McGuire is great on NBC where he does analysis. Doing colour on TSN, his over-the-top way of expressing everything that comes to mind is ... not my cup of tea.
SNAP DADDY!
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I'd like to see data from like Torino (Turin) for comparison.
No, that's not an actual request of you Gos.
20 from men's giant slalom, 8 in women's ski cross. 7 DNF's, plus the Romanian crash at the line that caused her to miss qualification by .21 seconds. Were it really anywhere else in the standings, I wouldn't count it, but ouch.
The alpine skiing has gotten the most...
Combined: 24 men, 11 women in Torino; 18 men, 6 women in Vancouver.
Downhill: 2 men, 4 women in Torino; 4 men, 7 women in Vancouver.
Giant slalom: 42 men in Torino; 20 men in Vancouver. Women haven't gone yet.
Slalom: Hasn't happened yet.
Super G: 7 men, 3 women in Torino; 18 men, 15 women in Vancouver.
Hell with it. I still like the narrative of The Mountain That Ate Everybody even if the stats don't entirely back it up.
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edited February 2010
That Romanian crash was heartbreaking. She came to the Olympics with no coach or tech or anything (though she lives in Vancouver, but still) and she was having a pretty good run before the final jump.
That Romanian crash was heartbreaking. She came to the Olympics with no coach or tech or anything (though she lives in Vancouver, but still) and she was having a pretty good run before the final jump.
McGuire is great on NBC where he does analysis. Doing colour on TSN, his over-the-top way of expressing everything that comes to mind is ... not my cup of tea.
SNAP DADDY!
If he used the phrase "right through the net" one more time while they were reviewing that goal, I would've flown to Vancouver and choked him out.
He must've said it 12 times.
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edited February 2010
There will be no Olympics shown on any NBC channels or peripheral channels until 3 PM Eastern.
None. No morning/midday events whatsoever.
And then NBC wonders why the Games aren't making them money. A Ferrari doesn't win you a race if you leave it in the garage, you...
ugh.
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There will be no Olympics shown on any NBC channels or peripheral channels until 3 PM Eastern.
None. No morning/midday events whatsoever.
And then NBC wonders why the Games aren't making them money. A Ferrari doesn't win you a race if you leave it in the garage, you...
ugh.
No, see, by only showing the Olympics for an hour a day they force anyone who wants to watch them to watch during THAT HOUR and it drives up ad prices!
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SixCaches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhexRegistered Userregular
edited February 2010
I imagine USA being the adolescent bitch of the NBC family. "Well if I can't show curling then I'm now showing anything!" and storming off to her room to show Law & Order reruns.
McGuire is great on NBC where he does analysis. Doing colour on TSN, his over-the-top way of expressing everything that comes to mind is ... not my cup of tea.
SNAP DADDY!
If he used the phrase "right through the net" one more time while they were reviewing that goal, I would've flown to Vancouver and choked him out.
When I hear McGuire on the radio, doing interviews, he's great. When he's doing colour commentary, he's devolved into a caricature of a WWE announcer.
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edited February 2010
Oh, do I wish silly goose were not the only insult I were allowed to use. For I have spontaneously invented a long string of quite colorful expletives.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
If I am reading this right, Whistler has claimed another 2 competitors: Lindsey Vonn and Julie Mancuso who were both having very good first runs in the Giant Slalom.
Actually, never mind. It seems that Mancuso's run was stopped halfway down because of Vonn's crash. It appears she will be going again when the other racers finish. That's gotta be tough to deal with.
I have watched *sooo* much curling during the past week or so. My god.
Eve Muirhead *just* missed some final shots yesterday against Canada. But she's hot, so it's fine. And god damn, she's 19? Well now I just feel old and somewhat creepy.
The Men's Cross country relay is underway. This involves the same 3 Canadians who finished in the top 10 in the cross country race the other day. If the stars align, we might end up with a medal here.
Pierre Maguire sucks. Everyone involved in NBC hockey sucks. I hate NBC hockey.
They make me want Barry Melrose back! Barry Melrose!
Pierre is from TSN, which is Canadian. Normally TSN doesn't show many important hockey games. But I prefer them to CBC any day, plus TSN stole the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, so that always makes me laugh.
With Pierre you just got to understand that TSN puts him alone inbetween the two benches because no one wants to do the game with him there, probably.
I think the other anchors make fun of him because he's always LOUD and ENERGIZED.
Personally I could just listen to Pierre shout about MONSTER HITS, and other such things all day because its hilarious.
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edited February 2010
Vonn getting eaten was all over Sportscenter.
It is truly a sad, sad thing when a network without rights to the Olympics can scoop the network with exclusive rights to the Olympics by... well, we'll find out how long it takes NBC to mention it. That is just pathetic.
