Ravensmash
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I believe ESPN carries live NBA throughout the season.
I recall watching the playoff finals on it.
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I believe ESPN carries live NBA throughout the season.
I recall watching the playoff finals on it.
Lol
Jezbollah
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I forgot about Eurosport and it's coverage of European basketball.
FYI out of all the US sports, it's the NFL that gets the most coverage by far, thanks to Sky Sports' efforts and the popularity of the sport since the early 80s. The national coverage the Super Bowl has got in the past few years on network television is extremely impressive.
Then I guess it would be NASCAR/Indycar, then NBA, NHL and then MLB. The latter three are covered sufficiently on ESPN, but that's a niche subscription channel.
Napoleonthechimp
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Which - of course - will never happen.
Tesseract
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Salty? Fuck no, I'm ecstatic.
Our nation of <70m people threw an amazing Olympics and managed to win 29 golds in a wide variety of sports against other very strong nations.
Like I said. Best. Olympics. Ever. (IMO)
indeed! was a great showing all around. my home country ireland walked away with one solid gold. i'll take it.
I meant they're bad even for Europe.
Jezbollah
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I think the point is about being able to select a team out of a population of 300 million, a populace that no European countries have.
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I love this combined cross-country/shoot event.
StealthGoblin
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I wasn't very pro-Olympics before hand but the games won me over in the end.
Roughly this time last year London was in flames and riots were occurring. Fast forward a year and we've put on a great show, the stadia have been packed etc.
Roughly this time last year London was in flames and riots were occurring. Fast forward a year and we've put on a great show, the stadia have been packed etc.
Hardly surprising, it simply isn't played or even considered here. I was utterly shocked we even found enough people that know the rules to field a full team.
Jezbollah
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How good are the USA at, for example Cricket?
If it's not a popular sport, dont expect a big following, thus major leagues and as a result a high level of national competitiveness.
An argument can be made that we are getting closer and closer to being half way there already.
:lol
Obviously. Some people seem to think it is going to happen though, seeing as how they count all of the nations' medals together.
Trickster
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Well, we probably will once we discover warp technology and aliens. But that might be a few years out.
If Europe is lucky Anerica will share that tech with them.
Dark Schala
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Man, I do not get rhythmic gymnastics at all.
The final bit with the shooting/running in the pentathlon hasn't been combined before, right?
The final bit with the shooting/running in the pentathlon hasn't been combined before, right?
I think it's up there. My native country managed to win its second gold medal ever!Zaph said:
Napoleonthechimp
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I personally don't know of anyone that takes Basketball seriously in the UK.
Trickster
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Doubt america will still be around then tbh, the way the country is going right now.
Jezbollah
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excellent idea.
Jezbollah
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The closest that Basketball ever got to being mainstream in the UK is when Nike Air Jordans were selling out everywhere back in the early 90s.
OpinionatedCyborg
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gears of war character spotted in the wild
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i will never let up. EVER. home island nation under council, for freedom.
Napoleonthechimp
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A silver medal for GB in the women's pentathlon, someone should tell Linekar and the BBC presentators because they were convinced the Olympics was as good as finished last night.
Trickster
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Is that real? holy shiet those arms.
Dark Schala
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Good for Murray!
Vulcano's assistant
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We are cheap and our colliders are too small for that.
Sprint canoeing? Then yeah no surprise, they have to have some Hulk arms for that.
gears of war character spotted in the wild
Johnny Bravo real life.
gears of war character spotted in the wild
looks like he skips leg day. Every day. Johnny Bravo would be a closer body comparison.
Gold and two silvers today. To reuse a popular measure this olympics - if the events we medalled in after Gary Linekar (and Gabby Logan) basically said they were finished was a country, itd be in 40th place, above Ireland.
Napoleonthechimp
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Isn't the pentathlon finishing line the same place where they host the horse dance-off competition?
GBR already put it in their bicycle wheels.
gears of war character spotted in the wild
dem chicken legs.
NBA is on ESPN America, but yeah, you'd have to pay £10 a month to get it.
I remember NFL was on Channel 4 in the 90s, but I don't think they show anything, anywhere any more - except for the Superbowl.
But it's not really surprising, foreign leagues are never going to be more than niche attractions and there isn't really much of a professional circuit for basketball in the UK.
perfectchaos007
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The United States to European nations medal count comparison is irrational. Each European country can send up to 3 athletes per event, and one team. The USA collectively can only send 3 athletes per event, and one team. Add up the amount of participants the EU sent to the US's. Europe sent hundreds more, giving more opportunities for medals.
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