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The US is doing piss poor this year. obama wanted to have some kind of gay Jesse Owens moment. Instead we get creamed.
U.S. never does good in winter Olympics. They should call it the Nordic Olympics.
Sports is supposed to be an escape from the world of politics. Now they are inter-meshed.
Sports is supposed to be an escape from the world of politics. Now they are inter-meshed.
Agreed. I would like to see the governments taken out of it. That won't happen though. The more dignified govts won't politicize the Olympics though. We, however, do not have a dignified govt.
Sports is supposed to be an escape from the world of politics. Now they are inter-meshed.
Agreed. I would like to see the governments taken out of it. That won't happen though. The more dignified govts won't politicize the Olympics though. We, however, do not have a dignified govt.
Sports is supposed to be an escape from the world of politics. Now they are inter-meshed.
Agreed. I would like to see the governments taken out of it. That won't happen though. The more dignified govts won't politicize the Olympics though. We, however, do not have a dignified govt.
I haven't seen any mention of government in the coverage. The announcers are pretty much rooting for whoever's best with a slight bias to the U.S. When the Russians won pairs figure skating they were thrilled! And frankly so was I. The guy lived homeless under the skating rink for 3 years as a teenager for Christ's sake!
Sports is supposed to be an escape from the world of politics. Now they are inter-meshed.
Agreed. I would like to see the governments taken out of it. That won't happen though. The more dignified govts won't politicize the Olympics though. We, however, do not have a dignified govt.
The Russian and French judges still give out the lowest marks.
Drama, if not miracle, as U.S. Beats Russia: Hockey
And here is a .59 minute clip of the great T.J. Oshie with the press after the game:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/s...atedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article
SOCHI, Russia Hockey is a team game, and this one was so big that it pitted country against country. But by the end, it turned into a simple contest of one-on-one.
The United States and Russia were tied through regulation, tied through overtime, and still tied through three rounds of a shootout.
Like his counterpart on the Russian side, the United States coach, Dan Bylsma, had to decide which player to appoint to shoot the fourth attempt. He chose T. J. Oshie. And when that did not end the game, Bylsma was given a chance to choose again, and again, and again, and again.
He picked Oshie, Oshie, Oshie and Oshie allowed by the rules of the Olympics, but not in the N.H.L., where Bylsma coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins and his players play.
More coverage at link.
I don't think that guy that won the gold in ice skating should have won. He fell. Two times. Or was it three times?