800 replies, 8 golds for Phelps

8/17/2008 3:08:53 AM

once again usa loses with bogus scoring (and dumb boxing)

8/17/2008 3:30:59 AM

why can't i watch Nadal win gold?

oh well. women's gymnastics it is I guess

8/17/2008 6:31:43 AM

Tennis is on USA

8/17/2008 8:48:50 AM

those equestrian guys are on roids

8/17/2008 12:47:38 PM

Quote :

" Computer scoring was introduced to the Olympics in 1992. Each of the five judges has a keypad with a red and a blue button. The judges must press a button for which ever corner they feel lands a scoring blow. Three out of the five judges must press the button for the same boxer within a one-second window in order for the point to score. A legal scoring blow is that which is landed with the white knuckle surface of the glove, within the scoring area (middle of the head, down the sides and between the hips through the belly button, and the boxer can't be committing a foul (slapping, ducking head, wrestling, holding, etc). As long as the punches land within the scoring area, they are legal and that includes body punches, as well as those to the face. When computer scoring is used, and one opponent is leading by 20 points at any time before the fourth round, the referee is notified and the bout is stopped on an RSCOS - meaning the referee stopped the contest as the opponent was outscored."

8/17/2008 12:49:53 PM

annnnnnd sportscenter just spoiled the floor exercise for tonight.. thanks ESPN.

8/17/2008 6:36:19 PM

Quote :

"I know we hate UNC. noone more than I, but I am happy for flanagan. An american medaling in the 10K is undheard of. "

anyone who would hate on Shalane Flanagan's race because she's from UNC is a jerk off. She's had an amazing year and now hold's the American record in all long-distance track events, a feat that certainly puts her up with the likes of Prefontaine. As a mediocre collegiate runner myself, with a 32:00 10k PR, i can't even imagine an American female runner going low 30:00s

I don't recall anyone dissing Michael Jordan, Marion Jones, Mia Hamm or Allen Johnson - all the best at their sport at one time or another (or of all time) - because they happened to go to Carolina.

8/17/2008 8:52:56 PM

so is there even a remote possibility we could catch china in golds? how many of next week's events are we favored in? 16 golds seems like quite a challenge to overtake

8/17/2008 9:35:20 PM

i can't imagine they'll win any/many golds in Track and Field. We'll certainly close the gap on them there, but don't know if we can overcome it completely

8/17/2008 9:50:55 PM

Damn, how did that Chinese vaulter score over 15 when she basically fell on her face? Judged sports ftl.

8/17/2008 10:03:10 PM

that 33 year old doesnt really look like a woman

8/17/2008 10:08:16 PM

they are hooking up the commie countries, poor sacramone, she sucks

8/17/2008 10:17:41 PM

Wow, North Korea wins gold...


...probably threaten her with 're-education'


OH, and apparently, in Soviet Russia, RED means GO

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 10:22 PM. Reason : ]

8/17/2008 10:20:25 PM

wait.... was that the girl who landed out of bounds, twice?

8/17/2008 10:21:52 PM

^mhmm, once with both feet

Total Bullshit

8/17/2008 10:22:35 PM

I'm just shocked that the Chinese girl that fell on her face beat Sacramone I mean WTF

8/17/2008 10:29:06 PM

Well, Bela summed it up well, at least.... "total ripoff"

8/17/2008 10:29:47 PM

I wish every sport had a bela waiting in the wings

8/17/2008 10:52:20 PM

Ya Bella pretty much says what everyones thinking, even if its a little bias at times The videos of him watching the gymnastics are pretty funny

8/17/2008 11:01:22 PM

they said that Shawn Johnson didn't get as high of a start score as she wanted. I had presumed that the start scores would be calculated based on a rigid formula of each skill/technique/tumble they did, but apparently not? The judges can just "leave a tumble out" and not include it int the start score?

8/17/2008 11:14:16 PM

ah, well - Chinese girl fell. Guess that means she's guaranteed a medal! (i'm a bit behind with the DVR....)

