Category: Olympics
Do the Olympics Have Sports Anymore?
I’m sure everyone has heard the news by now. Due to a knee injury, marketing plans for NBC’s coverage of the upcoming Winter Olympics are up in the air. This knee injury may prevent millions of Americans from watching the…
Save Olympic Wrestling
I have had the good fortune to take some really cool trips in my life. When I think back over them, one stands out in particular. In 1984, I went to Los Angeles with two of my brothers to see…
My primer on Olympic Freestyle Wrestling
Since I follow international wrestling, some people have asked me about my thoughts on the Olympic competition. Men’s freestyle, which starts tomorrow, is the area where I pay the most attention so I thought I’d put together a little primer…
Things I Hate About the Olympic Live Stream
The events are delayed by enough time that it’s impossible to be on Twitter at the same time without possibly seeing a score ahead of time Buffering There are no listings directly below the player most times. When they are…
Olympic Obsession
I think my obsession started with the “Guinness Book of World Records.” We always had one lying around the house when I was a kid so you could check the distance of the longest grape toss which someone caught in…
Getting Closer
Sometimes, a milestone comes and goes with very little notice. That’s what happened a couple of weeks ago when we passed the 100 days mark before the beginning of the Olympic Games this summer. I saw a brief mention of…
Final Words
I already vented about the whole Olympics situation. I don’t intend to re-hash every thing because I think I have accepted the fact that things probably won’t change. First off, the ratings kicked ass. Most people really got into the…
A Tale of Two Tubbys
When you watch competitions like the Olympics, you really can’t expect to see a little bit of yourself in the athletes. The closest I have ever gotten was watching a guy who knocked the snot out of me in a…
It Had to Be Him
I will knock out a few post-Olympic posts today to wrap up the Games. I did not need any more reasons to hate Sidney Crosby. I think he’s an entitled little prima donna punk who plays for a team I…
Converted
I truly intended to write more about the Olympics, but work and some sinus problems kinda, sorta got in the way. I ended up crashing early a bunch this past week, but caught up with the action I cared about…