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crimhead 
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 Posted: July 16 2008 at 16:51 |
 Drew wrote:
Well, now that my cousin made the Olympic Baseball team, I may be watching
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Who's your cousin? Has he signed with any team yet?
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King of Loss
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 16:49 |
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Drew
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Posted: July 16 2008 at 16:48 |
Well, now that my cousin made the Olympic Baseball team, I may be watching
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: July 11 2008 at 10:29 |
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I don't like most of the sports aired but I do like seeing the US beat other countries so I will watch the whole thing.
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: July 11 2008 at 08:32 |
Summer Olympics = women's beach volleyball on TV. 'nuff said. 
But seriously, when else are you going to get coverage of sort-of offbeat sports like rowing or synchronized swimming?
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tszirmay
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Posted: July 11 2008 at 00:12 |
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I used to be an athlete almost made it to the Olympics (in fencing!) , so I do like to watch the agony of defeat and the extasy (no not the pill) of victory . Some sports are fascinating. At the same time its a drugfest, making Woodstock look like a koolaid contest! It is , on the other hand, the only way to get people together without falling into UN style corruption and hopefully intermingle. China will win lots of medals and proceed to rule the world
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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The T
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Posted: July 10 2008 at 23:19 |
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Give me soccer... give me some NFL... some f1.... and that's all the sports i need.... The olympics? A very expensive borefest for me....
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Jozef
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Posted: July 10 2008 at 16:37 |
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Nope, never watched it before, and don't care to.
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sleeper
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Posted: July 10 2008 at 15:49 |
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No, but then I dont care much for athletics anyway.
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npjnpj
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Posted: July 10 2008 at 09:14 |
Can't be bothered.
Seems to be mainly of interest to the competing athletes whom I pity because it's deteriorated into a competition between pharmaceutical companies.
Seems a great shame for the few honest contestants left helplessly behind in a rigged contest.
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Padraic
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Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:56 |
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Same as any other year - I'll watch a good amount of it if I can.
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Drew
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Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:51 |
stonebeard wrote:
No. I don't care about sports, and the whole issue this year is rank with hypocrisy and bullsh*t, why anyone could take it seriously outside of the atheletes themselves is beyond me.
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This is what sucks, I LOVE sports, but I just can't do this.
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:50 |
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No. I don't care about sports, and the whole issue this year is rank with hypocrisy and bullsh*t, why anyone could take it seriously outside of the atheletes themselves is beyond me.
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Drew
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Posted: July 09 2008 at 14:41 |
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I don't think I'll be following the Olympics this year. It just seems the great event is past the glory days. The anti-doping/drug testing mess, professional/amateur debates, The "How many gold will this swimmer win" stories, the China/Tibet issue, just make me want to avoid the games. How about you all?
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