London 2012 Olympics

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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    wow!

    but they won't let Bolt keep the baton what the hell, why not?
    they just gave him the baton :D:D
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    btw..the athletics end..but noone from the crowd leaving..they all clap,dance,amazing!!!
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Go UConn!
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    i dont see how usa at basketball women final will lose....
    Parker is amazing
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i dont see how usa at basketball women final will lose....
    Parker is amazing
    Yeah, that team is the best United States team and not getting any mention. The entire team is amazing. 40 straight wins.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    4 and mostly likely 5 gold medals in a row.
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    watching all the track and field highlights with my son. trying to talk him into doing decathlon :D but can't really do that in high school
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Newch91 wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i dont see how usa at basketball women final will lose....
    Parker is amazing
    Yeah, that team is the best United States team and not getting any mention. The entire team is amazing. 40 straight wins.
    really playing great basketball
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    watching all the track and field highlights with my son. trying to talk him into doing decathlon :D but can't really do that in high school
    decatlon!!!super athletes..+ its greek word ;)
    deca = Ten
    athlos = feat
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    i dont see how usa at basketball women final will lose....
    Parker is amazing
    Yeah, that team is the best United States team and not getting any mention. The entire team is amazing. 40 straight wins.
    really playing great basketball
    Yes they do. It was fun to watch them play. 41 straight wins now.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,249
    i missed the soccer match. looked good. Also watching the highlights now.

    Closing ceremonies tomorrow night. Hearing Muse is suppose to be there :D as well as the Spice Girls :?
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    eeriepadave wrote:
    i missed the soccer match. looked good. Also watching the highlights now.

    Closing ceremonies tomorrow night. Hearing Muse is suppose to be there :D as well as the Spice Girls :?
    I heard The Who were also going to be there.
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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    and they just advertised that tonight's prime time coverage will start with a one hour special about England in WWII

    :fp: :fp:

    that sounds like something I would like to see, but not when it's holding up all the great events going on!

    :fp:
    I hadn't realized this was going to happen. An hour of my life that I will never get back. Thanks a lot, NBC. Did someone accidentally delete some recordings by mistake? Was that even necessary? Argh!!
  • Enkidu
    Enkidu So Cal Posts: 2,996
    Suziemay wrote:
    I hadn't realized this was going to happen. An hour of my life that I will never get back. Thanks a lot, NBC. Did someone accidentally delete some recordings by mistake? Was that even necessary? Argh!!

    I am a huge history fan, I love all things WWII, but that was really odd. I turned on the TV at 8 to watch the Olympics. What a bizarre choice. Why? Why?
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    edited August 2012
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    the worst was for canada team...the get third place and they cancel them
    :( oh man, it was so hard to watch them find out they were DQ'd. Knocked down from the highest point in their lives like that, and broght to tears, and no one was even talking to them about it for the longest time. Just Brutal. I can't believe they posted the score when it was wrong, let them run around celebrating for all that time, then taming the win off the board, and then didn't even approach them for ages and ages after that. HUGE fuck up on the part of the officials on so many levels. Awful. :thumbdown: Plus, they really were 3rd, even if one of them stepped on a line, so it cheapened the bronze for Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams robbed at once. :fp: The rules are the rules (however silly - he was on the line, not in someone else's lane), but the officials just handled it so fucking badly.
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,254
    Pap wrote:
    cutz wrote:
    I'm pretty sure Spain did NOT beat the U.S.A. in Beijing.

    I think the U.S.A. beat Spain twice in 2008.

    Oh yeah. You're right. They just made it really difficult for them. But you guys are very wrong about the other national teams future talent players:

    Spain: Rudy (27) / Rodriguez (26) / Claver (23) / San Emeterio (28) / Llull (24) / Gasol (27) / Ibaka (23) / Sada (28)
    Argentina: Mata (25) / Campazzo (21) / Gutierrez (28) / Delfino (29)
    Lithuania: Kalnietis (25) / Maciulis (27) / Pocius (26) / Seibutis (26) / Kleiza (27) / Kavaliauskas (27) / Valanciunas (20)/ Jankunas (28)

    All of them under 30 and the bolded guys are playing in NBA. The others at the biggest teams in Europe and I'm just waiting for many of them to transfer to NBA teams sooner or later. So never underestimate young teams such as Lithuania.