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I have a new soccer blog The Minnow Tank. Reading it psychically kicks Sepp Blatter in the bean bag.
Pierre Maguire sucks. Everyone involved in NBC hockey sucks. I hate NBC hockey.
They make me want Barry Melrose back! Barry Melrose!
Pierre is from TSN, which is Canadian. Normally TSN doesn't show many important hockey games. But I prefer them to CBC any day, plus TSN stole the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, so that always makes me laugh.
With Pierre you just got to understand that TSN puts him alone inbetween the two benches because no one wants to do the game with him there, probably.
I think the other anchors make fun of him because he's always LOUD and ENERGIZED.
Personally I could just listen to Pierre shout about MONSTER HITS, and other such things all day because its hilarious.
The between the benches thing (they call it 1 Up / 1 Down) they do for all their games, and CBC has copied it now too, though I think they have a third guy between the benches.
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Pierre Maguire sucks. Everyone involved in NBC hockey sucks. I hate NBC hockey.
They make me want Barry Melrose back! Barry Melrose!
Pierre is from TSN, which is Canadian. Normally TSN doesn't show many important hockey games. But I prefer them to CBC any day, plus TSN stole the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, so that always makes me laugh.
With Pierre you just got to understand that TSN puts him alone inbetween the two benches because no one wants to do the game with him there, probably.
I think the other anchors make fun of him because he's always LOUD and ENERGIZED.
Personally I could just listen to Pierre shout about MONSTER HITS, and other such things all day because its hilarious.
NBC borrows him for their games. It's awful.
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If the swiss win, I fear for any Swiss Chalet's in the states.
You significantly overestimate our passion regarding hockey. If the Swiss win, the American reaction will be, "Huh, that's disappointing, I suppose. When's the NFL draft?"
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SNAP DADDY!
20 from men's giant slalom, 8 in women's ski cross. 7 DNF's, plus the Romanian crash at the line that caused her to miss qualification by .21 seconds. Were it really anywhere else in the standings, I wouldn't count it, but ouch.
The alpine skiing has gotten the most...
Combined: 24 men, 11 women in Torino; 18 men, 6 women in Vancouver.
Downhill: 2 men, 4 women in Torino; 4 men, 7 women in Vancouver.
Giant slalom: 42 men in Torino; 20 men in Vancouver. Women haven't gone yet.
Slalom: Hasn't happened yet.
Super G: 7 men, 3 women in Torino; 18 men, 15 women in Vancouver.
Hell with it. I still like the narrative of The Mountain That Ate Everybody even if the stats don't entirely back it up.
SNAP DADDY!
If he used the phrase "right through the net" one more time while they were reviewing that goal, I would've flown to Vancouver and choked him out.
He must've said it 12 times.
None. No morning/midday events whatsoever.
And then NBC wonders why the Games aren't making them money. A Ferrari doesn't win you a race if you leave it in the garage, you...
ugh.
I mean, it's not like there is Alpine skiing on or anything where Americans are favoured
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You don't show alpine skiing live, dummy. You tape delay it.
god, it's like none of you went to major network sports broadcasting school.
No, see, by only showing the Olympics for an hour a day they force anyone who wants to watch them to watch during THAT HOUR and it drives up ad prices!
he repeats everything at least 3 times
he is like a silly goosier, more yell-y rain man
They make me want Barry Melrose back! Barry Melrose!
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Eve Muirhead *just* missed some final shots yesterday against Canada. But she's hot, so it's fine. And god damn, she's 19? Well now I just feel old and somewhat creepy.
I propose we put "They're not booing, they're Looing" in the thread title.
GAAAAAAH THE ONLINE FEEDS ARE GIVING ME THE TODAY SHOW'
WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
And then see an Armenian get eaten.
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Pierre is from TSN, which is Canadian. Normally TSN doesn't show many important hockey games. But I prefer them to CBC any day, plus TSN stole the "Hockey Night in Canada" theme song, so that always makes me laugh.
With Pierre you just got to understand that TSN puts him alone inbetween the two benches because no one wants to do the game with him there, probably.
I think the other anchors make fun of him because he's always LOUD and ENERGIZED.
Personally I could just listen to Pierre shout about MONSTER HITS, and other such things all day because its hilarious.
It is truly a sad, sad thing when a network without rights to the Olympics can scoop the network with exclusive rights to the Olympics by... well, we'll find out how long it takes NBC to mention it. That is just pathetic.
The between the benches thing (they call it 1 Up / 1 Down) they do for all their games, and CBC has copied it now too, though I think they have a third guy between the benches.
The Mountain That Ate Everybody had to be trucked in with the snow.
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NBC borrows him for their games. It's awful.
Edit: Brodeur-like!
You significantly overestimate our passion regarding hockey. If the Swiss win, the American reaction will be, "Huh, that's disappointing, I suppose. When's the NFL draft?"
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