46 years in the making. Joy pure joy!
All things told, I think NBC did a pretty good job with this Olympic broadcast. They stayed out of the politics and kept it human. Very happy about that.
Hype it enough, and they will come (a la Field of Dreams).
I don’t look at it as a national pride thing; it’s all star hockey played by professionals skating for whichever flag they choose. Great, very skilled game!
20 million viewers in a nation of 340 million people isn’t much, but that’s pretty much expected for a sport like hockey that doesn’t attract many casual viewers. Canada probably had the same number of viewers among a population of 41 million.
Miracle on ice (on hold upon the surface of the waters):
Jewish player no. 86 is-for-Elohim ended the drought.
4616 = 7010 = "F", the power of the Force (ko'ach: F = ma)
Purim time is here. Venahafoch hu:
toothless:
1.Having no teeth.
2. (figuratively) Weak; having no ability to enforce something.
Both the men's and women's teams won the gold in 2-1 OT.
21 she' 21... (ש, the 21st letter, meaning "tooth")
(Drink!)
"Che cosa fai? You look a little pale." ~ Luigi Finucci
goel er goal (sports): "שער"
Over time = O over T
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Messiah at the Goals of Rome -- famous midrash.
The double Golden Goal of Mercy, the gate in JerUSAlem through which the Messiah enters -- famous tradition.
(Meet the new meaning, same as the old meaning.)
Then put your little hand in mine, there ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb..
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Okay Campers, Rise and Shine! And don't forget your booties 'cause it's kolllld out there..
(Keep on the Sonnyside!)
I don’t know how many “pre-9 AM ET sporting event(s)” have been aired by comparison
Very few, Soccer games, British golf tourneys, F1 Races, former olympic events.
The pre 9 am moniker avoids NFL Football games in Europe, but since those have been on NFL network, they probably did not come close to 20 million viewers.
The women’s gold medal game was equally exciting.
In the eastern time zone, we watched until time to scoot off to church but the wonder of technology let us finish watching on my discrete phone in church just before the service began.
the only possible ones could be NFL Europe games, overseas tennis, or prior Olympics.
The online live stream has so many viewers they crashed it. I had to shut it off to get to church on time so switched to the radio. When Hughes scored I almost crashed the car!
A few world cup matches? Likely not an Olympics final in a major American sport.