2020, uh, 21, uh, who knows Tokyo Olympics thread

10 weeks to go and officials are still saying it's a go even with only 2% of Japan's population vaccinated.

A thread rooted in reality:

 

This really could be the most f-d up Olys ever considering the athletes are a year past their "peak" when they qualified. But then again - maybe the world just needs a party at the end of this madness. I'm guessing all the athletes will be vaccinated and Tokyo will take a bath due to limited ticket sales etc. but whatevs....

 

You must not be familiar with the awesomeness that was the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis.

1904 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

The 1904 Olympic Marathon May Have Been the Strangest Ever | History | Smithsonian Magazine

8 Unusual Facts About the 1904 St. Louis Olympics

 

Thanks for sharing that!

Holy Crap. StL was screwing Chicago even before the Cubs drought began.

 

The 1904 Olympics are one of my favorite screwball sports stories. Anytime you start off awarding gold medals in Tug of War and Plunge For Distance and things only get more bizarre from there, you've got something.

 

So who would NBC have do the Tug of War? Al? Tirico? Collinsworth? Greg Gumbel? Ian Eagle?

 

Al Trautwig. the dude has covered everything.

 

Too bad Keith Jackson is no longer with us.

 

I would watch the shit out of Olympic tug of war.

I’d be most interested in who would be the color commentator. Who qualifies as a tug of war expert? Some Patches O’Hoolihan type character?

 

Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No! But I do it anyway because it’s sterile and I like the taste.

 

The thing about Doc on water polo was you realized that every water polo offense basically looks like a power play, and you realize. Oh, that's why they had him call this.