wallflour Posted February 12 Report Share Posted February 12 I guess I'll start something for the OlympicsUSA takes 1-2 in snowboarding (half-pipe), the same event where they swept in 2002Danny Kass from NJ (who some might know, as I remember being mentioned last time) repeated as Silver medalist, with the Flying Tomato taking GoldBode Miller fails to medal in the downhill (as does Daron Rahlves), but he has more chancesMichelle Kwan dropped out of the figure skating competition. Watch the TV ratings go down.Emily Hughes from Long Island, and sister of 2002 champ Sarah Hughes, will be taking her place.in women's ice hockey, Canada beat Italy yesterday, 16-0, then Russia today, 12-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 13 Report Share Posted February 13 you read my mind.. i was going to start one up myself... thanks!bode miller.. what a joke. talks shit about 7-time tour de france winner Lance armstrong.. then doesn't even medal... whatevaaaaaaaalove the flying tomato... shaun white. kid has madd skillsmichelle kwan, all though i love her, should have never petitioned to be on the team in the first place, IMO.GO USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 did anyone watch the men's moguls last nite? ronkainen, begg-smith and dawson were awesome...very hard to pick a winner there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydup Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 That there was some sick runs... when is the final?Oh and the hockey schedule fucking sucks...got them on tivo today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 That there was some sick runs... when is the final?Oh and the hockey schedule fucking sucks...got them on tivo todaylast nite was the men's moguls finals...men's ariels finals are on the 23rd tho...that will be some sick shit also...i havent checked the full hockey schedule tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 US tied with Latvia WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 16 Report Share Posted February 16 did anyone watch the men's moguls last nite? ronkainen, begg-smith and dawson were awesome...very hard to pick a winner there...i don't understand how their knee's can handle all that.... and then to hit a ramp and do some wack trick! wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 i don't understand how their knee's can handle all that.... and then to hit a ramp and do some wack trick! wow i know...right...they gotta have some pain the day after that...the snowboard cross is on right now...this is great shit...i feel like i am playing ssx...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflour Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 In men's hockey, good that the US woke up to beat KazahkstanGionta and DiPietro representin'Meanwhile, the Swiss scored an upset over the Czechs, who have pretty much lost Hasek to injuryAlso, Lundqvist didn't do so well in Sweden's 5-0 loss to Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflour Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 US women's hockey loses to Sweden in a shootout!First ever loss to a country other than Canada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 heard that lindsey tried to do a trick at the end of her gold medal run at womens snowboard cross - AND WIPED OUT! got silver instead.. what a tool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflour Posted February 18 Author Report Share Posted February 18 men's ice hockey shocker - Switzerland beats Canada, 2-0!this comes just 1 game after they beat the Czechs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflour Posted February 22 Author Report Share Posted February 22 interesting that the US lost its last 3 games, but still advance to the medal roundNow it seems they'll need another Miracle On Ice to beat Finland, who have been undefeated so far, and have given up just 2 goals in 5 games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Lets go USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallflour Posted February 22 Author Report Share Posted February 22 USA loses 4 straight 1-goal games and is eliminated by Finland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 USA mens hockey blows...what the hell was that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 that fucking blows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kfitz73 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Can we officially throw Bode Miller in the "Dan & Dave" category?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Can we officially throw Bode Miller in the "Dan & Dave" category??What a massive cunt. He should be stripped of his citizenship and exiled for doing that dance after he lost his last event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 the sweden/finland gold medal game was incredible!!!! excellent game for hockey fans i hate the rangers but lunquist is unbelievable!