The 2012 London Olympics Thread

[Velo Vol]

This is the first Olympics with social media saturation.

Did I dream up 2010?

 

[Velo Vol]

Having horse sports at the Olympics is dumb.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Having horse sports at the Olympics is dumb.

Olympics are not meant for you... They're for the women 18-54 demographic... cycling is the bone they toss out for you... hoops for others..

*noticed brits got dq'd out of a gold medal sprint ride at velodrome...

 

[milohimself]

Did I dream up 2010?

The first Olympics that many more people will actually watch*

 

[Roughneck]

This is the first Olympics with social media saturation.

That's not true at all. It's hardly saturated and as someone else said, 2010. Besides no one is making people get on twitter or FB. It's hardly something worth complaining about.

 

[milohimself]

That's not true at all. It's hardly saturated and as someone else said, 2010. Besides no one is making people get on twitter or FB. It's hardly something worth complaining about.

I'm not. I really don't care about any of the events other than basketball and football anyhow. But I can see how it's become exponentially tougher to avoid knowing the results before the nbc tape delay

 

[loggervol]

taken the lead in medal count.

 

[rockytop9808]

I'm glad the badminton players were kicked out. Throwing games is shameful and worthless, and looking only to beat easy competition is dirty and embarrassing, regardless of format. Good riddance.

 

[865dude]

What time is the long jump going to be on tv tomorrow?

 

[volmanbill]

Joan Rivers on the Olympics...

The Olympics are stupid. If I wanted to see a bunch of foreigners running like hell I'd go to Arizona.

 

[milohimself]

Um...

http://www.london2012.com/basketball/event/men/match=bkm400a09/index.html

 

[DrRosenRosen]

The basketball team had some impressive numbers today. I don't care which Olympics team they were playing, the numbers are sick.

From 2 pt land: 30/37 - 81%
From 3 pt land: 29/46 - 63%

 

[phowell23]

Wow who pissed off the Men's basketball team today?

 

[underscore]

Wow who pissed off the Men's basketball team today?

I'd argue they pissed themselves off in the first half of the Tunisia game. Take the second half of that game and the entire game against Nigeria and you'd have to think they have found their groove.

 

[xJesusx56]

Obviously, coach K was a victim of a Nigerian Bank scam. He took it out on their whole country.

 

[Toujours Pret]

Having horse sports at the Olympics is dumb.

Because anyone can do it right?

 

[Velo Vol]

Because anyone can do it right?

Because it supposed to be a contest of human athleticism.

 

[Roughneck]

Because it supposed to be a contest of human athleticism.

Thoughts on shooting events?

 

[n_huffhines]

Gabby Douglas!

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Taxes on American medals?

 

[Roughneck]

Taxes on American medals?

I don't even have to read this. On the medals no, on the winnings, yes. I would imagine that a lot of things get written off and they end up paying a lot less than $9k.

 

[orange+white=heaven]

Vol Dee Dee Trotter just won her qually

 

[Vol8188]

Anybody see the German rower who left the games after reports of her bf being linked to a neo-nazi group?

It's funny that we celebrate Muhamed Ali, who is a member of the Nation of Islam, as a national hero; but the girl who likes bald guys in combat boots is apparently the scum of the earth.

Maybe I missed something, but I thought all racism was wrong?

 

[MG1968]

NBC is doing it again, going to commercials during soccer. This time, Japan scored a goal against Brazil while we were watching commercials for some inane upcoming NBC sitcom.

 

[Velo Vol]

Thoughts on shooting events?

Not really interested in them. But at least it's primarily a human skill event.