Stele said:WTF? Paul Hamm dropped out? It's all over for U.S. Men's Gymnastics.
Not if morgan pulls of his routine, seriously look it up on youtube, if he pulls it off he could be the next kurt thomas.
Stele said:WTF? Paul Hamm dropped out? It's all over for U.S. Men's Gymnastics.
Ok, it's a cute move on floor exercise, but he's not the all-arounder his brother is and if I remember correctly, he doesn't even do all the events.FreezeSSC said:Not if morgan pulls of his routine, seriously look it up on youtube, if he pulls it off he could be the next kurt thomas.
Dark FaZe said:Wtf @ masks.
I'm pretty uneducated on the subject, but are you telling me that you need a fucking mask to walk around in Beijing like its mars or something? The quality of air can't be that bad can it?
Anyone have any examples of what its like?
Stele said:Ok, it's a cute move on floor exercise, but he's not the all-arounder his brother is and if I remember correctly, he doesn't even do all the events.
Akira said:Yes, if they felt so strongly about the pollution in Beijing they should have just stayed home, like some other athletes have done. Choosing to support this Olympics by playing and then trying to make a statement is just hypocritical.
Akira said:Yes, if they felt so strongly about the pollution in Beijing they should have just stayed home, like some other athletes have done. Choosing to support this Olympics by playing and then trying to make a statement is just hypocritical.
Dark FaZe said:Wtf @ masks.
I'm pretty uneducated on the subject, but are you telling me that you need a fucking mask to walk around in Beijing like its mars or something? The quality of air can't be that bad can it?
Anyone have any examples of what its like?
DrFunk said:Man, maybe these dudes should have stayed home too, right?
Yes, Table Tennis on USA HD!Cornballer said:Someone dug up the NBC press kit that has a decent daily listing of what's on TV here in the US and some highlights. Subject to change, of course, but it should give people an idea what's on. It's a 66 page pdf document.
It's a good thing superior talent and athleticism trumps your hopes and dreams.GenericPseudonym said:Since Team Canada is bound to put on a pedestrian performance preferring to compete at the much less important Winter Olympics, I'm hoping for China to top the medal count just to rub it in the rest of the world's face for constantly shitting on their hosting efforts.
China deserves every bit of it. But hey, you keep hoping!GenericPseudonym said:Since Team Canada is bound to put on a pedestrian performance preferring to compete at the much less important Winter Olympics, I'm hoping for China to top the medal count just to rub it in the rest of the world's face for constantly shitting on their hosting efforts.
CharlieDigital said:As a Chinese American (well, really a Taiwanese American), I can attest that even the locals do this in Taiwan (which is much less polluted than China).
It's no big deal. I've seen people in Taiwan riding their motor scooters and walking around with masks on every time I've visited.
I really don't get the whole issue here because the locals really could give a shit. They'd readily sell them face masks :lol. Come on Japan-GAF, I'm sure you've seen this in Japan too, right?
From what I've been told there were actually pretty substantial air pollution concerns in the lead up to those games, yes. (They even talked about it a bit on PTI or ATH today.) But in the end it turned out to be a lot of hot air.woodchuck said:I wonder if other countries did the same thing a the '84 LA games :lol
I wasn't really expecting us to dominate them at this year's games tbh, but yeah it is a big blow to lose him. His call though... an athlete's livelihood is his body during his competitive years and one games isn't worth sacrificing that.Stele said:WTF? Paul Hamm dropped out? It's all over for U.S. Men's Gymnastics.
Carlos and Smith got soooooooooo much shit for that at the time... much respect to them and their balls of steel.DrFunk said:Man, maybe these dudes should have stayed home too, right?
http://thechowstyle.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/tommie-smith.jpg
Hail Eris, mothafuckas. Hail Eris.speedpop said:Time to face the facts - this Olympics is going to be awesome just for the controversy. Heck even Kara knows this and was able to create a spitting fight on the first page!
Dark FaZe said:Wtf @ masks.
I'm pretty uneducated on the subject, but are you telling me that you need a fucking mask to walk around in Beijing like its mars or something? The quality of air can't be that bad can it?
Anyone have any examples of what its like?
ucdawg12 said:I only caught a glimpse at the China - Sweden game highlights, was that the smog or was it raining?
Football prelims take place before the games "officially" begin.besada said:Are the Olympics started? I'm watching Norway vs US women's soccer on NBCUHD.
Norway scored in the first couple of minutes.
And scored again. This is looking ugly.
methodman said:San Jose State University Represent!
Doesn't seem like the US Team is down with our Olympic Committee's kowtowing.BEIJING (AFP) - Lopez Lomong, one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan who was a victim of violence in Darfur, was named Thursday as the United States flag bearer for the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.
