2012 Olympics (No spoilers, NBC Prime time version)

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Ironman92
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Jun 17, 2012 8:37pm
You like?

Favorite events?

I like the basketball and a lot of the track and field.

I'll watch a decent bit but mostly the main stuff.

Usain Bolt is the athlete I want to watch the most.
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like_that
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Jun 17, 2012 8:52pm
Big fan of the olympics. Wrestling is my favorite.
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Jun 17, 2012 8:53pm
I'll watch the swimming (with Americans), track events (100, 400, 200 and 4x1 will probably be the only ones) and the basketball.

Of course, I'll tune in whenever there is a hot chick on my TV, but that is not sport specific.
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Jun 17, 2012 8:55pm
Track & Field, Women's Gymnastics, Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, Boxing.
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Jun 17, 2012 9:04pm
Speed-Waliking
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Jun 17, 2012 9:06pm
DeadliestWarrior34;1202586 wrote:Speed-Waliking

Lulz....tight ass burning shins
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Jun 17, 2012 9:12pm
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Con_Alma
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Jun 17, 2012 9:15pm
Track & Field & Wrestling.
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sleeper
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Jun 17, 2012 9:18pm
Swimming and basketball.
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sportchampps
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Jun 17, 2012 9:44pm
Ill watch pretty much any thing they have on. I always enjoy the Olympics my favorite sport is probably basketball or vollyball
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Jun 17, 2012 10:09pm
like_that;1202544 wrote:Wrestling is my favorite.
This.
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Jun 17, 2012 10:14pm
Track and Field-Sprints up to the 4x400 and the throwing events
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friendfromlowry
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Jun 17, 2012 11:50pm
sportchampps;1202685 wrote:Ill watch pretty much any thing they have on. I always enjoy the Olympics my favorite sport is probably basketball or vollyball
Yep. I like the sports that you never, ever see except for the Olympics, particularly handball and water polo.
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Jun 18, 2012 1:00am
I'll root for USA, but I don't think there is anything specific I want to watch. I like track and field but not enough to go out of my way to watch it. If I turn on the tv and it's on, I'll watch, but if it's on in the middle of the night I probably won't.
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Jun 18, 2012 1:16am
Summer Olympics are there just to remind us how much better the Winter Olympics are.
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Jun 18, 2012 6:30am
friendfromlowry;1203033 wrote:Yep. I like the sports that you never, ever see except for the Olympics, particularly handball and water polo.

I enjoy watching water polo.
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Jun 18, 2012 7:41am
Con_Alma;1202606 wrote:Track & Field & Wrestling.
:thumbup:
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Jun 18, 2012 7:42am
It seems only the more popular events are televised.
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Jun 18, 2012 8:02am
THE4RINGZ;1203106 wrote:It seems only the more popular events are televised.

It's dumb, I hate watching NBC suck Phelps' and Bolt's penis. I just want to watch the Olympics.

/ccrunner
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Jun 18, 2012 8:06am
I like everything except for gymnastics, which is 40% of the broadcast. Other than that I will watch anything where USA Americans are kicking ass. I agree with Sheckler; Winter Olympics>Summer Olympics
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Jun 18, 2012 8:17am
I highly disagree regarding the winter Olympics. Other than hockey and speed skating I find the winter Olympics to be boring as hell.
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Jun 18, 2012 8:20am
like_that;1203119 wrote:I highly disagree regarding the winter Olympics. Other than hockey and speed skating I find the winter Olympics to be boring as hell.
Figure Skating ruins it like gymnastics does for the summer. But Luge, Bobsled, Skeleton, Downhill, GS are all solid events. Olympic hockey the best Olympic competition IMO.
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Jun 18, 2012 8:33am
xKoToVxSyNdRoMe;1202772 wrote:Track and Field-Sprints up to the 4x400 and the throwing events

This. Distance running is gay.
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Jun 18, 2012 9:10am
OneBuckeye;1203122 wrote:Figure Skating ruins it like gymnastics does for the summer. But Luge, Bobsled, Skeleton, Downhill, GS are all solid events. Olympic hockey the best Olympic competition IMO.
That's why I don't like the Winter Olympics. Most of the sports consist of time trials. It's just not that exciting to me. I feel like they invent sports too, just to get more events. For isntance, luge and skeleton. Pretty much the same damn thing except one you are face up, the other you are face down lol. You have your various skiing events, which all pretty much come down to the same thing, make it down in the best time. Not to mention 2 man bobsled and a 4 man bobsled. The dumbest fucking sport is the marathon skiing. They have the marathon skiing, then they also have the marathon skiing where you stop at checkpoints to shoot targets with a rifle lol.

ernest_t_bass;1203127 wrote:This. Distance running is gay.
Agreed. As Kenny Powers said, "I play real sports, not try to be the best at excercising."
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Jun 18, 2012 9:59am
like_that;1203113 wrote:It's dumb, I hate watching NBC suck Phelps' and Bolt's penis. I just want to watch the Olympics.

/ccrunner

Pretty good. Lol