I watched on an off for most of the weekend, and didn't see any coverage of anything that wasn't totally PC and wussified.
Lots of "non-offensive and non-aggressive"sports where the guys wore speedos or spandex and such,
not that there's anything wrong with that.
They focused too much on the touchy-feely stories of the athletes but played down that whole success thing.
Wouldn't it be so much better if they did away with all those medals and just gave everyone a PARTICIPATION RIBBON?
NBC reluctantly showed a 1 minute clip mentioning Kim Rhode, but you could tell it was very painful for them to show that.
Just in case anyone (everyone) missed her few seconds of fame, here's a recap:
Quote:
Kim Rhode Shatters Olympic Record
From the New York Times:
Under a drizzly gray sky, Kim Rhode on Sunday became the first American athlete to win five medals in an individual event in five consecutive Olympic Games.
Rhode, center, earned a gold medal in women’s skeet on Sunday, setting an Olympic record and tying the world record. Wei Ning of China, left, finished the event in second place, and Danka Bartekova of Slovakia earned the bronze medal in a shootout.
She earned a gold medal in women’s skeet , setting an Olympic record and tying the world record by hitting 99 out of 100 targets. She also became the first woman to win three gold medals in Olympic shooting.
To win the gold, Rhode shot 99 out of 100 targets, tying the world record.
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If she had done something as specatacular in a PC wussy sport it would be front page news all over the world and 4 hours of continuous NBC coverage would be dedicated in her honor.
She'd be on the cover of the NYT, sports illustrated, newsweek, and win a nobel prize.
But Nooooooooo.
Checked you-tube, nope. NBC has all clips regarding Ms. Rhode blocked from embedding. Copywrite and all that
BTW how were the boxing matches over the weekend? Musta missed all of those.
Hard to imagine, I can remember a time when boxing was THE major olympic sport with the most coverage, but that was back when men watched sports instead of just women and sissies.
I missed the American basketball team's games too, guess it was too much of an embarrassment for NBC to have the US totally dominate. I'm sure they'll have to show a game or two eventually no matter how much they hate demonstrations of strength and success by the US.
Maybe they'll appologize to the world before the games and just get it over with.