Tool said:
What next? They hold a press conference, announce they're gay and then pull out of the Olympics?
Scoobert said:
It does? How about all those players from other countries? It's taking the best players from around the world and putting them in one league. It really does become a "World Series."
Right. And this was the makeup of Major League Baseball in 1903.
World Series is like all the other silly tags in American sports, where the club team that wins suddenly becomes the world champion (though in football at least it'd hold more water).
SantaCruZer said:
I heard they lost an exhibition match already.
They didn't lose. They got bitchslapped.
Tool said:
I heard on the news this morning that the U.S. women's swim team's outfits were sort of "see through" and they only found out after they went into the water. Apparently they had to add special lining in the suits to cover them up. Anyone have pics of this glorious accident?
Wierd...first I heard it was the Canadian team's swimsuits on the radio, then I read it was the British team in a paper. Beginning to think this is just some urban myth that's spread like wildfire.
Hournda said:
Does anyone else think that the Olympics just plain sucks? You have a bunch of sports that are boring to watch (running, swimming, fencing), some sports that are better to watch in pre-existing leagues (Worldcup soccer or Bundesleague soccer, MLB baseball, NBA basketball), some sports that nobody really cares about (ping pong, water polo, handball), tons of athletes that you've never heard of and couldn't really care less about and lots of sheepish nationalism backing it all up. There's also this overly pretentious opening ceremony going on with a 9 year old kid riding a paper boat on a lake and lots of "dramatic" singing going on. Ugh, why this is all so popular is beyond me.
I detest the IOC, the fake ass sentimentality, the bullshit calls for peace, the corruption, the scandals, the way US networks have controlled aspects of the games the last twenty years, and Toronto's stupid habit of bidding for a summer games every eight years when there isn't a hope in hades of making a dime off it ("OMG IT'D BE A BOON TO THE CITY!!!"...yeah ok, tell that to Montreal). But I love the competition. Always have. There are few events in sports that compares to the sprint races, be it track and field or the heavily hyped showdown in swimming with Thorpe versus Phelps. Seeing these athletes perform and compete at the highest level is what it's all about for me. I agree about some of the other sports though...stuff like soccer is just pointless to me. But I'll probably even watch some of that, so whatever.
Outlaw Pro Mod said:
Unbelievable. Can't wait to hear how sane people feel about Costas' scripted remarks about America.
Costas is a dick...always has been, always will be. Might be the most overrated journalist on planet earth (certainly one of the most annoying), and that's despite him being good. The shit he pulled in '96 was simply beyond words...
