So the Olympics have really, officially, totally, absolutely, begun with the closing of the Opening Ceremonies this morning in the US. We won't be able to watch it until tonight on television but the Games have begun! I am not planning on taking on some crazy task, again, like doing a daily recap but I will comment when I have time. I plan on waiting on seeing things instead of cheating and finding out what happens before hand. It is WAY more exciting to see it happen then to read about it and see a still shot of the finish line or of a scoreboard. If anyone tries to contact me previous to an event airing with results I will never speak to you again. Now I know most of you will do what I am doing and wait but I know a few people who will cheat and look ahead...yea I'm talking to you Mills! I know you and your sneaky call the East Coast ways during reality show season to find out what happens before it airs on the West Coast!
Well I hope you all enjoy the Games as they truly begin for the Western World tonight and the first medals are awarded starting pretty much as the Opening Ceremonies air for us. As a little help to get you started here are my the "events to watch" this weekend (I will not write times because they may air differently on networks that have both High and Low Definition):
Saturday:
Cycling - Men's Road Race Final
Basketball - Women's USA v. Czech Republic
Shooting - Women's 10m Air Rifle (the first medal to be given out and China is the favorite...get used to that)
Swimming - Lots of prelims.
Sunday:
Basketball - Men's USA v. China (talk about pressure of the world for the first game!)
Gymnastics - Women's Qualification Stages
Swimming - Finals Galore! Men's and Women's 400 IM, Men's 400 Free, Women's 4X100 Free Relay (lots of potential USA medals and the first tests for Mr. Phelps)
Football - Men's USA v. Netherlands (huge test for USA, if they squeak out a draw it could mean a place in the Quarterfinals where anything can happen)
Don't forget to watch some of the other events as they broadcast on the 9 NBC channels (not including HD) that will be showing non stop sport for the next few weeks. How sad would it be if you couldn't tell your children you saw Lin Dan win a gold in badminton in front of his home crowd or France really take it to Angola in Women's Handball? I would say truly sad!
Enjoy!
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Ummmm, do you NOT read my comments to you!!!! I as well enjoy the live spectacle and hope to watch them as they air. I'm more pissed about there being no online coverage of Track. We're always the forgotten ones. Oh, wait, that's badminton.
Just kidding Mills. There should be online coverage. However knowing you have a Mac I'm pretty sure you can't see it because you need to download a Microsoft plug-in to watch. Try going to NBCOlympics.com and see if they have a Mac version you can download. As far as I understand you CAN watch it live online with the plug -in.
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