**The Winter Olympics**

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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    One thing I hate about the Olympics? The TV coverage is awful. NBC turns it into a tape delayed glorified Figure Skating competition :thumbdown:
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,831
    I love watching the ski jumping, the downhill, and the hockey.....
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    I think Canada should be putting Mr. Luongo between the posts. Marty has been in a death spiral over the last few weeks.
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  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I think Canada should be putting Mr. Luongo between the posts. Marty has been in a death spiral over the last few weeks.


    tough choice for them to make

    hopefully they make the wrong one :mrgreen:

    but im guessing that in the prelims each will get a game and they will take it from their
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,520
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I think Canada should be putting Mr. Luongo between the posts. Marty has been in a death spiral over the last few weeks.

    I just chalk it up to the Fly Guys turning it on.....yeah, that's right, home-and-home series, won both of 'em. Kovalchuk Scmhoevalchuk is what I say...
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I think Canada should be putting Mr. Luongo between the posts. Marty has been in a death spiral over the last few weeks.

    I just chalk it up to the Fly Guys turning it on.....yeah, that's right, home-and-home series, won both of 'em. Kovalchuk Scmhoevalchuk is what I say...
    Nice hit after the goal on Monday :x
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  • Jearlpam0925
    Jearlpam0925 Deep South Philly Posts: 17,520
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Jearlpam0925 wrote:
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I think Canada should be putting Mr. Luongo between the posts. Marty has been in a death spiral over the last few weeks.

    I just chalk it up to the Fly Guys turning it on.....yeah, that's right, home-and-home series, won both of 'em. Kovalchuk Scmhoevalchuk is what I say...
    Nice hit after the goal on Monday :x

    Hey, don't let us keep the puck in front of the net for that long. Gagne took his time with that one. Man, I mus be bored. I've been watching and talking about hockey.
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Tonight's the night
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    I am pumped for the olympics. Love me some curling.

    and skiing, bobsled, hockey, luge and speed skating
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    I am pumped for the olympics. Love me some curling.

    and skiing, bobsled, hockey, luge and speed skating
    You really like curling? People usually laugh at that sport---sorry. have you done it?
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Lizard wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    I am pumped for the olympics. Love me some curling.

    and skiing, bobsled, hockey, luge and speed skating
    You really like curling? People usually laugh at that sport---sorry. have you done it?

    I get a kick out of it and enjoy watching it. Kind of like if they had shuffleboard in the summer olympics. I have played a few times, it's a good time.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    That luger who wrecked this morning died.... what a horrific looking crash. Terrible start to the games.


    http://www.torontosun.com/sports/vancou ... 1-qmi.html
    An Olympic luger has been killed after a brutal crash during a training run Friday in Whistler.

    Amid safety concerns over the speed lugers have been reaching at the Whistler sliding centre, Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, was approaching a final 270-degree turn — at speeds estimated to be 140 kilometres an hour — when he lost control.

    He flipped off his sled and flew into a metal pole.

    Emergency crews performed CPR on the 21-year-old athlete, a native of Borjomi, Georgia, but were unable to save his life.

    The $105-million sliding centre, on Blackcomb Mountain’s southeast side, has 16 turns and drops steeply for 152 metres — the world’s longest drop.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    It's a sad start to these winter games. A tragic accident indeed, I hope they will pad that pole as the events go forward. RIP

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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    Wow, fuck, this is horrible, just read about it and came here to see if anyone posted on it. Why in gods name are all of those poles not padded, there is a whole line of them. Very sad way to start the games.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    From what I have read this is by far the most dangerous track in the world and the athletes have been worried about it since it was built in 2007.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    just saw a video. just awful.

    even if the poles were padded, i don't think he would have survived.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    singularity wrote:
    just saw a video. just awful.

    even if the poles were padded, i don't think he would have survived.

    No, he didnt have a shot if they were padded, should be either way though.

    Horrible way to start, wonder what they will do tonight.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    the article on espn mentions:

    "More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training for luge, and some questioned whether athletes from smaller nations -- like Georgia -- had enough time to prepare for the daunting track."
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    singularity wrote:
    just saw a video. just awful.

    even if the poles were padded, i don't think he would have survived.

    Yeah... going from 100 mph to a complete stop, some padding isn't going to do a whole lot. Even watching the video replay of the whole run, knowing he was going to crash, I was amazed at how open it was, and how close the people/officials were basically hanging over the edge.

    You'd think that the walls would be higher or whatever to help contain a person (or a sled) from leaving the track.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,024
    singularity wrote:
    the article on espn mentions:

    "More than a dozen athletes have crashed during Olympic training for luge, and some questioned whether athletes from smaller nations -- like Georgia -- had enough time to prepare for the daunting track."

    Deadspin linked to an article in the NY Times that this track was one of the venues athletes from outside Canada were not allowed to train on until February so they could maintain an advantage

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/sport ... .html?_r=1

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