2010 Winter Olympics

[Clawson]

Two Golds!!! WOOHOO

[Guest DroMPHo]

So papers in the States and the UK are either implying or flat out stating that the Canadian officials caused the death of the luger by seriously restricting his and other non-Canadian atheletes time on the course. AS A METHOD TO WIN MORE MEDALS.

SERIOUSLY?

I love that that has been reported as if no other host nation has employed those kinds of tactics before.

The Canadian officials caused the death of the luger by not making one more trip to Home Depot and scoring one more sheet of plywood. Cheap Canuck fucks.

They would have, but they missed the deadline for the Home Renovation Tax Credit so they didn't see a point...

[Toe]

Nice to see Canada pick up another gold. I am also happy to see the US start strong.

[Guest DroMPHo]

Am I wrong in assuming there's rioting in the streets right now?

(CNBC only switched to the hockey game after the US lost to Japan in womens' curling. The announcer would say things like "only two stones left" as if this was some sort of failure on the part of the curlers.)

[sahyder1]

Am I wrong in assuming there's rioting in the streets right now?

(CNBC only switched to the hockey game after the US lost to Japan in womens' curling. The announcer would say things like "only two stones left" as if this was some sort of failure on the part of the curlers.)

MSNBC was airing the game up until that point.

I remember when the Olympics were on 4 different outlets for NBC .... no we get one (here in the DC area anyway). While I mean no offense to anyone that particularly enjoys the snowboarding downhill thing that was on yesterday ... I would have much preffered to watch the Men\'s Downhil, a sport with much more history and meaning to it (at least for the Olympics). The coverage has been crap in my opinion ... It seems like it went from being able to choose between 2 or 3 events to lucky if there\'s even another one on.

MSNBC, CNBC, USA NETWORK, Universal HD, Universal Sports are all showing the Olympics. Check nbcolympics.com for local listings.

[Guest DroMPHo]

And CNBC is now using the Canadian feed of Finland/China in women's hockey. I can only imagine the outrage if the Canadian broadcasters tried something similar, considering how worked up people get when TSN uses a Versus simulcast for a game they'd otherwise ignore. Good for them.

[YI]

A crowd surge that caused a barricade to break at an Alexisonfire performance during the Olympics in Vancouver resulted in 19 people being sent to hospital. The incident occured at the start of the band's set and the concert ended immediately. Fortunately, only one person suffered serious injuries, that being a compound leg fracture. The band was performing as part of LiveCity, a series of free outdoor concerts in Vancouver during the Winter Games.

[Ananas]

Shani Davis dominates in the mens 1500m. Unfortunately medal favorite Denny Morison of Canada came up flat, ending up 13th. Fortunately, Jessica Gregg and Marianne St Gelais both qualified for the final 4 in womens 500m, guaranteeing Canada 1 medal and with a good chance of 2 (Italian Arianna Fontana had the worst qualifying time in the semi's).

[Gabriel]

Moral victory tonight for Germany, who played an excellent game under new coach Uwe Krupp. A 2-0 loss to Sweden, who is loaded with offensive talent, can only be seen as a major step forward for the German Hockey program.

[Ananas]

Marianne St Gelais takes home Canada's 6th medal, a silver!

[sahyder1]

Marianne St Gelais takes home Canada's 6th medal, a silver!

I don't think NBC is even showing that race here until the late night show. Was she the one who fell on the first turn? Or was that the other Canadian?

[Ananas]

That was Jessica Gregg I believe.

[Blaze09]

Sahyder, which Canada gold is this for? EDIT: Nvm, Women's Snowboard Cross

and Shauni won the 1000m, the 1500m is this weekend IIRC.

Edited February 18, 2010 by SaveDasher

[sahyder1]

I have been doing lots of NBC bashing on Twitter but do have to give them a thumbs up for showing medal ceremonies for both Canadian Gold Medals so far.

[Blaze09]

No surprise, Shaun White wins gold in Men's Halfpipe.

and is it just me, or are the announcers ahead of the video just by a little.

[Toe]

White's final run was amazing. He gets my respect for going full bore for his final run when he didn't have to. That final trick was insane.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Eve Muirhead - the 19 year old skip of the British womens curling team....HUMMANA

[SeanDMan]

Don't like her hair and facially she looks too much like one of my cousins, but that said, if she wanted to grab my rocks I certainly wouldn't be averse to using my broom.

[MalaCloudy Black]

Germany has a looker or two on their women's curling team too, I thought.

[SeanDMan]

Didn't we have a US Curl Girls fan club last time out? Are they still drool worthy?