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Vancouver Olympic Games Live Thread (Day 3)
NBC Sports | 2-14-2010

Posted on 02/14/2010 9:39:45 AM PST by My Favorite Headache

Olympic champion in women's moguls Hannah Kearney of the USA, center, runner up Jennifer Heil of Canada, left and third placed Shannon Bahrke of the USA, right pose on the podium during a flower ceremony at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.

Hannah Kearney of the USA reacts during the flower ceremony after she won the women's moguls final at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.

VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 13: Shannon Bahrke of United States celebrates celebrates after the women's freestyle skiing moguls final on day 2 of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Cypress Mountain Resort on February 13, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. Shannon Bahrke won the bronze medal.

South Koreans Si-bak Sung and Ho-suk Lee fall during the men's 1,500m short-track final at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics on February 13, 2010

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Apolo Anton Ohno (L) of the U.S. celebrates his silver medal with compatriot bronze medal winner J.R. Celski after the men's 1500 meters short track speed skating final at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.

Gold medallist Jung-Su Lee of South Korea, center, silver medallist Apolo Anton Ohno of the U.S., left, and bronze medallist J.R. Celski of the U.S., right, pose on the podium during the flower ceremony, after the men's 1500m finals short track skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010.

Fans celebrate along with the players after Jayna Hefford (16) scored a goal against Slovakia in the third period of a preliminary round women's ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010. Hefford had three goals as Canada won 18-0. Celebrating with Hefford are Meghan Agosta (2), Caroline Ouellette (13) and Tessa Bonhomme (25). At right is Michaela Matejova (15) of Slovakia.

Sunday, Feb. 14 NBC 1-6 p.m. — Women's Speed Skating-3000 Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Nordic Combined-Individual Gold Medal Final: K-90 Jumping (LIVE) and 10km Cross Country (LIVE); Men's Luge-Singles Competition (LIVE); Men's Biathlon-10km Sprint Gold Medal Final (LIVE).

7-11 p.m. — Figure Skating-Pairs Short Program (LIVE); Men's Freestyle Skiing-Moguls Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Moguls Competition; Men's Luge-Singles, Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Women's Alpine Skiing-Super Combined Gold Medal Final.

11:35 p.m.-12:05 a.m. — Figure Skating-Pairs Post Game; Medals Plaza-Award Ceremonies.

12:05-4:05 a.m. — Primetime Replay.

USA 3-5:30 p.m. — Women's Ice Hockey-USA vs. China (LIVE).

CNBC 7:30-10 p.m. — Women's Ice Hockey-Finland vs. Russia (LIVE).

MSNBC 3-5:30 a.m. — Women's Ice Hockey-USA vs. China (replay).


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010olympics; chat; sports; teamusa; vancouver
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To: Pan_Yan

That was an interesting costume choice....lol!


61 posted on 02/14/2010 7:53:15 PM PST by VirginiaMom
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To: Pan_Yan
Bing, bing, bing. We have a winner. It's funny how during the late night\early morning we get to see most of an event but at night we just get Bob Iam Bloviating Bastich Costas.

And I hate figure skating because the judging is so corrupt.

62 posted on 02/14/2010 7:55:17 PM PST by Drill Thrawl (Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
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To: VirginiaMom

I guess I’m not sophisticated enough to understand the judging. As the performances got worse the scores got higher.


63 posted on 02/14/2010 7:56:03 PM PST by Pan_Yan (Is the sarcasm tag really necessary?)
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To: united1000

And the Australian who wouldn’t give them an interview.
We got the Bronze, do you know the guy’s name? It was Bryon. He deserved the coverage.

They are gushing over the Chinese skaters too. I don’t even know the American’s names.

Holy crap!!! The Mogul’s awards are on!!!! What do you know!!!


64 posted on 02/14/2010 7:59:59 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: netmilsmom

Anyway these two could have shut up for this?


65 posted on 02/14/2010 8:01:16 PM PST by John W
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Hey, they’re doing a medal ceremony!!

Are they really scheduling the medal ceremonies for the next day after they win the medals, or is this NBC’s schedule?


66 posted on 02/14/2010 8:01:27 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT ( Self-appointed Thread Monitor)
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To: Pan_Yan

It wasn’t a very good wipeout. I like when they flip over the wall.


67 posted on 02/14/2010 8:02:13 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT ( Self-appointed Thread Monitor)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

Enough of Canada already! Geez.


68 posted on 02/14/2010 8:04:08 PM PST by VirginiaMom
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To: CharlesWayneCT

I haven’t found these awards anywhere.
I think they must be awarding all at one time.

My girls are happy because they get to stay up until Apolo gets his medal!!!!!


69 posted on 02/14/2010 8:04:30 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

>>How do we MISS a run on the moguls when the entire thing is TAPED?<<

Great question!


