dammit, what a sweet tip
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
poulin is such a baller
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:09 (six years ago) link
really exciting game
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link
is Kessel the sister of Phil?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:26 (six years ago) link
yes! i think she scored a ton in college
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:27 (six years ago) link
dope siblings.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:28 (six years ago) link
i didn't know america had identical twins on the women's team, great they can have their own sedins
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:29 (six years ago) link
the joys of the larger ice i swear to god.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:34 (six years ago) link
when will the nhl wake up to the fact that the larger ice is a superior product.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:35 (six years ago) link
US had a hell of a 3rd
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 06:31 (six years ago) link
Huge pressure from US, but they just can't seem to score.
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 06:59 (six years ago) link
oh my god
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:10 (six years ago) link
why are these games always so completely fucking insane
Ugggghhbb, 5 more
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:11 (six years ago) link
Woooooooo!!!
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:12 (six years ago) link
usa!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
totally deserved, outplayed canada the whole 3rd and OT
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
some nifty moves in the shootout; can't believe that canadian's forsberg goal
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:17 (six years ago) link
that was craazy
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:20 (six years ago) link
lamoreaux's ankle breaker was too
CBC is soothing us with a montage of gold medals past
damn, what a game! i have an adrenaline rush from watching that.
― davey, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:27 (six years ago) link
What a gameI cried myself to sleep and just woke up and see the medal ceremonyCome on boys it’s on you now
― bald butte (∞), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:38 (six years ago) link
They should penalise athletes who flaunt the logos on their skis / boards / helmets. We can see them, you don't need to wave them in our faces.
― koogs, Thursday, 22 February 2018 10:39 (six years ago) link
All that and the US men's curling team makes the gold medal round...over Canada.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Also, I did like this
Gold medal comes with a promotion 👀 pic.twitter.com/3RaifjMVqe— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 22, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
okay i know the (men's hockey) rosters are weird without nhlers but how did germany beat sweden *and* canada
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 February 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
olympic hockey is just training for us
― bald butte (∞), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
this was a couple days ago but this is easily a US top ten all time sports call
UNBELIEVABLE!@kikkanimal & @jessdiggs earn the first ever cross-country #gold medal for @TeamUSA, with a pass that will go down in American Olympic history! #WinterOlympics #BestOfUS https://t.co/4YMw63E4C3 pic.twitter.com/bfHoGnPCWw— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 22, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
Call by Chad Salmela btw
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
They should penalise athletes who flaunt the logos on their skis / boards / helmets. We can see them, you don't need to wave them in our faces.― koogs, Thursday, 22 February 2018 9:39 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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It’s interesting because equipment logos ar banned at the summer games but not at the winter games. I guess there’s less money in winter sport so harder to have a whole other set of equipment. The athletes are just doing what they do at every other race but it does seem unolympian.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
I bought four Burton snowboards only this morning!
― imago, Friday, 23 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
I have found it interesting that moguls skiiers almost all have the same brand of boots as mine but almost none of the other skiers in other disciplines seem to use them. No need for logos though, they are a really distinctive shape.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:30 (six years ago) link
Logo sizes changed in 2016:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/15/news/companies/olympics-brands-rio-usa/index.html
But some of those boards were 4ft of pure nitro advert
And didn't they get around this in 2012 by having iirc distinctly coloured running shoes, like dayglo pink and yellow? (Same way tobacco companies did with f1 I guess, black and gold for jps etc)
― koogs, Friday, 23 February 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
Yes, IIRC all the specialized bikes in the London games were a really distinctive orange.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
ledecka 'enjoys watching British TV – particularly Red Dwarf. “She has seen it 4,000 times,” says Banks, laughing. “She is aways speaking about it during dinner. And she also likes Blackadder and, of course, Top Gear.'
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 24 February 2018 00:37 (six years ago) link
sick as a parrot eh
still, means another medal for gb, and in a proper sport this time
― imago, Saturday, 24 February 2018 02:27 (six years ago) link
(atkins' bronze also proper. but now it's time for sleep as they're showing bobsleigh again. h8 the bob/luge events so much)
― imago, Saturday, 24 February 2018 02:44 (six years ago) link
And hurrah for curling.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 24 February 2018 15:17 (six years ago) link
Fuck that, Scotland lost out to Japan :(
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Saturday, 24 February 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
Didn't hold out much hope for billy given that he qualified 11th and then fell over on his first jump. Shows what I know...
That one bloke had a board that was solid black on both sides, which looked cool. He finished in bottom 3.
Parallel snowboard slalom got ffwded through.
Kids, don't be greedy. That's what I took away from the curling.
― koogs, Saturday, 24 February 2018 18:30 (six years ago) link
my german coworker enthused about the hockey gold game was on point, this is kind of intense
― mh, Sunday, 25 February 2018 04:45 (six years ago) link
Travel advisory: Germans in Canada should exercise a high degree of empathy. Be nice, don’t gloat, give hugs, buy rounds of hot chocolate.Just imagine how you would feel if Canada beat us in soccer 😱🇩🇪 ❤️ 🇨🇦#CANGER @TeamD @CanadaFP @GermanyInCanada @KanadaBotschaft pic.twitter.com/0HlHoxMA7E— GermanForeignOffice (@GermanyDiplo) February 23, 2018
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 February 2018 06:51 (six years ago) link
Final tally after an exciting women's 30km
https://i.imgur.com/479zUF3.png
― abcfsk, Sunday, 25 February 2018 09:30 (six years ago) link
Was striking how many times I turned on the BBC evening coverage to find a table full of female experts talking about sport. This afternoon, after the closing ceremony, there was the female presenter and 4 others, all Olympians. (Actually not that surprising because we did better in the female sports)
(Woodsy and a couple more blokes had been on earlier)
― koogs, Sunday, 25 February 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
ok that black & white sequence at the closing ceremonies was epic, and I loved Tara's response to it, too.
Only thing that could've made it better is if they'd been able to get the rights to Prisencolinensinainciusol, which was clearly the original intent.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 02:23 (six years ago) link
The only conceivable downside to the erosion of homophobia is people feeling the need to tolerate Johnny Weir.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 February 2018 02:38 (six years ago) link
you're such a grump!
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 02:40 (six years ago) link
flamboyant twinks at the Olympics are about as edgy as Bob Hope in 1990
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 February 2018 04:03 (six years ago) link
edginess, it's what we need in our olympics
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 04:50 (six years ago) link