US captains in every Olympic sport met at the Olympic Village and voted to award the honor for Friday's ceremony to Lomong, a sensitive choice given criticism of Chinese foreign policy over the conflict in Darfur.
"This is the most exciting day ever in my life," Lomong said. "It's a great honor for me that my teammates chose to vote for me.
"The opening ceremony is the best day and the best moment of Olympic life. I'm here as an ambassador of my country and I will do everything I can to represent my country well."
Lomong, 23, was kidnapped from his family by the Janjaweed militia and taken hostage. He and other youths escaped and spent three days on the run before crossing the border into Kenya and being taken to a refugee camp.
He spent years there just fighting to survive and famously paid five Kenyan shillings to watch a black and white television telecast of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
He said seeing US track star Michael Johnson win gold sparked his dream of becoming an Olympian.
Lomong was adopted by a US foster family, changed his citizenship to American and will race in the 1,500 meters at Beijing.
Karakand said:News story
BEIJING (AFP) - Lopez Lomong, one of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan who was a victim of violence in Darfur, was named Thursday as the United States flag bearer for the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics.
Cornballer said:Someone dug up the NBC press kit that has a decent daily listing of what's on TV here in the US and some highlights. Subject to change, of course, but it should give people an idea what's on. It's a 66 page pdf document.
I'm fine with Amanda Beard protesting whatever she wants as long as she's naked while doing it.Karakand said:In other American athlete political statement news...
http://i33.tinypic.com/vq65pj.jpg
HOW DARE SHE (she being Amanda Beard)
I think they scanned it, so you can't search. At least you can go through day by day and see what's up.MIMIC said:Thanks for this. Too bad "Find" doesn't work :-/
BEIJING - The Olympic football tournament is in danger of being undermined by a court ruling that allows clubs to keep players out of the Beijing Games, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday.
Blatter launched an angry diatribe at the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which ruled Wednesday that Argentina forward Lionel Messi and Brazilians Diego and Rafinha can be stopped from playing in the Olympics by their European clubs.
"I gulped when I heard that decision," Blatter said at the International Olympic Committee general assembly. "It's a rather dramatic situation."
He said he feared the ruling would have a "snowball effect," prompting other clubs to withdraw their players from the Olympics and force them to return.
"If all the national squads will lose players, if clubs force them to return home, we simply will not have an Olympic football tournament here in Beijing," Blatter said. "We could do beach soccer or a five-a-side tournament. That would be very sad and the world would not understand it."
"We cannot have players who have been entered in the football tournament in accordance with all the rules, we can't let them go, we can't see them return home," he added. "It's really sad to see such a decision was handed down, putting in danger the entire football tournament."
Blatter suggested some clubs might seek financial compensation to let their players stay at the Olympics.
"Is that Olympic solidarity?" he said.
IOC president Jacques Rogge also expressed concern and urged clubs to observe a "truce" and let their players stay at the Olympics.
"After the games we will take stock of the Olympic football tournament and decide on what measures to take," he said. "In the meantime, we have to manage it in the short term and appeal to the clubs not to withdraw players and allow players who are entered in the football tournament to put their dreams into reality.
"I would like to appeal to the clubs, plead with them to respect this dream. Please observe an Olympic truce for this Olympic football tournament."
Three European clubs Messi's FC Barcelona, Rafinha's Schalke and Diego's Werder Bremen went to CAS to keep their players out of the Olympics.
Despite the ruling, Messi still wants to play for his country instead of returning to Barcelona, according to Argentina coach Sergio Batista. Barcelona postponed making a decision on whether to demand Messi's return until its coach talked to the star.
Schalke and Werder Bremen later offered to let Rafinha and Diego stay with Brazil for the Olympic tournament.
It appears that NBC is tape-delaying the opening ceremonies to Friday night and since they are handling the streaming coverage in the U.S. I don't think you'll be able to see it live... unless you went through a backchannel like myp2p or justintv.SnowWolf said:Any possibilities of live streams for the opening ceremony? 8 PM in Beijing is 5 AM in Los Angeles. If I were back home in L.A., I would try to catch it live on one of the Chinese TV channels, but I'm currently not in CA...
SnowWolf said:Any possibilities of live streams for the opening ceremony? 8 PM in Beijing is 5 AM in Los Angeles. If I were back home in L.A., I would try to catch it live on one of the Chinese TV channels, but I'm currently not in CA...
DrForester said:Let us celebrate the NBC broadcast of the Olympics by watching Brisco County Jr., who's theme song was bought by NBC for Olympic broadcast use.
Same here. And it's so awesome to watch sports in HD!luxarific said:I'm looking forward to the Games. I love to see sports that are only broadcast every four years. Could care less about the medal race.