70 posted on 02/14/2010 8:06:44 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: CharlesWayneCT

A good rant against NBC’s coverage I found while looking for an online site to watch the Olympics.

“Today the Nordic Combined Ski Jumping started out live on NBC, but then when NBC went to commercials, they came back at the same point they left off. So they progressively became more and more tape delayed. This is the equivalent of watching a golf game with Tiger Woods playing. The station starts out live but then covers it as though every stoke of Tiger is live. Stupidest thing ever! So by the time Tiger Woods is at the 16th hole on the tape delayed NBC coverage, the tournament is already over and Tiger Woods won. Absolutely ridiculous! All they have to do is say “this is what happened moments ago during the commercial break” and then go back to live coverage.

Then last night, the short track semi-final race with American short track skater J.R. Celski happened while NBC was greedily extending their commercial break. The second semi-final 1500M short track race had no Americans, so NBC went to commercials, by the time the long commercial break was over, the third semi-final 1500M short track race had already taken place.

Don’t get me started on the NBC’s luge coverage last night. NBC was airing the 1st round of luge on tape delayed, while the 2nd round of luge was going on in Vancouver! So NBC could have showed the 2nd round of luge live, but why show a live event when you can show tape delayed, right? NBC = absolutely maddening.

To anyone reading this who thinks: “who cares if the events are taped delayed 10 minutes”, I respond, they let’s tape delay the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl, you can find out who wins online 10 minutes before you see it on TV. The Super Bowl comes once every year, the Winter Olympics comes every four years and rarely do they come to an American time zone (Pacific Time Zone).

The two sporting events I love don’t revolve around the American obsession of throwing as many mind-numbing commercials in as possible: The World Cup and The Winter Olympics. For both of these, I enjoy watching the entire world play LIVE, I don’t watch to cheer for Americans only. I am stunned ESPN does not break in for commercials during the World Cup games for the sake of good ol’ American greed. They show the entire 45 minutes halves commercial free!! They have advertising in the corner of the screen, something NBC should do for live coverage. (Hint, hint, NBC)

NBC, giving ulcers and heart attacks to die-hard Winter Olympic fans, wants to kill off the people who watch their coverage. I know one of my favorite events is on right now live, the biathlon, but I too pissed to watch it.

NBC should give advice to CBS for March Madness coverage: have all games on tape delay!!! Show most games 2-8 hours after they happen!! That will make all March Madness fans happy! Right? If it is good enough for the Olympics, it is good enough for March Madness. (BTW, I love March Madness, it’s my favorite yearly sporting event, so CBS better not do anything like that. Like the Olympics, I enjoy watching ALL teams play, not just my team.)”

RobertVC — 12:02 PM on February 14, 2010

http://newteevee.com/2010/02/12/where-to-watch-the-2010-winter-olympics-online/

I think he pretty much covered it......lol


71 posted on 02/14/2010 8:07:54 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (If the constitutional eligibility of the president is not a "winning issue," then our nation is lost)
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To: Electric Graffiti

I agree with Robert but he needs to stay off the internet during the coverage. I can guarantee these long commercial breaks are not going to change.


72 posted on 02/14/2010 8:29:24 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Are you kidding me. Costas and Collinsworth are SO in love with themselves that not only did they talk over the medal ceremony for the women's mogul but they had a big shot of Collinsworth so you couldn't even see what was happening.

I guess the thinking is that since they are losing money don't even have to try.

So far, Worst. Olympic. Coverage. Eva!

73 posted on 02/14/2010 8:37:44 PM PST by Drill Thrawl (Another day, another injury, another step closer. Are you prepared?)
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To: Drill Thrawl

Yes, that ceremony was handled very poorly by NBC.


74 posted on 02/14/2010 8:38:56 PM PST by John W
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To: John W

Sure was but I still cried.


75 posted on 02/14/2010 8:41:07 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: netmilsmom

Once they shut up it was great. I was surprised they finally did.


76 posted on 02/14/2010 8:43:15 PM PST by John W
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To: John W

OMG, they never even showed Ohno GET the medal.

I am so ticked. I hope they have it on the internet.

I could throw something.


77 posted on 02/14/2010 8:49:51 PM PST by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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To: My Favorite Headache

78 posted on 02/14/2010 11:10:40 PM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: Pan_Yan

I ended up going online and found out the pair in electric blue is from Ukraine and they placed 9th last night. Even though they had mistakes and such in their program, I enjoyed the different costumes and their choice of music. I found them different and that was good.


79 posted on 02/15/2010 10:18:08 AM PST by VirginiaMom
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To: Pan_Yan

Thanks Pan_Yan!


80 posted on 02/15/2010 10:34:04 AM PST by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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