[wemess0]

Anybody else watching?

There's a lot of winter sports I have no interest in at all, but I do love watching about all of the skiing events, the speed skating events and -- my guilty pleasure -- curling.

[quentinc]

Thumbs up:

Long-track Speed-Skating, Alpine and Nordic Skiing, Curling (seriously), Men's Ice Hockey, Luge

Thumbs down:

FIGURE SKATING, Women's Ice Hockey (I tried watching that today, oh god), Skeleton, Ski Jumping, Aerial Skiing (it looks like it would be cool, but as I figured out four years ago on some random midnight, it's not).

Also, some of these commentators are absolutely awful. They have ********ing Pat O'Brien as one of the studio analysts.

[Twenty26Six]

You can add me to the Curling fan list... One of the gret things about living in a border [CA] town in getting the other countries TV stations! Canadian Broadcasting Company plays its fair share of Curling, between the National Championships and The Scot Tournament of Hearts.

Plus international hockey is always a good thing.

[kopiteinkc]

I enjoyed watching the British women win the curling gold medal four years ago.

I doubt they can repeat it, but any sort of British medal would be welcome

[Suss]

Short-track speed skating is really cool. Apollo Anton Ono is one of favorites again. Last time he pissed off the Koreans which lead to their goal celebration against the US in the World Cup.

I also like the Olympic hockey.

[quentinc]

I love Olympic Hockey. And I think the NHL finally realized that everyone says that same exact thing. Which means no more red line and much more entertaining games.

[quentinc]

And it looks like the Onion is there as well:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45301

[usscouse]

I like the Olympics always have winter and summer. Even sometime I regret the passing of the true Olympian spirit, although you still see that in countries that don't have the big corporate or college sponsorships. I'll Tivo jus about all of it and pass over the hockey, to the good stuff.

Pet peeves, and let's hear yours.

The strident "expert" announcers, who tell how it should have been done.
The, (Food)(travel)(dying mother)(hard upbringing) upset his stomach
The, It's not the performance he wanted today....(No shit!)
The, Pulled groin muscle
And... Didn't know until the last minute whether he'd get citizenship status in time.

Oh and the US/UK/NZ (take your pick) came 17 and 19th in barrel jumping today..................Who TF was first...?

[wemess0]

Originally Posted by Suss55

Short-track speed skating is really cool. Apollo Anton Ono is one of favorites again. Last time he pissed off the Koreans which lead to their goal celebration against the US in the World Cup.

Oooh, I'd forgotten all about that. The Korean won but then he got DQ'd, right?

[ChanceTheDog]

Have to say i've never really had much interest in the olympics (summer or winter). But i really got into the snowboarding last night, with the Young ginger kid getting the gold.