The 2006 winter Olympics.

[RICHARD]

Four More Days!!!! :d

[catland]

ack - I love short-track. It is the most insane sport imaginable. I remember first catching it at some wierd hour on espn-8 or something like that. I was hooked.

Richard - forget the BBQ - I think I'll jump on a plane right now and come down and join you in watching the games. We seem to like alot of the same events.

I guess I've seen enough of the mainstream stuff over the years - I love the smaller sports that have been relegated to the cable markets.

[RICHARD]

Richard - forget the BBQ - I think I'll jump on a plane right now and come down and join you in watching the games. We seem to like alot of the same events.

We'll warm up with the loooonnnnngggg skating events the first week.....I love the fact that the STS is the last week of the games......close out the games on a frenzy.

It's like taping knives to your shoes and running around the kitchen in circles....

Well, since Byron got a motorcycle so you could come to the BBQ can you bribe him with something else?

[RICHARD]

I watched REAL SPORTS on HBO last night.

Bryant Gumbel had a last-word kind of sign-off last night...

In it, he hinted that the Winter Olympics were crap and just a vehicle to boost the February TV ratings....he also alluded to the the number of black athletes entered in the Games were comparable to the number of blacks at a GOP convention.


At first I couldn't beleive that someone would blatantly critique the work that these people do just to get to the Games...

I love the stories of the cross country skiers from the Middle East, Jamaican bobsledders and all the other oddball participants.

It took me a minute to figure out that some outspoken nitwit can't help but
lash out because he couldn't pack his bags for an Italian vacation on the company's dime.


Of course he'll end up with footage about some athlete that competed in the Games later on....you know.....for his show. Ratings being as the are!

[slick]

I'm watching the opening ceremonies right now. Fantastic!!! Go figure. A 9 yr old girl sings the Italian anthem. What a remembrance that will be for her. Richard, did you see that famous Italian singer carrying the folded flag??? Please...wipe the drool off your face.

Look out! Winter Olympics are headed my way in 2010. They will take place about 2 hrs. drive from me and there is construction going on all over the place

[Giselle]

I'm watching the opening ceremonies right now. Fantastic!!! Go figure. A 9 yr old girl sings the Italian anthem. What a remembrance that will be for her. Richard, did you see that famous Italian singer carrying the folded flag??? Please...wipe the drool off your face.

Look out! Winter Olympics are headed my way in 2010. They will take place about 2 hrs. drive from me and there is construction going on all over the place

That girl's rendition of the Italian anthem was gorgeous. I love other countries' anthems. I can't say I like ours much :X

[Crikit]

I watched the opening cermonies twice. Once on CBC and once on NBC (CBC guys talked way to much and well Peter Manbridge was kind of annoying, not that anyone other then fellow Canadians will know who he is.) but they were cool, can't wait until the closing ceremonies when Vancouver gets to take over for the last half of the ceremonies should be interesting to see what they do in comparison to the Italians.

On another note...first hockey game starts today.