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NBC Winter Olympic Schedule & Discussion
Topic Started: Feb 11 2010, 05:11 AM (8,757 Views)
Drew
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The 1000M speedskating was really exciting tonight. Shame those cheating Koreans got 4 medals out of it.
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Miss Rhi
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I don't understand why they keep allowing the Koreans to do what they keep doing by trying to slow people down with their arms and such.
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Drew
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The US team was pretty disapointing. Between JR Celski pushing the canadian into the boards, and Shani Davis scowling at his Silver WIN .... what bad sports!

COngrats to Mark Tuitert! You could tell it meant so much to him.
Edited by Drew, Feb 20 2010, 11:56 PM.
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Matt
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Drew
Feb 20 2010, 11:53 PM
The US team was pretty disapointing. Between JR Celski pushing the canadian into the boards, and Shani Davis scowling at his Silver WIN .... what bad sports!

COngrats to Mark Tuitert! You could tell it meant so much to him.
The only reason Celski pushed was because that Canadian was trying to dry hump him. The guy was right on top of him and all Celski was doing was trying to shake him off -- and the same guy tried doing the same thing again to Ohno in the final!
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Drew
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Celski swooped in directly infront of Hemelin with little lead on him and he had no recourse. He tapped him to alert him to his presence which is common. The back handed swat was totally uncalled for and thankfully the judges agreed and disqualified him.
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Drew
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¤ Rhi ¤
Feb 20 2010, 11:51 PM
I don't understand why they keep allowing the Koreans to do what they keep doing by trying to slow people down with their arms and such.
I was surprised Sung Si-Bak wasnt disqualified before the B final for that grab on Francois Hemelin.
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Liz<3Days
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Davis congratulated the Dutch skater. He hugged him and shook his hand. Then Andrea Cramer interviewed him and he said that he didnt have it today and was tired. I don't think he was a bad sport.

Still watching the rest of the speed skating.
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IMissAremid
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

Seriously, where was Shani's scowl? I know he has a bad rep based on past stuff and I was looking for any hint of bad sportsmanship, but I thought he took the silver as well as anyone who was expected to win and really wanted to win would. If there was any scowl it was him being exhausted and disappointed in himself for just not having a better race in him at the Olympics.

As for Celski, I'm not sure what more anyone could want him to be punished. He was DQ'd and the end result of his shove of the Canadian was the Canadian getting a ticket to the final, which he almost certainly never would have advanced to had it been a clean race.

Unfortunately for Ohno there's no recourse when someone shoves you in the final like the Canadian did, but even though he was clearly disappointed he couldn't get a gold out of that race he didn't complain about the shove he got or use that as an excuse for how he finished.
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Drew
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Woohoo, Ski Cross today!
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Rick
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Canadian commentators fail to cool it with Johnny Weir jokes
By Neate Sager

If Scotty Lago has to excuse himself from the Olympic scene for buffoonish behaviour, maybe that should apply to broadcasters.

The Canadian Press reports the Quebec council of gays and lesbians is going to make a complaint about French-language RDS, whose commentators Alain Goldberg and Claude Mailhot decided to go for the gold for trading in stale Johnny Weir jokes.

The pair called Weir "a bad example" and also suggested he go through gender testing, like the runner Caster Semenya. After all, in no way is the latter a touchy subject.

RDS' apology addressed "tactless comments on the appearance and manner of a figure skater." The crux of the grievance, though, was the comparison to Semenya.

"[T]he mea culpas are insufficient, according to Council president Steve Foster.

" 'They only apologized for the comments they made on his outfit,' he said Saturday. 'We hadn't even asked for an apology for those remarks. It's the rest of the comments: on his masculinity, his femininity, the fact he should skate as a woman.' "

Who knows what makes professional broadcasters think they can go do racial or sexual humor. Being able to read off a TelePrompTer doesn't make you into Russell Peters, pal. For the record, here is how the wire service reported it:

" 'This may not be politically correct,' Mailhot said during the segment, in which Weir ... was shown sporting a semi-sheer, pink-and-black costume he designed himself.

" 'But do you think he lost points due to his costume and his body language?' "

"Goldberg replied that Weir's feminine style may reflect badly on other male figure skaters.

" 'They'll think all the boys who skate will end up like him,' he said. 'It sets a bad example.' "

Well, at least Mailhot qualified it may be inappropriate.

" ... In the earlier RDS coverage of Weir, Goldberg and Mailhot also brought up South African runner Caster Semenya, who was forced to undergo gender testing following her 2009 win at the world track and field championships in Germany.

" 'We should make him [Weir] pass a gender test at this point,' Goldberg said, and Mailhot then jokingly suggested Weir should compete in the women's competition."

Brutal. The point is that broadcasters don't have the right to assume everyone watching agrees with their own strict definition of manhood. Stick to sports.

Hockey Night in Canada had a representative of EGALE come on the show last year for a discussion after Mike Milbury made his "pansification" remarks. Perhaps RDS should think about granting equal time.

Meantime, let's have a call for a total Johnny Weir joke moratorium. Not because it's politically incorrect, but because it is stunningly unoriginal. Move on.
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Matt
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Why does it seem like some people in Canada are determined to disprove the sully the nationwide "nice guys" image? Of course, it is refreshing to know that the country has their own fair share of douchbags just like everywhere else.
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Drew
Feb 21 2010, 01:07 PM
Woohoo, Ski Cross today!
OMG, I freaking loved Ski Cross! I thought the qualifiers were exciting and I can't wait for when there's more than one skier on the course. I think they should introduce Skate Cross next!
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WOW at those Johnny Weir comments! Those prejudicial douchebags should be canned from the Olympics! They just stereotyped the whole Mens figure skating program by saying that JW is bad for the sport...PLEASE!

I cant wait for Canada v USA in Hockey!
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Feb 20 2010, 07:20 PM
I have been very critical of the Vancouver Olympics but one thing I think most people can agree on is that their logo is about a billion times better than the monstrosity from London 2012.

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I expected something more classic. Very ugly. Though, Vancouver's is a bit random.
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Liz<3Days
Feb 21 2010, 03:39 PM
I cant wait for Canada v USA in Hockey!
All my friends are SOOOO excited for this tonight.
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Kirk
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What a start for the USA, so far an exciting start. 1-0 USA! :rockon:
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IMissAremid
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After all... tomorrow is another day!

I wish this tape delayed skiing stuff wasn't going against the hockey game. I keep going back and forth between them.
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Kirk
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Tie game 1-1, what an atmosphere and definitely fun to watch.
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Kirk
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WOW, USA scored right back! 2-1, anyone else watching?
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This is going to be a high scoring game. It is like a NHL All-Star game.

I decided to tape the other stuff on NBC. Then I can FF through to see the competition later.
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