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#1 Aug 20 2004 at 10:40 AM Rating: Good
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I don't know about you guys, but I love the Olympics. I'm one of those people who keeps track of medal standings and has an Olympic TV coverage schedule bookmarked. Is anyone else watching, and if so, who are you cheering in which events?

I'm hoping Germany will pull itself up to the top 3, or at least move up to the top 5 in the next couple of days, through any competitions they can. Woo woo Germany!
#2 Aug 20 2004 at 12:02 PM Rating: Decent
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No, I'm pretty sure no one really gives a **** about drugged up athleates competing for the best commercial contract anymore.
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#3 Aug 20 2004 at 12:13 PM Rating: Default
Wake me up when Olympic hockey is being played. Otherwise the rest of it is Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
#4 Aug 20 2004 at 4:44 PM Rating: Decent
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Olympic Beach Volleyball ...hehehe :)
#5 Aug 20 2004 at 5:23 PM Rating: Decent
Well i sorta like watching swimming... but i dislike micheal phelps. Track and Field is also fun to watch, High Jump... 100m 200m... and the 10 000m with those skinny eathiopians is pretty cool too.
#6 Aug 20 2004 at 6:58 PM Rating: Good
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evancomps wrote:
Well i sorta like watching swimming... but i dislike micheal phelps. Track and Field is also fun to watch, High Jump... 100m 200m... and the 10 000m with those skinny eathiopians is pretty cool too.


Track and Field is finally starting up this week, so there'll be something more interesting to see.

While I understand that a nation's coverage is going to focus on the events their athletes are competing in, I'm still a bit miffed that despite all the advances in cable tech over the last 10 years, we still get the same kind of "funnel vision" network coverage that we got when I was a kid.

I'd love to watch fencing and the equestrian events, but since US athletes pretty much never medal in those events, you'll be hard pressed to see any coverage on them. I don't dislike swimming and gymnastics, but after seeing the same events my whole life, maybe I'd like to see something a bit different?

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#7 Aug 20 2004 at 8:57 PM Rating: Decent
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I'd love to watch fencing and the equestrian events, but since US athletes pretty much never medal in those events, you'll be hard pressed to see any coverage on them.


If any of those events are covered, you can bet it'll be on a lesser-watched channel. I know that Telemundo handled just about, if not all of the soccer coverage. It irritates me as well. Although I must admit, I do enjoy synchronized diving. Dirty secret is out!
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