    Most of Spain & Argentina's core-players are over 30. Argentina's run is DONE. How will Marc Gasol be in 4 years?( i forsee weight problems for him> :lol: ) Rudy Fernandez is a pretty good player, though when i saw him a few years ago i thought he was going to be REAL good. Ibaka is good but i think he needs to improve his offense. Llull MIGHT end up being good? I need to see him more. How much has the other players you listed for Spain played in this Olympics? I don't know much about them, but i'm guessing they better have some MORE YOUNG talent then that to be able to compete for the Gold in 2016.

    I know i never underestimate Lithuania as they always seem to play the U.S.A. close. I think Valanciunas could be a really good player. He has alot of potential. I think he's coming to the NBA this coming season(Toronto i think?)
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    the worst was for canada team...the get third place and they cancel them
    :( oh man, it was so hard to watch them find out they were DQ'd. Knocked down from the highest point in their lives like that, and broght to tears, and no one was even talking to them about it for the longest time. Just Brutal. I can't believe they posted the score when it was wrong, let them run around celebrating for all that time, then taming the win off the board, and then didn't even approach them for ages and ages after that. HUGE fuck up on the part of the officials on so many levels. Awful. :thumbdown: Plus, they really were 3rd, even if one of them stepped on a line, so it cheapened the bronze for Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams robbed at once. :fp:


    and in the US coverage on NBC tonight, no mention of it at all. so odd
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    the worst was for canada team...the get third place and they cancel them
    :( oh man, it was so hard to watch them find out they were DQ'd. Knocked down from the highest point in their lives like that, and broght to tears, and no one was even talking to them about it for the longest time. Just Brutal. I can't believe they posted the score when it was wrong, let them run around celebrating for all that time, then taming the win off the board, and then didn't even approach them for ages and ages after that. HUGE fuck up on the part of the officials on so many levels. Awful. :thumbdown: Plus, they really were 3rd, even if one of them stepped on a line, so it cheapened the bronze for Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams robbed at once. :fp:


    and in the US coverage on NBC tonight, no mention of it at all. so odd
    That is odd.
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    PJ_Soul wrote:
    :( oh man, it was so hard to watch them find out they were DQ'd. Knocked down from the highest point in their lives like that, and broght to tears, and no one was even talking to them about it for the longest time. Just Brutal. I can't believe they posted the score when it was wrong, let them run around celebrating for all that time, then taming the win off the board, and then didn't even approach them for ages and ages after that. HUGE fuck up on the part of the officials on so many levels. Awful. :thumbdown: Plus, they really were 3rd, even if one of them stepped on a line, so it cheapened the bronze for Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams robbed at once. :fp:


    and in the US coverage on NBC tonight, no mention of it at all. so odd
    That is odd.

    typical US coverage, act like US is the only thing that matters, unless something like Usian Bolt, then US acts like they own him too, it's embarrassing
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Enkidu wrote:
    Suziemay wrote:
    I hadn't realized this was going to happen. An hour of my life that I will never get back. Thanks a lot, NBC. Did someone accidentally delete some recordings by mistake? Was that even necessary? Argh!!

    I am a huge history fan, I love all things WWII, but that was really odd. I turned on the TV at 8 to watch the Olympics. What a bizarre choice. Why? Why?
    They want to show us who's boss? That's the only thing I can come up with. They could have showed it at any point other than the prime time Olympic slot. I mean, they could have shown it prime time BEFORE the Olympics started, they could have shown it a week from today...And of all the topics to focus on. WWII? How about the history of the Olympics? Or why the medal ribbons are purple? Argh! And I'm sick of Bob Costas and Ryan Seacrest. How about more Apolo Ohno and John McEnroe. And why are the sending Mary Carillo off to report on her excursions? How about having her talk to the athletes because that's what some of us actually care about and not the history of GMT? ARRGHHH!

    Okay. I think I feel better now.

    The womens 4x400 and mens 4x100 was kind of amazing to watch. Too bad about the women's voleyball, but I still think I'm in love with Logan Tom :D

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