Five-ring circus: The Thread of the XXXIII Olympiad

[UPChip]

Actually Calgary 1988.

Hmmm. Didn't know that. Good idea, particularly for the Winter Games, where it's often hard to get to a ski hill far away.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

He's such a colossal doofus. As usual. The most-memorable-shot bit is absurd and just typical ESPN recency-bias garbage. And the "what if they lost!" is strawman crap too. Though I wonder if the US had lost, if ESPN's criticism would be somehow just a titch below other outlets because it's so in bed with the NBA and the players. They could rationalize it all day with how it's a world game now, France's home-court advantage, blah blah.

tldr: I'm ready for football season

ESPN and hyperbole?

In related news, dog bites man.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Stanford was responsible for damn near a third of the medals. Very impressive for that ACC school.

Jim Plunkett ... Legend of the ACC.
John Elway ... Legend of the ACC.
(Can't wait for the ACC to continue this crap ... )

 

[DanOregon]

I think I'll take the NBC Olympics montage with Remember the Titans over One Shining Moment. The music is better, and my goodness, the shots NBC came up with. Great editing. Particularly their use of the voice cut-ins.
Do they even do those Olympics movies that Bud Greenspan used to do?

 

[UPChip]

Random thing I looked up because reasons:

Keely Hodgkinson is from greater Manchester and she's a Red.

Keely Hodgkinson's Old Trafford dream

Also, with a face like that, I suspect the tabloids will make her life a living heck for a while if they weren't doing so already.

 

[Batman]

Jim Plunkett ... Legend of the ACC.
John Elway ... Legend of the ACC.
(Can't wait for the ACC to continue this crap ... )

I'm looking forward to them replaying The Play as an "ACC Classic" on the ACC Network.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Pretty sure I've seen Pitt's 1981 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia as a "Classic" on ACC Network.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The Jordan Chiles medal saga is a perfect encapsulation of the Olympics.

BREAKING–Did Romania's Lawyer Strip Jordan Chiles of her Bronze Medal? - International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Inc

 

[Smallpotatoes]

How does defending the Algerian boxer make me someone who is ok with men beating up women?
Explain it to me like I'm 5.

Someone posted this is response to my question about why her competing in the 2020 Olympics wasn't an issue.

[HE was allowed to compete in the Olympics the 2020 Olympics because no one tested. His gender was discussed in 2018 & 2019 by the AIBA.
HE was born with DSD and probably assigned the WRONG gender at birth.
Creepy that you're so interested in promoting violence against women. Says a lot about you.
I'm off to the gym, so don't bother replying
]

 

[LanceyHoward]

How does defending the Algerian boxer make me someone who is ok with men beating up women?
Explain it to me like I'm 5.

Someone posted this is response to my question about why her competing in the 2020 Olympics wasn't an issue.

[HE was allowed to compete in the Olympics the 2020 Olympics because no one tested. His gender was discussed in 2018 & 2019 by the AIBA.
HE was born with DSD and probably assigned the WRONG gender at birth.
Creepy that you're so interested in promoting violence against women. Says a lot about you.
I'm off to the gym, so don't bother replying
]

Your post demonstrates the problems our society has. These issues become "hot takes" and complicated subjects become oversimplified. God knows how many commentators pontificate that it is easy to determine the difference between a male and a female. And most of the time it is.

But historically, dating back to Eastern European female shot putters, the problem has been with people with DSD, not transsexuals. Diagnosing DSD and writing rules for people with that condition requires a heck of lot more expertise and intelligence than radio talk show hosts possess. But the idiocy continues.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

Your post demonstrates the problems our society has. These issues become "hot takes" and complicated subjects become oversimplified. God knows how many commentators pontificate that it is easy to determine the difference between a male and a female. And most of the time it is.

But historically, dating back to Eastern European female shot putters, the problem has been with people with DSD, not transsexuals. Diagnosing DSD and writing rules for people with that condition requires a heck of lot more expertise and intelligence than radio talk show hosts possess. But the idiocy continues.

Was I basically talking to an idiot there? Nobody is assigned the wrong gender at birth. It does not happen.

And please explain how my position on this means I condone men beating up women? I really resent that.

 

[LanceyHoward]

Was I basically talking to an idiot there? Nobody is assigned the wrong gender at birth. It does not happen.

And please explain how my position on this means I condone men beating up women? I really resent that.

My apologies that I did not make myself more clear. I was referring to the comments of the person you were quoting, who I believe is an idiot. I at no time meant to imply that you condoned men beating up women.