that if Kane scored the goal to win USA the gold I wouldn’t be able to enjoy it.

The thing is – we in the UK get to see SO little ice hockey, that it’s almost dancing in the streets time when the Olympics come on. Mainly because hockey is suddenly mainstream – you get it on the BBC … which is huge. There’s interest all of a sudden. Work colleagues came up to me today because they’d watched a women’s ice hockey game and loved it. Personally, I’m suddenly fielding questions about the sport and giving them a heads up on who to look out for – which again for personal reasons is Hayley Wickenheiser. And not just because of the Blues connection – my Ducks fan friend who I stayed with in Anaheim actually played roller hockey for a time with Hayley.

As there is no Team GB (quelle surprise) in hockey – my allegiance is firmly with Team USA.

I enjoy watching both the Summer and Winter games because I find them all quite interesting. It’s not every day I get to see ski jumping, international hockey, and snowboarding competitions. I realize it puts a dent in the NHL schedule, but you can’t really expect them to do the Winter Olympics outside of the the hockey season.

Also, best winter olympic sport: Biathlon

that the games are on nhl size ice and not olympic size

when Conan O’Brien got the shaft from NBC. Fuck that network and the idiot fucks that run it, and I’m not watching their stupid Goddamned Olympiad either. At least not on my television anyway.

but everytime Scott Hamilton spoke, I thought it was Darren Pang.

I think it’s kinda cool to take two weeks every four years to check out sports most of us forget exist, and aside from figure skating and cross-country skiing, are all pretty cool.

My big problem is the way it’s broadcast. This is at least the 3rd Olympics that NBC has used some of its other networks, yet they still refuse to show most events live. Instead, they record all the cool stuff and medal rounds to show during primetime. While I get that most people work during the day and want to see that shit at home, why the fuck can’t NBC show stuff live on USA, MSNBC, or CNBC during the day and still do thier stupid replay show in the evening?

I’ve been pretty much irate for about a half hour now because I’m missing Snowboard Cross (one of the coolest events of the Olympics) while NBC shows Oprah, USA has a rerun of NCIS, MSNBC is showing women’s hockey, and CNBC is playing a biography of the Rockefellers. Meanwhile, TSN is showing this live in Canada, but thier webcast is blocked- thanks to NBC.

Fuck you, NBC.

…was when they were wearing a red, white and blue sweater with “USA” on the front.

Same goes for “Candy” Kane.

Its the name on the front of the sweater that matters, not the name on the back.

And no, I don’t watch the downhill skiing because I want to see a Spider Sabich…

B.

My husband calls himself an olympic widower. He knows he can plan whatever he wants as long as he doesn’t expect me to go and take the boys with you.

I’m a sportsaholic, and the olympics allow me to see many that aren’t normally seen.
I do hate that they save them for evening like MM said instead of showing them during the day.
During the summer olympics NBC had many live on Universe online. I loved watching the equestrian and wrestling online. Why aren’t they doing that again?

No, I don’t watch downhill to see crashes either. The race was awesome. .09 seconds the difference between first and third. But I did hate that I only was shown a few racers. That’s crap

I fucking hate it when people hate ice skating because it seems “feminine” or “wimpy”

Are people fucking kidding? wimpy?

Do people even realize how fucking strong and skilled you have to be to do ice skating? How many people do you know that can hold 100+(or however much iceskater girls weigh) pounds with one arm? How many people do you know that can hold 100+ pounds with one arm whilst spinning around? Now add ice skates and a nearly frictionless surface to the mix.

Honestly I cannot even fathom the strength and coordination that requires.

I don’t call it a sport, just a competition, but I am proud to say that ice skating is one of my favorite olympic events to watch. Next is snowboarding or anything that involves non lethal falls and collisions, because those are hilarious.

the pickle jar openning competition

and the one where you sew a quilt, shoot something, then tour europe… the artic combined vaction i think its called

But if any NHLer gets injured that isn’t a Blue in his day job, I’ll be pleased.
I’ll try to keep it to myself so my wife dinna remind of what a horrible human being I am.

The Olympic hockey tourney should be a u/23 affair with 3 overage players permitted.
Pro teams can decide if they wanna release their players to participate in it. They [rather, their fans] pay all the bills!

They can resuscitate the Canada Cup [NOT the World Cup Of Hockey] every 4th summer.

Just alot of it not for long if it’s one person at a time competing. Watching two or three lugers go down the hill is great. Then I have to fast forward to the next sport or at least the next american.

But give me a snowboard cross or small track speed skating and I’m in for the night.

Also I have tried to watch Woman’s hockey and can’t get into it yet. It’s too one sided I watched 10 minutes of a Canada game and the puck was in their offensive zone for over 9 minutes of it. That’s not competition it’s an embarassment. I’ll be there for every mens USA game and I’ll even try and watch Roman if they televise the games just to see how they do. I REFUSE to route for Kane I hope he takes a skate to the groin.