Wasnt this Russian guy in Winger or Slaughter back in the 80's...??

Yeah, what's up with that? I think I saw an Asian guy fall earlier and thought, "Oh, well, he's out of it," and they scored him, like, into 2nd place or something.

How did that guy not fall down? He was completely off center.

One thing about these gay blade ice skating competitions...I'm afraid it'll be like boxing and they'll go to blow by blow descriptions.

The Russian goes into...2nd.

Hard to say, really, 'cause he's working the Russian look as well as the German and Canadian look. He's reminiscent of... oh, crap, he just looked right at me and blew me a kiss. Dude! I don't even KNOW you that well!!

I bet that Russian guy is really pissed now.

"He's all REEEAWWRRRR, all sideways and stuff!"

See that just goes to show everyone, having a mullet is no way to go through life.

Hey, the manlier American dude wearing black won the gold. How 'bout that...

Id rather these two go out on the ice together and have a skate off. Settle it like men.

True. Lysecek was probably the least-gay in the whole group. That has to be worth something.

Russian guy on the podium looks ready to pull out a shank. IIRC he came out of retirement for this, and was picked to win it all and be the first repeat-gold winner in 60 years? Hmm. All that was missing was a late interception to a New Orleans Saint. LMAO

Fixed your post.

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Hey, it's after 12 on the East Coast. That means it's time to put on USA and watch the U.S. lose in curling again. At least I get to see their buns jiggle as they sweep... and they're playing Russia, which has a young and cute squad.

The girls on this Russian curling team look barely legal. They look like they might still have Hello Kitty backpacks in their closets. If the U.S. loses to this group of cheerleaders, they should just turn in their stones and brooms and spend the rest of the Olympics as spectators.

Schuster's been benched. USA might have a chance to win one now.

How do you bench the skip?

I've never heard of something like that happening before.

By throwing his choking ass on the bench.

How do teams qualify to make the top 10 to get to the Olympics?

High time. He's single-handedly responsible for our crappy performance. What a tool. His "leadership" has embarrassed our entire country and brought shame down upon the Olympics and the world of sport in its entirety. It's probably too late for us to do anything in this Olympics, but maybe this will send a signal to Curlers everywhere that we will not tolerate failure.

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Top Ten Surprising Facts About Curling

10.Every year it's watched by dozens of people

9.Consistently ranked the world's number one broom-related sport

8.It's a lot like hockey, minus the speed and excitement

7.No number 7 - writer fell asleep while researching curling facts

6.Not to be confused with Norwegian sport "Carling" where you push a guy named Carl across ice

5.Longest match ever: unknown, because no one ever stays till the end

4.No number 4 - writer still asleep. Damn, curling is boring

3.Mickey Rourke making film about washed-up curling legend who comes back for one last big curl

2.Thing they slide down the ice is called "Thing they slide down the ice"

1.No one cares

Not accurate, Mr. Bearcat. Not accurate, at all.

Curling is a very popular sport. The most watched of all the Olympic sports, in fact. I don't know if you were aware of this, but more people watch Curling on TV than any other Olympic sport.

Which makes it all the more embarrassing that our Curling team is the worst excuse for a Curling team in the history of Curling teams. We suck ice ass. We couldn't pitch a stone accurately if it meant an evening of unmentionable bliss with this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. We look like a bunch of blind monkeys playing janitor out there. It's time to can these suck-ass, sorry excuses for Curlers and get some guys who are serious about flinging things down some damn ice.

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It's quite surprising, Mr. FAX. Several people have talked to me about curling, and I had no idea I had friends who care about, talk about, and are willing to admit they have watched this activity.

Did you know there's a huge day of hockey on Sunday involving the top 6 teams in the world, which are competing for 4 automatic slots into the quarterfinals? Actually, they've been playing all week. People in Canada care, because they haven't won a gold medal in like 100 years. Well, Team USA hasn't won one in 30 years, not since the Miracle on Ice; they have a young and exciting team this year.

I believe you know all of this, as for some reason I seem to remember you talking about hockey at one time or another, but while the best athletes in the world are on the ice -- with sticks and not brooms -- a lot of people seem to care more about an activity that you can find 80yo women playing in Florida (sans ice).

Then again, Mr. FAX, this is the same country that would rather watch golf or poker, so curling could very well be the next big thing in primetime.

Schuster doesn't make that shot. France needs to hit a tough shot FTW.

USA wins.

France just about made an impossible shot.

I've always found curling very interesting when I've actually taken the time to watch. Usually that only occurs every March during the Canadian championships, though (where the teams are so good it might as well be a world championship).

I've always liked hockey, but really started to get into it after Nashville was awarded the Predator franchise. I have to say, though, that I don't enjoy hockey on television much ... I do, however, really like watching it live.

Curling, however, is a great television sport. (Did I mention that Curling is the most watched Olympic sport on TV?) It has all the elements of strategy, sweeping, rock bonking, and other stuff and things that make it fun and exciting to watch. Plus, anybody can be a Curler. Anyone of any race, age, size or religious affiliation can Curl if they want as long as they have access to a big rock and some ice someplace and a broom or two.

Yep. Curling is on the upswing. In fact, it's only been an official Olympic sport for about 10 years, or so. Before that, it was an exhibition sport or something similar. Personally, I think that Curling will soon become as popular in the US as wrestling or sculling or cat flinging. What we really need is a National Curling League so we can start developing the skills of our young, college Curlers by rewarding them with big Curling contracts as professionals.

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I have yet to see any curling coverage on NBC primetime. Its like they wont acknowledge it even exists???

