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Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Apr 12, 2024.

  1. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    When it got DEI woke ... duh!
     
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  2. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Men's hoops team f'ing around again today.
     
  3. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    LeBron put on a show there at the end. He’s in his Ric Flair Space Mountain phase.
     
  4. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    LeBron can still do it in short spurts. That USA-Germany game was actually a banger.
     
  5. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    We are playing terrible team defense and not exploiting our athletic superiority
     
  6. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    2020, IIRC.

    At least in the past, the US flag bearer was chosen by a vote of captains of all of the respective teams. And we're talking about a guy who's going into his fourth Olympics and has won three medals. Works for me.
     
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  7. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The athletes of the sports that only get any attention at the Olympics probably appreciate one of the world's biggest sports stars devoting four of his very short offseasons to the Games. He's committed, as they are. Four Olympics are more than a lifetime in almost every sport.
     
  8. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I don't agree with this in any way, shape, or form.
     
  9. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Please please please hire the FIBA refs to ref the NBA.

    The two last games have been fantastic. Zero complaining, acting*. Hell, they called a travel on Tatum today, I rewound it four times and couldn't find the travel. I love it!

    * I haven't seen Luka yet.
     
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  10. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    * They didn't make it. Knocked out in the semis of the qualifying tournament by Giannis and Greece.
     
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  11. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Team USA is stacked talent wise but you can see the sloppiness, the I’m trying but it’s not the Finals trying. Whereas the other teams are giving it EVERYTHING THEY GOT. There will never be the same level of effort. Which makes me appreciate the World Cup “footballers” even more; they give it their all even though they get zero.
     
  12. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    If it is Zidane, tell him not to headbutt the torch until the flame is extinguished.
     
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