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Thoroughly enjoying the Olympics. Was very happy the American women's soccer team won. Fun to see the first 2 USA medals.
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The men's street skateboarding was very interesting and Tony Hawk showed up to give his take.
Not sure what happened with the women's street skateboarding. Introducing The Official USA Skateboarding Women’s Street Team - YouTube |
Women’s basketball and soccer hates our country. A pox on them all. Say no to watching
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The women's synchronized diving was fun to watch. The team from China won which was expected. China's Wang Han, Shi Tingmao win gold in synchronized 3m springboard | Tokyo Olympics | NBC Sports - YouTube
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Tokyo Olympics opening draws 16.7 mln U.S. TV viewers, a 33-year low.
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Japan'''s Momiji Nishiya, 13, leads teenage sweep of women'''s skateboarding podium | CBC Sports
Three teens-- 13, 16, and 13-- take the first three medals awarded at a Olympics for women's street skateboarding. Two of these competitors are Japanese, the other Brazilian. |
I love the sports, but I cannot stand the incessant babble of the 'talking heads!'
More Yap Yap than action. UK won a silver at taekwondo, and they interviewed his whole family. Thank God he never won gold, they would have had all the neighbors in as well! |
No. It was bad enough when it was mostly track and field and swimming, but now that it includes things like BMX biking, skateboarding, Tai Kwon Do (whatever that is), weightlifting and volleyball, just to mention a few boring spectator sports, I'm out. Plus, who decided to include team sports in the Olympics. Just dumb.
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. Agree re some sports now in Olympics. And for the life of me I cannot understand how "PRO players" are included, esp in teams - such as NBA players. Perhaps other nations "cheat etc", but still. I have DVRd everything on all NBC channels - I can then select the ones I want to see, fastforward thru, or completely delete. I did enjoy the Triathalon. I Ffwd thru softball, until I see runs scored, then backtrack and watch - same in soccer. As for the Talking Heads et al - all the pre-production stuff from NBC would be a total bore, I've seen the stories in previous Olympics...yawn. Nope. And now the news that Japan/Tokyo may get hit with a tropical storm... yikes. What else...Locusts or earthquake or... . . |
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. Agree re some sports now in Olympics. And for the life of me I cannot understand how "PRO players" are included, esp in teams - such as NBA players. Perhaps other nations "cheat etc", but still. I have DVRd everything on all NBC channels - I can then select the ones I want to see, fastforward thru, or completely delete. I did enjoy the Triathalon. I Ffwd thru softball, until I see runs scored, then backtrack and watch - same in soccer. As for the Talking Heads et al - all the pre-production stuff from NBC would be a total bore, I've seen the stories in previous Olympics...yawn. Nope. And now the news that Japan/Tokyo may get hit with a tropical storm... yikes. What else...Locusts or earthquake or... . Traditionally composed of amateur players, the U.S. dominated the first decades of international basketball, winning a record seven consecutive Olympic gold medals. However, by the end of the 1980s, American amateurs were no longer competitive against seasoned professionals from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.[3][4][5] In 1989, FIBA modified its rules and allowed USA Basketball to field teams with National Basketball Association players. The first such team, known as the "Dream Team", won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, being superior in all matches.[6][7] With the introduction of NBA players, the team was able to spark a second run of dominance in the 1990s. |
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