this is intended to be a general, catch-all thread focusing on the 2012 games.
The US Women's soccer team started it off with a bang. Incredible comeback win today.
this is intended to be a general, catch-all thread focusing on the 2012 games.
The US Women's soccer team started it off with a bang. Incredible comeback win today.
Love that we started off with a win!!!
http://www.customsportsschedule.com has the Olympic schedule in a much better format than NBC.com.
Lousy opening ceremony.
Was at an Olympic-watching party last night. Hmmm... luckliy there was plenty of adult beverages and good food.
The only part I really liked was the cauldron made of the petals given to each nation. That design was pretty cool.
Congrats to Alex Vinokourov (sp?) winner of the cycling road race today. Outside of an American winning, and maybe Fabian Cancellara, who crashed out, I am glad to see Vino get the gold. Have always admired his attacking style and no nonsense approach to racing. Back in 2004 or 05 he broke the tradition of not competing on the final stage of the Tour (except for the sprinters who always compete in the final stage) and rode off. He was sitting 6th in the GC and took intermittent time bonuses and eventually pulled off the rarity of winning in a break-away. Other riders complained, Levi Leipheimer dropped behind Vino in the fnal standings and boo-hooed. But Vino said the final stage counts as much as any other and you should compete just as hard.
Today Vino did it again. 38 yrs old, about to retire, and gets the gold. Loved that he ruined it for the Brits!
I agree guys. The forging and raising of the Olympic rings was cool as well. And the hill where they put the national flags as well as the various British Isles national anthems/hymns, if you will, at the beginning was also pretty good. But the rest was rather corny, boring (hence very British) I must admit. I hope they have a better closing ceremony.
Well, I tried to watch soccer again. It still sucks. It's like a bunch of people playing hacky sack. Too much pointless kicking and not much strategic action. Also, still looking for Waldo.
In Women's hoops UCONN beat Croatia.
The US women's soccer team won again and are thru to the knockout round. But, they really need to secure the overall #1 seed, and that they can do by beating North Korea on Tuesday.
Phelps lost. Oh well.... Didn't even medal in the 400m IM. Too much making commercials and not enough serious training, I guess.
Re: the opening ceremony. It was cool to see guys like Kobe and LeBron enjoying the event. Here are multi-millionaires, superstars, yet they understand the awesomeness of the Olympics and were mingling and taking pics with their phones, capturing the moment.
This is the Olympics.
I would love for anyone other than NBC to host. They have dropped the ball on everything.
Actually I thought the bicycle "dove" was pretty cool. Other than that....even the Atlanta opening ceremony was better.
Here are some articles about the opening.
SLUMDOG OLYMPICS...
Dancing nurses, bouncing sick children, huge hospital beds...
Opening Ceremony reflects 'deeply left-leaning sensibilities' of producer Boyle...
'Royal Family looked bored'...
Queen snapped picking her nails when Great Britain marched into Stadium...
I thought the Bond thing was cool, and also the part with Rowan Atkinson.