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elkid
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 Posted: 08/26/04 - 13:51 Post subject:
| RexRacer wrote: | | I've liked watching events this Olympics on the Spanish channel (Telemundo?). |
Me, too. I watched a lot of beach volleyball, badminton, and table tennis last week on vacation. I had no idea the international badminton circuit was so competitive!
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RexRacer
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 14:04 Post subject:
| elkid wrote: | | RexRacer wrote: | | I've liked watching events this Olympics on the Spanish channel (Telemundo?). |
Me, too. I watched a lot of beach volleyball, badminton, and table tennis last week on vacation. I had no idea the international badminton circuit was so competitive! |
Yeah, it's true. Very hardcore in South Asia, I think the Indians and Indonesians are pretty dominant.
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airehead
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 14:18 Post subject:
But where is the frickin' DODGEBALL!!!
Now there's a sport.that I am terrified to play. still.
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gretriever
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 14:26 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | But where is the frickin' DODGEBALL!!!
Now there's a sport.that I am terrified to play. still. |
Well there is team handball.
Or if you want to wait for the Winter Games, there's ice dancing. 
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airehead
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 14:58 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | airehead wrote: | But where is the frickin' DODGEBALL!!!
Now there's a sport.that I am terrified to play. still. |
Well there is team handball.
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Am I the only one who thinks that name sounds dirty??? 
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Pug
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 15:03 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | | gretriever wrote: | | airehead wrote: | But where is the frickin' DODGEBALL!!!
Now there's a sport.that I am terrified to play. still. |
Well there is team handball.
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Am I the only one who thinks that name sounds dirty??? |
Not anymore.
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Cappy
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 16:29 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | | The horse really does all the work. |
That's about like saying the riding a bicycle is just pumping your legs. |
What does the rider really do on the horse? At least on the bike you have to pedal to move
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purple hayes
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 16:32 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: | | What does the rider really do on the horse? At least on the bike you have to pedal to move |
The rider controls the animal. Dressage?
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Cappy
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 16:34 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Cappy wrote: | | What does the rider really do on the horse? At least on the bike you have to pedal to move |
The rider controls the animal. Dressage? |
Okay, not really a sport in my mind. Like driving a car (NASCAR)
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 16:36 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: |
As much as I love Tim Duncan, I hope the USA basketball team (Dream Team 234234) loses every freaking game over there. |
Still proud to be an American, huh?
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 20:20 Post subject:
| suburbman wrote: |
| Quote: | God save us if this happens. I have never understood, for the life of me, why the networks make such a big deal of gymnastics to begin with.
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Here here. Gymnastics being shown every night at prime time for about 4 nights in a row. That or swimming. With the hundreds of events to choose from, you think they would try and broadcast a little variety. |
I gave up watching the olympics just for that reason.
I only got lucky the other night to see some of the women's beach volleyball  and I caught the last 2 minutes of the Women's Triathalon when the leader got caught! Wow what a finish.
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sonnylax
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 20:55 Post subject:
| coachmarkos wrote: | | sonnylax wrote: |
As much as I love Tim Duncan, I hope the USA basketball team (Dream Team 234234) loses every freaking game over there. |
Still proud to be an American, huh? |
Absolutely. My support (or lack their of) of a bunch of spoiled pro athletes in that particular sport doesn't effect my patriotism.
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queequeg
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Posted: 08/27/04 - 08:49 Post subject:
[quote="sonnylax"]As much as I love Tim Duncan, I hope the USA basketball team (Dream Team 234234) loses every freaking game over there.[/quote]
I always pull for the good ol' U.S.A. but I find myself cheering for the other guys when it comes to men's b-ball.
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 08/27/04 - 08:57 Post subject:
| queequeg wrote: | | sonnylax wrote: | | As much as I love Tim Duncan, I hope the USA basketball team (Dream Team 234234) loses every freaking game over there. |
I always pull for the good ol' U.S.A. but I find myself cheering for the other guys when it comes to men's b-ball. |
yeah, that makes sense.
cheer against the guys who actually went.
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coachmarkos
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Posted: 08/27/04 - 08:57 Post subject:
| sonnylax wrote: | | coachmarkos wrote: | | sonnylax wrote: |
As much as I love Tim Duncan, I hope the USA basketball team (Dream Team 234234) loses every freaking game over there. |
Still proud to be an American, huh? |
Absolutely. My support (or lack their of) of a bunch of spoiled pro athletes in that particular sport doesn't effect my patriotism. |
At least they went to represent their country.
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