Official Olympics Thread

[gbpacker40]

Well, opening ceremonies are tonight and I personally can't wait. Lets go USA!!!

[And That]

I have $5 on Ukraine to win it all.

 

 

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Ukraine is not weak!

[bjkrautk]

http://www.nbcolympics.com/baseball/index.html

 

It doesn't look like Baseball gets underway until the 13th. (How sad is it that, after this year's games....baseball won't be an olympic sport, but Ping Pong still will be?)

[gbpacker40]

Haha, ping pong....I never understood the Olympics. The say that they dont tolerate any discrimination, gender or other. Yet since 1972 Saudi Arabia has yet to send a women, in any sport.

[Brewtacular]

(How sad is it that, after this year's games....baseball won't be an olympic sport, but Ping Pong still will be?)

Makes sense since ping pong is much more popular around the globe.

[Katuluu]

Olympic ping pong is awesome.

 

[Katuluu]

Editing my post keeps resulting in the video being deleted so I guess I'll just try adding another ping pong video in this post.

[BuckyTuba]

I'm calling that Handball makes a huge interest gain in the United States much like Curling did in the last winter games.

[TooLiveBrew]

Just now watching the Opening Ceremony out on the West Coast... this is the single greatest Opening Ceremony I've ever seen. The 2,008 Tai-Chi performers were just jaw-dropping -- not that the rest of the cermony wasn't.

[nate82]

Am I the only person who just hates the Olympics and just goes bleh whatever when they are on? Everyone in my family loves the Olympics but to me they are nothing special.

[Team Canada]

Agreed, I remember watching a few minutes of the Athens ceremony and being bored out of my mind, but this was pretty spectacular. The combination of sheer numbers and technological integration made for some spectacular sights. Congrats, China.

 

 

On the other hand, the shots of Beijing they showed on a local news segment about air quality were disgusting.

[dadofandrew]

Is that team handball, Tuba? Someone predicted that it would "take off" after repeated airings of games and highlights in 1984, in LA, and it dropped off the radar as soon as the games were over. They showed it often, but I never really did figure out the rules. Much like cricket, it looks interesting, but I don't get it.

[BrewCrewForever]

Does anyone know if they will air any of the USA baseball games?

[BuckyTuba]

Handball is currently playing on MSNBC... this is crazy!!!

[temke]

Is that team handball, Tuba? Someone predicted that it would "take off" after repeated airings of games and highlights in 1984, in LA, and it dropped off the radar as soon as the games were over. They showed it often, but I never really did figure out the rules. Much like cricket, it looks interesting, but I don't get it.

i watched a few minutes this morning...then looked up the rules online.

http://members.tripod.com/usadth/rules.html

 

cant take more than 3 steps without a dribble. fouls for physical play. ball blocked out of play by a goalie stays with the defending team. those seem to be the main rules.

i dont know if curling ever "took off" after the last olympics. fun to watch though.

 

[homer]

We used to play team handball in gym class and it's a blast. It's like soccer/lacrosse/and basketball. I was actually entertained watching the women play this afternoon - and surprisingly it was not because of their skin tight shorts.

[gbpacker40]

We got our proverbial butts handed to us in Mens beach V-Ball.....By Latvia. Awesome.

[mothershipconnection]

I watch the opening ceremonies and will stop flipping if Boxing, baseball, or basketball are on. Other than that, I'd rather rent a movie.

[endaround]

Am I the only one with TW cable having problems with Universal HD?

[Principessa21]

Does anyone know where I can find a video online of the opening ceremonies?

[crewcrazy]

Michael Phelps is freaking incredible. That's all.

 

Looking forward to watching USA blow out China in basketball tomorrow before the Brewer game. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[endaround]

US soccer blows a win in the 91st minute against the Netherlands-ugh

[brewcrew00]

So I have an addiction to the Olympics, and so far this morning Women's Powerlifting has scared a pants off me.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

I saw that too endaround? I think the announcers jinxed us saying that no one expected the US to advance, and then they were saying the USA was going to advance after two games. Granted, goals in the last minute aren't common, but now the US needs to win the final game to advance...

 

IIRC, we are 1-0-1, the Netherlands are 0-0-2, and Nigeria is 1-0-1. If we TIE Nigeria it might come down to goals. Since the announcers w ere saying we might be able to advance with a tie maybe we beat Japan by more than Nigeria?

 

That goal was actually HUGE for the Netherlands. If they lose, they are OUT, now they are all but a lock to advance.

[Mike Felder]

Anyone else watching the men's basketball game against China? I despise the NBA and haven't watched Olympic hoops since the Dream Team in 1992, but this is actually pretty entertaining. It's very fast paced, people throw outlet passes here instead of walking it up and backing someone down. LeBron and Kobe have each had some pretty amazing fast break dunks and Wade looks like he's healthy again too.