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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Day 9

Hooray Beer! Just as we have a Tongan competing in Cross Country (he didn’t finish last, he finished third from last which means there are at least 2 skiers from traditional Winter Olympic countries that are worse than he is) we have, periodically, sightings of the Jamaican Bobsled Team. This year’s edition is 2 Women, …

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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Day 8

Ok, so I’m kind of cranky because I spent all day hassling my ISP (yeah, day two of that) because my Modem/Wireless Router suddenly lost all my networking information like its name and all the passwords and it’s kind of a big deal since I have about 10 or 15 devices that log in at …

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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Day 7

The Bachelor Winter Games Anthem Ok, that is exactly as bad as Coleman Bentley of Golf Digest says it is (The only thing worse than The Bachelor Winter Games’ anthem is…nothing, nothing is worse). I have been to Vermont. If you want to fly out, commercial, you have no choice but Burlington International Airport (they …

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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Day 5

Let me explain what I mean by chromosome damaged. You see, us guys have an X and a Y, gals have two Xs. Now that Y, that’s just an X with the bottom leg broken off. Gals are tougher and smarter than we are. I don’t say this to impress the ladies, at 120+ I’d …

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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Day 4

So, Football on steroids. I’ve spent a fair amount of time watching Hockey, many, many Rangers games when they were very, very bad. I even know what the Blue Lines are for, no I won’t bore you at this point- maybe later. I’ll tell you instead what the problem with Pro Hockey is- too many …

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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Day 3

Ok, I decided to skip a day in the numbering because the upcoming events looks a day forward to tomorrow. Becca and Matt Hamilton were drawing dead today. Last night’s loss to China didn’t quite make a trip to the semi-finals impossible, but the first victory by anyone else today sure did. As I write …

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The XXIII Winter Olympics: Opening Ceremony

So you want to see it from the beginning? Too bad, Mixed Doubles Curling (what a great sport!) has been going on for 2 days now and Team USA (the highly likeable and very talented Brother/Sister Pair of Becca and Matt Hamilton) are already behind 1 – 3 in the Round Robin having crushed the …

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A Junkyard Cesspool Games Update

Ratings suck and while it could be the venue (and probably is to a certain extent, Rio is a paradigm of the corruption of the International Olympic Committee) it’s more probable that it’s the terrible and unwatchable coverage being offered by NBC. NBC knows who to blame for poor Olympics ratings — millennials and their …

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#TEAMUSA

The Olympics start in Rio on Friday, but we aren’t supposed to tell you that on this web site or on Twitter of Facebook. We aren’t suppose to congratulate the athletes either. Why, you ask is that? Well, according to International Olympic Committee and the US Olympic Committee it’s to protect the athletes and prevent …

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XXII Day 15

    Time     Network Event
6 pm Vs. Hockey, men’s bronze medal game: USA vs. Finland.
8 pm NBC Alpine skiing: men’s slalom gold medal final; bobsled: four-man competition; figure skating: gala; snowboarding: men’s parallel slalom gold medal final; speed skating: men’s and women’s team pursuit gold medal finals.
midnight NBC Figure skating: gala.
1 am NBC Alpine skiing: men’s slalom gold medal final; bobsled: four-man competition; figure skating: gala; snowboarding: men’s parallel slalom gold medal final; speed skating: men’s and women’s team pursuit gold medal finals. (repeat)
4 am Vs. Bobsled: four-man gold medal final runs.
6:30 am NBC Hockey: men’s gold medal final pregame.
7 am NBC Hockey, men’s gold medal final: Sweden vs. Canada.
2 pm NBC Cross-country skiing: men’s 50km freestyle gold medal final; bobsled: four-man gold medal final runs.
5 pm Vs. Hockey, men’s gold medal final: Sweden vs. Canada. (repeat)

Today’s medal results are below the fold ~TMC~

XXII Day 14

    Time     Network Event
5 pm CNBC Curling, women’s gold medal final: Canada vs. Sweden.
5 pm Vs. Women’s hockey, gold medal final: Canada vs. USA.
8 pm NBC Figure skating: ladies’ gold medal final; freestyle skiing: women’s halfpipe gold medal final, men’s ski cross gold medal final.
1 am NBC Nordic Combined: men’s team K-125 large hill gold medal final.
2 am NBC Figure skating: ladies’ gold medal final; freestyle skiing: women’s halfpipe gold medal final, men’s ski cross gold medal final. (repeat)
3 am Vs. Curling, men’s bronze medal game: Sweden vs. China; freestyle skiing: women’s ski cross.
6:30 am Vs. Hockey, men’s first semifinal: Sweden vs. Finland.
9:30 am Vs. Biathlon: women’s 4x6km relay gold medal final; freestyle skiing: women’s ski cross gold medal final.
11:30 am Vs. Hockey, men’s second semifinal: USA vs. Canada; speed skating, women’s team pursuit quarterfinals.
3 pm NBC Freestyle skiing: women’s ski cross gold medal final; biathlon: women’s 4x6km relay gold medal final.
3 pm Vs. Hockey.
5 pm CNBC Curling, men’s gold medal final: Great Britain vs. Canada.
5 pm Vs. Hockey: Game of the Day.

Medal Results for Wednesday and Thursday are below the fold. ~TMC~

XXII Day 12

Last chance for the pants.  Hockey Heating up

    Time     Network Event
5 pm CNBC Curling, men’s tie breaker: Norway vs. Great Britain.
5 pm Vs. Hockey, men’s elimination round: Czech Republic vs. Slovakia.
8 pm NBC Alpine skiing: women’s giant slalom gold medal final; freestyle skiing: men’s halfpipe gold medal final; snowboarding: men’s snowboard cross final; bobsled: women’s competition; short track: women’s 3000m relay gold medal final.
1 am NBC Biathlon: men’s 15km mass start gold medal final; short track: women’s 1000m competition.
2 am NBC Alpine skiing: women’s giant slalom gold medal final; freestyle skiing: men’s halfpipe gold medal final; snowboarding: men’s snowboard cross final; bobsled: women’s competition; short track: women’s 3000m relay gold medal final. (repeat)
3 am Vs. Hockey, men’s first quarterfinal: Sweden vs. Slovenia.
3 am USA Curling: women’s semifinal.
5:30 am Vs. Snowboarding: men’s and women’s parallel giant slalom gold medal final; cross-country skiing: women’s team sprint gold medal final.
7:30 am Vs. Hockey, men’s second quarterfinal: Finland vs. Russia.
9 am MSNBC Curling: women’s semifinal.
10 am Vs. Figure skating: ladies’ short program, part 1.
11:45 am Vs. Figure skating: ladies’ short program, part 2.
noon MSNBC Hockey, men’s third quarterfinal: Canada vs. Team TBA.
noon USA Hockey, men’s fourth quarterfinal: USA vs. Team TBA.
2:30 pm MSNBC Curling: men’s semifinal.
3 pm NBC Speed skating: women’s 5000m gold medal final; cross-country skiing: men’s and women’s team sprint gold medal finals.
3 pm Vs. Hockey.
5 pm CNBC Curling: men’s semifinal.
5 pm Vs. Hockey: Game of the Day.

Tuesday medal results are below the fold. ~TMC~

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