Olympics -- Winter 2014

The JD · 02-19-2014, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Bèsame*

I'm waiting for the start of the winter triathlon. You know, snow boarding down the hill, cross country trekking for miles, and ending with a triple axle. Just why don't we have that?

Things that make me go hmmmm...
Just where do you practice bobsledding? I've never seen a track.

That sums up why I like the Winter Olympics so much better than the Summer Olympics- cooler toys and playgrounds, and everything gets pushed to the extreme in a way I don't see (or at least don't appreciate) in the Summer Olympics.

In the Summer Olympics, you see people running around a track. In the Winter Olympics, they're running around the track, but going 20 times faster because the track is ice, all while wearing blades sharp enough to decapitate anyone who falls in front of them.

In the Summer Olympics, you have the long jump, where you take a running start and jump 25 feet. But in the winter, there's the ski jump, where you propel yourself down a jacked-up ice ramp, and fly through the air for the length of a football field.

Hell, one of the most boring events of the Winter Olympics is the biathlon, and they're shooting GUNS. I mean, even curling, which by all accounts should be totally lame (because really, it's just shuffleboard on ice) is still fascinating, in a bizarre OCD kind of way.

I've never seen a bobsled track either. But I'm digging the beer bellies on the USA bobsledding team!

Queenie · 02-19-2014, 11:20 AM

I miss seeing Bob Costas at 8:00 pm every single night during The Winter Olympics. I miss how NBC shows the games. Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with how the BBC shows the games. But it's just not the same! My family thinks I am nuts for missing nbc's coverage of the games. My husband doesn't get it at all. Even tho, I have bitched to him about it during every Olympics since the 2010 winter games. When you live over seas you do miss the oddest of things. And this is one of those things..

DMW · 02-20-2014, 08:11 AM

The women's gold medal hockey game is going to be rebroadcasted on
NBC sports network at 5 pm eastern standard time.
For att uverse that is channel 640

Warning..if you dvr the game...be sure to record the show following the game.
Otherwise, you may miss the end of the game. Sudden death or shoot out.

If you have livestream...or want the app...
http://stream.nbcsports.com/liveextra/

Currently, Switzerland and Sweden are tied at 2 in the 3rd period.

C0LLETTE · 02-20-2014, 02:04 PM

YEAYYYYYYYYYYYY Canada ..what a GREAT GAME.

C0LLETTE · 02-20-2014, 02:07 PM

Is it me or is there no Canadian flag icon? We're not big flag-wavers but that Canadian women's hockey team deserves some major waving...yeayyyy

Linus · 02-20-2014, 02:22 PM

Hrmm.. I may have to find one. In the meantime..

Paradox · 02-20-2014, 02:56 PM

Women's Hockey and Women's Curling = Gold
Whoohoo!!!

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