The Daily Olympic Bulleted List
- Awwwww, Lisa Fernandez. *sniffle*
- Sunshine Sinatra keeps expressing his disbelief that the Olympics could be interesting to watch because "it's like watching college sports." And then he turns around and goes on about NASCAR. Right.
- The beach volleyball sand is not from Greece and not even from a beach.
- USA Softball is so good that the IOC wants to get rid of it?
- I wish Al Trautwig would shut the fuck up. But he's still better than John Tesh talkin' about "Doh-minique Dawes." Also, that high bar judging mess was a trip.
- Hitting a softball pitch is harder than you think.
- NBC totally skimped on the USA vs USA women's beach volleyball semifinal coverage. Bastards.
- There has not been a whole lot of coverage on Bravo that I enjoy (lots of equestrian). But there is Mary Carillo. Even though she looks like her teeth are constantly clenched. And she's funny! She can do so much more than tennis. I suspect she's got a big ol' scarlet L on underneath that blazer, if you know what I'm saying.
- I wish I could have watched the BBC's swimming coverage.
- Canoeing is retarded. It runs on the same course as rowing, and uses similar-looking boats. Only it's one person kneeling in the boat, facing forward, and rowing with one paddle. They have this funky lunging thing going on. How is this appreciably different from kayaking (not to be confused with whitewater kayaking)? How many different ways can you paddle a boat down a river? Skeen-yahs!
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Actually, as a kayaker myself, I can definitively state that there are big differences between canoeing, rowing, and kayaking. Yes, it's true that they're all just paddling down a river, but the sports themselves are absolutely different. I could explain more if you're really curious, but for now I will just mention that they are different.
(Oh, and flatwater vs. whitewater is like night vs. day!)
I believe you that they are quite different from a participant's standpoint. Not so much from a spectator's standpoint, though.
Rowing I like. Kayaking is cool, too. I don't think I knew that flatwater kayaking was its own event.
But canoeing? Enh....
damn i saw the usa vs. usa game. well some of it. i guess it was cnbc. didn't know u were into it.