Olympic Events

[3kings]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Not yet Tom. Ryan Giggs, the captain of this Olympic's Great Britain team, is 38.

I love the quirky sports. Let them have their day once every four years. It's the only place we can see them after the demise of Wide World of Sports.

Personally, I have watched several hours of Olympics on tv. Of those several hours, I've watched zero minutes of basketball (male or female) and about 10 minutes of soccer.

I think you are allowed 2 or 3 overage players in men's soccer. I agree the fun of the olympics is watching the quirky sports, that is why I don't want to see golf or tennis. We already have 4 majors in each every year. That is enough of the same 4 players in tennis winning over and over.

[dellinger63]

Any sport that includes a score for artistic anything belongs in a theater or on a stage; not in the Olympics

[Bigsmc]

Mexico beating Brazil 2-0 in the 75th minute of the gold medal soccer match. A victory for Mexico would be huge for them, no matter who is in the line-up for both sides.

Should be a hectic finish as Brazil will surely pull out all the stops.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Any sport that includes a score for artistic anything belongs in a theater or on a stage; not in the Olympics

i watched NO basketball men or women and i wouldn't watch soccer if they played in my back yard.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

i watched NO basketball men or women and i wouldn't watch soccer if they played in my back yard.

if they started allowing checking, i might start watching soccer...but that won't happen.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

if they started allowing checking, i might start watching soccer...but that won't happen.

They do have flopping

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

i watched NO basketball men or women and i wouldn't watch soccer if they played in my back yard.

You missed some historic hoops. France vs Spain featured some world class flopping which got so out of control a french guy (!) blatently punched the spanish point guard in the nuts and after the game said he hit him because "he wanted to give him a good reason to flop". First French intentional act of agression towards another country since Napoleon.