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 Only Medal For Bode Is Fool's GoldBy Sally JenkinsSunday, February 26, 2006; Page E01SESTRIERE, Italy For weeks now Nike has advised us to "Join Bode." Join him where? At the bar? That's one place you might find Bode Miller after the Turin Games, unless he's in his motor home, finding new ways to duck all that pressure he put on himself.Miller is the biggest disappointment in the Winter Olympics, not because of the way he skied the mountain, but the way he acted at the bottom of it. The fact that he didn't win a medal at these Games, going 0 for 5 in the Alpine events, is beside the point. It's not the winning, it's the trying. The point is that he acted like he didn't try, and didn't care. Failing is forgivable. Getting fatter on beer while you're here is not.If there has been a weaker performance by an American athlete on the international stage than that of Miller, I'm hard-pressed to think of one. To hear Miller tell it, he spent more time in Sestriere's nightclubs than he did in actual competition, which amounted to less than eight minutes. Miller's final Olympic event, the slalom, lasted all of 16 seconds. He bulled out of the start house, did a couple of quick scrimshaw turns, and promptly straddled a gate.Fair enough -- Miller has struggled in the slalom this season, finishing just two of eight races, and it was a tough course. Nine of the top 29 skiers in the competition did not finish. It was Miller's behavior afterward that sealed his reputation as the goat of the Games. He thrust his hands in the air, stuck out his tongue, and waggled in mock celebration. Then he skied off the course, avoiding the cameras and throngs of people at the bottom of the hill. When Associated Press reporter Jim Litke found him later, he declared, "Man, I rocked."Then he delivered a disquisition on his Olympic experience. "It's been an awesome two weeks," Miller said. "I got to party and socialize at an Olympic level."Let's review his awesome two weeks. Miller arrived in Turin sullen and defensive, and blew his chance in the downhill when he lost time on the bottom of course, probably as a result of his lack of fitness. He blew another medal in the combined when he led after the downhill portion, but straddled a gate in the slalom. Next, he blew up a gate in the Super-G, and then insulted his rivals afterward by saying he wasn't one of those guys "who skies 70, 80 percent and gets on the podium."Miller has worked awfully hard to reach this point; the relationship he has built with the public is the one he himself has constructed over many months. He was impossibly over-hyped coming into the Winter Games between Nike's ad campaign, his autobiography, and those nipple-baring magazine covers, all of which he cooperated with and cashed in on. Miller took the world's biggest ego bath -- until he realized it was going to be difficult to satisfy Olympic expectations, especially in a field chock full of Austrians.Now he wants to distance himself from all the hype and commerce. "The expectations were other people's," he told the AP. "I'm comfortable with what I've accomplished, including at the Olympics."The about-face has left Miller so confused that he can't get his stories straight. In one breath, he talks about giving it his all, and in the next, he talks about how hard he drank during the Games. "I just did it my way. I'm not a martyr, and I'm not a do-gooder. I just want to go out and rock. And man, I rocked here."Or: "My quality of life is the priority. I wanted to have fun here, to enjoy the Olympic experience, not be holed up in a closet and not ever leave your room."Miller's act has clearly worn on his coaches, and Bill Marolt, chief executive of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, suggested that officials would have "a heart-to-heart" talk with Miller at the end of this season regarding his behavior. Nor would Marolt speculate if Miller would be back on the team. "I don't believe we should have conversations like this in the media," Marolt said. "But clearly it will be something we will address at the year's end, and I don't know where that will go right now."What they should tell Miller is this: Everyone can sympathize with his struggle to meet unrealistic expectations. And everyone respects what Miller has done on skis, from his two silvers at the Salt Lake Games to the overall World Cup title last season. But nobody respects the Bode Miller who showed up here -- maybe not even Miller himself -- and unless he can compete respectably, he shouldn't return to the team. There are few things less worthy of respect than the athlete who pretends not to care about the outcome. It's a bail-out position, a protection and an excuse. If you pretend not to care, then no one can say you really lost. Miller never committed to these Olympics, never put his ante on the table. He sauntered around the Games as if he was just here to watch.Which is mostly what he did.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/25/AR2006022501546.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaysersoze Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 the sweden/finland gold medal game was incredible!!!! excellent game for hockey fans i hate the rangers but lunquist is unbelievable!!!!.....lots of drunks tearing up stockholm.....good times indeed.... ....now bring on the world cup !!...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 .....lots of drunks tearing up stockholm.....good times indeed.... ....now bring on the world cup !!......I'm all about Kim Kallstrom these days. Rennes is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonStephen Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 thank god the games are over....now I dont have to miss "the office" again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdoom Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 thank god the games are over....now I dont have to miss "the office" againQuit your bitching. You're just angry that only athletes from Malakaland have the privilege of coincidentally getting into “motorcycle accidents†right before they are tested for doping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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