This 2nd interview with colbert will probably be the only real highlight of the night

It's on CNBC right now, Mr. Deberg_1990. Since it's the most viewed Olympic sport on television, so I'm pretty sure that, in future, the carrying network will modify its programming schedule to include Curling in prime-time.

Actually, though, the whole damn schedule this year is kind of strange. The best stuff seems to be on during the day. Maybe that's because the games are in Vancouver and not in a city where night is day here and day is night here and vice-versa here or there. Like, for example, the skiing people can't really ski at night because they can't see the gates or the moguls or each other and can get lost during their runs and very possibly might hit a rock or a tree which would be damn good tv but not so good for the athletes except for the Curlers and the skaters who perform indoors where they have lights unless there's a power outage in which case you hope there are back-up generators or lots of batteries on hand, so they have to show the skiers live during the day and via tape at night unless the skiing people are skiing in Beijing where our prime-time is their morning. It's all about time cubism.

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Both the men and women won in curling yesterday. The parade through New Orleans is planned for next week.

I think I want to try curling. It looks like a fun sport and hobby. I'm too old and slow to play anything anymore, but that might be fun.

So they let Shuster back on the ice as a sweeper, and the f**ktard was so admiring of the new skip's shot that he forgot to sweep the enemy rock out. Jesus H., this guy's a f**king assclown...

Tonight ought to be interesting, Ohno vs the entire nation of South Korea (or at least 3 of them) in 1000m. I never realized this, but apparently South Korea really, really, really hates Ohno.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/king/news/newsid=430451.html

Soua glapes.

No overreaction there at all.

Doubly funny since they had a medal sweep lined up, knocked themselves out and gave two Americans medals, one of them being Ohno's silver. LMAO

I'm sure that caused a meltdown on South Koean Short Track Planet

"I brame Piori!!"

There's a reason this dumb sumbitch was benched.

Here's one of the quotes on thier tranlated to English...

"But, but if they had ran the 2-1 defense scheme on Ohno rather than the 1-2 we'd have swept the medals. Dammit Piori!!!!"

I think this young U.S. skip is going to be the curling version of Tom Brady to Schuster's Drew Bledsoe. LMAO

The landing snow in this women's ski-jump event is like friggin' oatmeal. They're falling on their asses left and right.

Do they have a skip in waiting that can't hit anything further than 10 yards out, so we can have a Cassel? :)

Can you bench this dumbass in the middle of a game? Schuster may have just cost this team another win.

USA is about to kick that swedish ass in some curling!! :clap:

i don't understand why the U.S team is wasting so many rocks on all the blockers instead of just placing a bunch of rocks near the button and making sweden have to make shots.

Jason Smith pwnz sweden!! :clap:

Women just finished their qualification round for the ski-jumping-thingy. Congrats to the three US women out of four who moved on, including the 16-year-old who made the 12th and final qualifying spot. Sixteen and going for an Olympic medal. Pretty good.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Ohno stopped travelling to South Korea years ago because of threats.

They're just mad 'cause he broke up the Beatles.

It's their national sport, and they don't like it when someone else does it better then they do it.

If Eve Muirhead needs some consolation, I'd be happy to give her a nice, soft, pity ****.
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Bobsledding is boring as hell so far.

Muirhead? Why, sure, don't mind if I do!

I'm not watching the Olympics. An episode of "Buck Rogers" is on Retro TV. Erin Gray PLUS it's a Princess Ardala episode (Pamela Hensley). A man has to have priorities...

nice:thumb: Might have to pull up my Amazon on demand account now.

I assume these speedskating runs are seeded? The fastest qualifiers go last to see what they need to do? So the Americans have good chance at 2 medals?

Whats a brotha doin on the ice in speed skatin?? :)

Token black. :D

Ohno vs. Korea coming up.

So, can you imagine the furor if the finals are Ohno and the three Koreans, and he beats them for gold? ROFL

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What the hell are we watching here? Carillo trying out for the Police Academy? WTF?

More NBC fluff. F**k, you morons, just show some highlights from the B-roll of today's events! Hockey, curling, whatever. Why do they feel the need to ONLY show the big sports, and ONLY show the Americans? The Olympics should just tell the networks to f**k off and set up their own channel. Every two years it goes full-bore Olympics, and the rest of the time they can show qualifying events, big events in the respective Olympic sports, etc.,. More than enough stuff to fill the time. Hell, the NFL and MLB have 365-day channels...

Oh, yeah, was busy ranting and forgot the point, LOL... and then they waste prime-time space with fluff pieces or crap interviews.

And why are they so hung up about prime-time anyway, and not showing the events live, like today's women's skiing? News flash: quite a few people have these newfangled things called "DVRs", and the few that don't have DVD recorders and VCRs. Just show it all live.

I can't wait for the hockey match tomorrow.

celski against 2 koreans? Crap!!

DAMNIT

ouch.

At least Super G is getting somewhat decent coverage even though it should have been on this afternoon.

Thats bullshit!!!

Home cooking for the Canadian.

Celski was out of it anyway, having finished 3rd. Whether he's finished 3rd or DQed he was done. In a way, I'm glad the Canadian got a free pass, 'cause, well, he's not Korean so that'll be at least ONE person in the finals who can give the Koreans some shit.

**** that Korean.

I'm not upset that he didn't make it. Just that the guy got advanced when he wasn't in qualifying position at all.

Point taken though that it is better than all the Koreans though.

Cue the Rocky theme. Apollo vs 2 Canadians and 2 Koreans

The Canadian Hamelin beat the Korean by a red-headed pubie! Bahahahahaha!!! F**k you, Korea!! Ohno, two Koreans, and two Canadians in the final.