I was texting with a buddy about the famous video of baseball player Lenny Randle getting down and blowing on a ball that had been bunted up the third base line until the ball goes foul. The announcer makes the comment "Lenny Randle gets down on his hands and knees and blows on it like a curler..."

That led to a conversation about curling. My buddy hates it and thinks it needs to be cut from the Winter Olympics. I totally disagree....love it.

What sports do you think should be added to the Olympics? Or taken out?

Current Summer Olympics Sports:
3x3 Basketball
Archery
Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic Swimming
Athletics
Badminton
Baseball Softball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Breaking
Canoe Flatwater
Canoe Slalom
Cycling BMX Freestyle
Cycling BMX Racing
Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road
Cycling Track
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Golf
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Karate
Marathon Swimming
Modern Pentathlon
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rowing
Rugby Sevens
Sailing
Shooting
Skateboarding
Sport Climbing
Surfing
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampoline
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Weightlifting
Wrestling

Current Winter Olympics Sports:
Alpine Skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross-Country Skiing
Curling
Figure Skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
Nordic Combined
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Ski Mountaineering
Snowboard
Speed Skating
Speed Skating

Remove any sport you can see in abundance any year (Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, etc)

Remove any sport where the winner is determined solely by judging (Skating, Gymnastics, Diving)

Add pickleball.

2 minutes ago, The Raven said:

Remove any sport you can see in abundance any year (Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, etc)

Remove any sport where the winner is determined solely by judging (Skating, Gymnastics, Diving)

Add pickleball.

Aaaaaaaaaamen!!!!

As much as I *do* like diving, I hate the judging aspect of Olympic sports.

24 minutes ago, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Aaaaaaaaaamen!!!!

As much as I *do* like diving, I hate the judging aspect of Olympic sports.

Aesthetically I like them, but the judging only aspect makes them ripe for corruption.   Which was exposed in Figure Skating decades ago and I'm sure still continues.

Just for the sheer spectacle of it, I would like to see them reintroduce tug-of-war and chariot races. I mean, seriously, that would be dope.

Never cut curling. What a beautiful thing. 

By the way, how do you stop bacon from curling in the frying pan?

Take away their brooms. lol

 

15 minutes ago, Basketball Jones said:

Just for the sheer spectacle of it, I would like to see them reintroduce tug-of-war and chariot races. I mean, seriously, that would be dope.

Never cut curling. What a beautiful thing. 

By the way, how do you stop bacon from curling in the frying pan?

Take away their brooms. lol

...so bad it was good! Lol

On 12/20/2022 at 9:23 PM, Basketball Jones said:

Just for the sheer spectacle of it, I would like to see them reintroduce tug-of-war and chariot races. I mean, seriously, that would be dope.

Never cut curling. What a beautiful thing. 

By the way, how do you stop bacon from curling in the frying pan?

Take away their brooms. lol

 

This.