I’m back from my justified suspension (apologies, readers) and I find that, despite my snafu on reporting the women’s short program, I want nothing more than to write on tonight’s Olympic events… but there are none. Alas, the Games are over. And there is a hole in my heart.
The only thing I can do is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Olympics'
Olympic Withdrawals
March 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Ground Possum
Olympics Wrap up: F U NBC
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
Fuck NBC’s over narrativized athletes. Vonn was cool, but had that boring tiff with what’s her face. White was cool, but all his teammates hate his selfish “EXTREME” ass (almost as much as they hate their own “EXTREME” asses). Lysacek was fine, but those snakes scared me and he didn’t do a quad. Rochette [...]
Tags:Marit Bjoergen·NBC·Olympics
The worst thing ever caught by the camera eye
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Doc Hollywood
This shit is awful on so many levels.
Tags:ice dancing·Olympics
Olympic-sized musing
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Ground Possum
1) Q: What is the rockingest jump in figure skating?
A: The triple Axl Rose.
2) Q: Why has Eminem been spotted at the Vancouver Games?
A: He is recording a remix of “Luge Yourself.”
3) Q: Why do some athletes carry a passport as they compete in the Games?
A: [...]
Tags:Olympics
Ceci n`est pas une pipe
February 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Rawley
We here at TDGP have expressed our simultaneous love for Phelps’ Olympic heroics and our dismay over his likely douchebag status. Does smoking pot cement his bro status? Maybe. What I can say is that Phelpsy needs to wise up and realize that being a megastar brings in the big money but also the big [...]
Tags:Michael Phelps·Namor is a cool if vague super hero·Olympics·Rene Magritte is more than just a Paul Simon song lyric
Tweaking the Olympics, Intermission
August 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Seamus McGee
Race walking. When I see one man pass another at 5 miles per hour, I see the face of God. Please, IOC, if you have any mercy, put this sport to sleep.
Tags:Olympics
Tweaking the Olympics, Part 2
August 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment · Seamus McGee
More events:
5. Fix the gymnastics scoring. Judging in sports is inherently problematic. We all understand this—part of the fun of watching sports is complaining about officiating. But when two athletes tie on an apparatus, let it remain a tie. Don’t have a tiebreaker based on dropping the lowest remaining score [...]
Tags:Olympics
In-Sain Bolt
August 20th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ground Possum
Days after basically cabbage-patching his way down the last 20 meters of the men’s Olympic 100-meter final, one he ran in a world record time of 9.69 seconds, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has just set another world record by winning the men’s 200-meter final in 19.30 secs. He beat Michael Johnson’s mark by .02 [...]
Tags:Olympics·Usain Bolt