8/17/2008 11:15:08 PM

stumpy chipmunk pwnt

8/17/2008 11:22:28 PM

good god, that's a fast little Jamaican girl. a lot nicer and humbler, though, than any of the American's likely would have been

Womens 100m Jamaica 1, 2, 3; US 4, 5, 8..... sad

8/17/2008 11:36:43 PM

usain bolt should impregnate all of those jamaican women who just won and have super sprinter babies

8/17/2008 11:38:23 PM

hmm, watching the 2nd heat of the men's 1500m, and they were talking about the American Leo Manzano - the short guy who was out front for the 2nd lap. The announcer mentioned "his coach, Jason Vigilante". NC State had a runner in the mid-90's named Jason Vigilante, and he was the Cross Country/Track Graduate Assistant in 1997-1999..... I wonder if it's the same one


edit - yep, same guy
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234057/72004-vig-on-leo
dude bought me beer on my recruiting trip

[Edited on August 17, 2008 at 11:59 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2008 11:55:04 PM

Liu Xiang just pulled out of the 110m hurdles heats because of an injury!

8/17/2008 11:58:08 PM

Im sorry, continue..

8/18/2008 12:05:06 AM

chinese sprinter pulling out is anticlimactic. seeing a chinese guy who could run as fast as black guys was one of the biggest attractions coming in to the olympics

8/18/2008 12:17:25 AM

damn sucks for Liu Xiang and China.

I think the Chinese gymnasts usually go for harder routines. Probably why they still score higher.

8/18/2008 10:47:25 AM

the chinese guy that won the floor routine last night, IMO his routine was pretty weak...but I am no gymnast expert. It seemed a SIGNIFICANTLY weaker than the Brazilian who went right before him. The highly touted Brazilian had a great routine and fell on the last landing losing .8 points and had a 15.2 (ie a 16.0 if he lands it), but the chinese guy (whose routine seemed a lot more tame and much less impressive) scored a 16.2 with a few wobbles - does not compute.

Also, a spanish guy who nailed his routine (which also looked more impressive than the chinese, but slightly easier than the Brazilian's) still only got a 15.775

RIGGED

8/18/2008 10:56:01 AM

Go Jamaica

8/18/2008 11:17:25 AM

Gymnastics event that I believe is going to be aired tonight, so if you don't want to know how it ends up don't click the link. This is pretty insane.

http://tiny.cc/MMkUP

8/18/2008 5:21:33 PM

nbc was interviewing this fucking idiot on tv wearing a DUKE hat and a DUKE shirt

they were playing a olympic trivia game at one of the local malls around here...not sure which one

this dude had no idea "who the coach of the usa basketball olympic team" was

8/18/2008 7:55:32 PM

no idea why Liukin could score much more than Shawn, even when Shawn's difficulty was .4 higher than her.

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Reason : :p]

8/18/2008 7:56:34 PM

because Liukin actually looks graceful

8/18/2008 7:59:38 PM

What time is the Brazil Argentina soccer game?

8/18/2008 8:00:23 PM

if you saw her landing in AA, you won't say that.
the gap between her feet was as wide as Pacific..

P.S. at least one Russian girl was more pretty can graceful than her

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 8:03 PM. Reason : ]

8/18/2008 8:01:32 PM

g'dammit - is anyone else watching NBC on OTA HD right now?
it's skipping like hell for me right now, but I don't see any thunderstorms or anything

8/18/2008 8:11:52 PM

the hot swede hurdler took quite a nasty fall

8/18/2008 8:27:34 PM

butt

8/18/2008 8:28:08 PM

^haha...i was thinking the same thing

that is a nice ass

8/18/2008 8:31:21 PM

tha jamaican dude slowed down again

8/18/2008 8:33:22 PM

dude has cheat mode on

8/18/2008 9:13:52 PM

Trampoline is an Olympic spor-- HOLY FUCK THAT TRAMPOLINE IS AWESOME I WANT ONE

8/18/2008 9:47:40 PM

i used to do trampoline, but nothing like that shit

8/18/2008 9:57:19 PM

These track and field runners don't finish the race, its pretty strange



Holy FUCK Nastia has an annoying voice

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 10:56 PM. Reason : jesus]

8/18/2008 10:53:18 PM

The women in the 400M hurdles didn't finish strong because those were just semi-finals, so no need to overexert themselves if they're already in the top 4.
The men in the 400M hurdles were just dying at the end of the incredibly hard race, but I don't think any of them pulled up.

8/18/2008 11:03:31 PM

he ku shin was smiling cause she already did the tie breaker math in her head

8/18/2008 11:10:25 PM

This is complete bullshit if Nastia ends up with the silver.

FUck that chinese 12 year old and these paid off judges.

^LOL

[Edited on August 18, 2008 at 11:12 PM. Reason : haha]

8/18/2008 11:11:44 PM