It's Over

Tonight at 7pm EST you can view the tape-delayed closing ceremonies of the Olympics. Despite the controversy, utterly moronic statements made by some members of the US Press, and Olympic-sized whiners, they were very entertaining. Again, I love watching the actual athletes who are NOT professionals -- they really do work hard and put it all on the line.

The US finished in second in the medal count, with 25, 9 of them gold. Germany owned the games with 11 gold medals and 29 total. I didn't watch all of NBC's coverage, but I sure racked up the hours.

And since the US has NEVER won a medal, EVER in the biathlon, I think I need to start training for the 2010 games. Heck, who wouldn't like skiing and shooting? And so what if I'm just using training as an excuse to ski and shoot?

Posted by: Ogre at 10:22 PM

Comments

1 Oh, you're talking about those games that NBC wouldn't allow anyone, including sports channels like ESPN, to show.

Usually, I am interested in the winter games, but, not on mostly tape delay, and with the way NBC ran it.

Posted by: William Teach at February 26, 2006 11:20 PM (V5vwb)

2 Go for it! NBC coverage left much to be desired on the network, but if you had cable, you could find some of the less "glamorous" coverage on in the afternoons on CNBC and USA. I really got into the Curling.

Posted by: Squiggler at February 26, 2006 11:33 PM (1mQHF)

3 I liked the tape delay because I couldn't watch at 1 and 2pm EST while at work...

Posted by: Ogre at February 26, 2006 11:57 PM (CyQ4M)

4 I saw some of it, but was only allowed to catch a little of the USA Hockey (they lost to Finland, I believe), and none of Super Marty Brodeur (Devils fan) with Team Canada. Of course, offense was non existant for them.

I think I would have been more into it if I could have just seen the highlights on ESPN and their other channels. No fashion news, no silliness, just the events. On NBC et all, I had to wait through 10 pounds of fat to get to the meat.

Posted by: William Teach at February 27, 2006 12:37 AM (V5vwb)

5 And the commercials! That was my biggest complaint -- hours and hours of commercials.

Posted by: Ogre at February 27, 2006 12:32 PM (/k+l4)

6 Hey Ogre..jus dont ski n shoot at the same time eh?..lolz

Posted by: Angel at February 28, 2006 04:00 AM (Nf36t)

7 You ruin all the fun!

Posted by: Ogre at February 28, 2006 12:34 PM (/k+l4)






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