2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics

[coldweatherfan]

The lack of coverage is staggering...why not air it live on NBCSN all day, why is NHL Hockey on NBC instead of the Olympics this afternoon?

 

Exactly.

 

And yesterday at 7:00PM they had indoor track & field on instead of the Olympics on NBCSN.

[Randy Parker]

Curling is by far the best

 

 

[Runcible Owl]

Curling is by far the best

 

 

 

:lol2:

 

My cat, "Parker, really ... "

 

[Bengal Maniac]

I am watching the biathletes get their medals, but no, they get a stuffed tiger. I think this would not make me happy. What they do in the Winter Olympics is give them their medals at a nightly ceremony for all winners that day.

 

I would like my medal at the venues as they do in the Summer Olympics.

 

Watching them hold stuffed tigers is quite amusing.

 

Of course, I am NEVER getting one, but if I did....

[kygirl]

Red Gerard brings home first US medal.

 

Slope Style gold.

 

Redmond Gerard winning Gold for Snowboard Men's Slopestyle at PyeongChang 2�18 Winter Olympic Games - YouTube

 

I love watching Snowboard events. Red did great! He's 17 what a career ahead of him, he started snowboarding when he was 2 years old born in Westlake, Ohio in 2000. It was a family move to Colorado, near Breckenridge, that catalyzed his development in the sport. By age 11, he had a sponsorship deal with Burton. The rest is now, officially, history.

 

Gerard has a BIG family — that is having a lot of fun in Pyeongchang

Red is the sixth of seven children. He has four brothers — Brendan, Creighton, Malachi, and Trevor — and two sisters — Asher and Tieghan. The Gerard squad came to Pyeongchang in full force.

Red Gerard wins first U.S. Gold at 2

[Jim Schue]

Did that dude really just say on national and world live TV he was so nervous he wanted a Xanax and a drink????

[B-Ball-fan]

Did that dude really just say on national and world live TV he was so nervous he wanted a Xanax and a drink????

 

Yep...:lol2: He also tossed in there something about needing to throw up. :puke:

[DragonFire]

Chris Mazdzer just brought home the first ever USA men's single luge ever. He won the silver.

 

I felt terrible for the German who had been dominant up to that point but made one tiny mistake to cost himself a medal. And after that, how close Mazdzer actually came to gold!

[Jim Schue]

Yep...:lol2: He also tossed in there something about needing to throw up. :puke:

 

Throwing up is totally acceptable. Donovan McNabb did it in the Super Bowl.

 

But even Johnny Manziel wouldn't even bring the other stuff up, or at least the popping Xanax part, even after beating 'Bama. It's not a good look.

[B-Ball-fan]

Throwing up is totally acceptable. Donovan McNabb did it in the Super Bowl.

 

But even Johnny Manziel wouldn't even bring the other stuff up, or at least the popping Xanax part, even after beating 'Bama. It's not a good look.

 

Somewhat embarrassingly, I think that the kid thinks that he's clever. While an effeminate gay guy, or an effeminate men's figure skater is nothing new, I think that he's getting off on thinking that he's one of the first to unashamedly wear it on his sleeve. It's more of a credit to the times than it is him be daring. In today's world it's hardly that daring anymore. Also, he's way too young to be pretending that he's so seasoned, as in when he said something about being around the block a few times, or that it's not his first rodeo. The more he talks the more he just sounds like a kid with a air of arrogance about him. Learning a bit of humility couldn't hurt. Following in the footsteps of Johnny Weir, it's not too hard to imagine that 10-15 years down the road the two of them teaming up on broadcasts. He's definitely a good skater, and while he claims that he doesn't want the gay thing to be a distraction, who'd believe it if he'd try to deny standing in front of the mirror and kissing it while flaunting to himself his position in ice skating history? The kid is as vain as the day is long. Sure he has striking looks, but dial it down a bit bro... you're embarrassing yourself.

[coldweatherfan]

The conditions were terrible, but Jamie Anderson brings home the gold in women's Slope Style.

 

She became the first female snowboarder to win two Olympic golds.

[coldweatherfan]

Men's mogul finals on right now. Casey Andrinja is loan US qualifier.

[coldweatherfan]

Bummer, Casey Andrinja went for it all, but had a bad landing on his second jump during his mogul run and ended up 4th.

 

I don't think he would have beaten Kingsbury for the gold, but feel pretty certain it would have been a silver medal run if he had stuck it.

[coldweatherfan]

For those of you that have Directv. Channel 205 will show you what is on.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

USA is currently 5th in the overall medal count, and tied for second for most gold medals. We've gotten golds in men's and women's slopestyle snowboarding, a silver in men's singles luge, and a bronze in figure skating team event.

 

MEDAL STANDINGS | olympic.org

 

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[TR]

[TD]Country[/TD]

[TD]Gold[/TD]

[TD]Silver[/TD]

[TD]Bronze[/TD]

[TD]Total[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Norway[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]4[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[TD]8[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Canada[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]4[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]7[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Germany[/TD]

[TD]4[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]6[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Netherlands[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]5[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]United States[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]4[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]France[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]3[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]