lol... you are right. I'm watching on a chromebook with sling and if you don't pay attention and just hit play it leaves out the tiny word "re-aired". Still worth the watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) Russia Russia Russia cheating still. and Kamila Valieva is allowed to continue Edited February 14, 2022 by SlimShady'sSpaceForce 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayg Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 Just noticed Rammer is the coach for Slovakia. but... Go USA hockey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 While most of us were sleeping the US men's hockey team was ousted by Slovakia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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