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Galway Eagle

May as well have a thread for it right?
Retire Terry Rand's jersey!

shoothoops

Looking forward to many Olympic events and competitors.

Hawaii's Carissa Moore in surfing. (4 time World Champion). Nice touch as she introduced herself to the people of Makinohara, and gave a short speech, all in Japanese.

forgetful

My take so far:

1. Handball more interesting than I thought.

2. 3x3 basketball significantly less interesting than I thought.

pbiflyer

Local kid here is on the Olympic skateboard team.

CreightonWarrior

The dudes recreating all the sport emojis at the opening ceremonies was pretty awesome.

BM1090

USA/France volleyball was a nice surprise. It's probably my loss, but I just can't get into the individual events outside of track and field.

warriorchick

#6
Tried watching the men's qualifying in gymnastics.

NBC is definitely borrowing the Australian feed for this.  The commentators have Aussie accents and they aren't covering the Americans any more than the other competing countries (Australia was in another round).  They are only showing 1-2 Team USA routines per rotation, and completely skipped over the 1st rotation.

Also, they are breaking into the coverage every time an Australian swimmer is in a qualifying heat

I wouldn't care so much if the description of this particular clip hadn't promised "full coverage" of the American team.
Have some patience, FFS.

shoothoops

Gold and Silver for USA in 400 IM Men's Swimming.

Chase Kalisz Gold
Jay Litherland Silver

JWags85

Quote from: forgetful on July 24, 2021, 09:21:31 AM
My take so far:

1. Handball more interesting than I thought.

Water Polo I feel like always gets the "underrated" buzz during the Summer Olympics, but Handball is super fun to watch.  Tons of action, fast paced, and interesting.  Also kind of funny that the US doesn't play handball by and large, but I would wager you could very easily put together a team of failed NBA/MLB/NFL guys and create a pretty dominant handball squad.  Unlike a lot of sports the US isn't good at or familiar with, handball seems to be the most similar to sports that most American kids played and would be an easy transition.

shoothoops

Quote from: warriorchick on July 24, 2021, 01:17:01 PM
Tried watching the men's qualifying in gymnastics.

NBC is definitely borrowing the Australian feed for this.  The commentators have Aussie accents and they aren't covering the Americans any more than the other competing countries (Australia was in another round).  They are only showing 1-2 Team USA routines per rotation, and completely skipped over the 1st rotation.

Also, they are breaking into the coverage every time an Australian swimmer is in a qualifying heat

I wouldn't care so much if the description of this particular clip hadn't promised "full coverage" of the American team.

The prime time Men's Gymnastics coverage are the usual American broadcasters, NBC feed, not International Feed. (Gannon, Daggett, Liukin)

The endless commercials missing different key live events has been worse than getting the International Feed at times.

First Women's 100 Fly Semifinals Live was missed because they were running commercials. That was bad.

shoothoops

#10
Quote from: shoothoops on July 24, 2021, 08:41:10 PM
Gold and Silver for USA in 400 IM Men's Swimming.

Chase Kalisz Gold
Jay Litherland Silver

Kieran Smith, USA Bronze 400 Men's Free

Wow. Ahmed Hafnaoui Gold for Tunisia.

MuggsyB

I guess you have to get "Peacock" to watch men's basketball?  Oh. well.

warriorchick

#12
Interesting choice to play Beach Volleyball in an indoor arena. Seems like a poor use of facilities when they could have played outdoors with temporary stands.

Edit: NM, looks like it is actually outdoors, but they are playing at night. They have much more seating than I am used to seeing for this sport.
Have some patience, FFS.

CreightonWarrior

Quote from: MuggsyB on July 25, 2021, 08:32:38 AM
I guess you have to get "Peacock" to watch men's basketball?  Oh. well.

It was in nbc sports app. USA choke job.

HutchwasClutch

Men's basketball about to go down in their opener.  Pop continues as an absolute disaster as our national coach.

MuggsyB

Yikes.  What happened??? 

The Sultan

"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

CreightonWarrior

Quote from: MuggsyB on July 25, 2021, 09:04:10 AM
Yikes.  What happened???
Terrible shooting and Holiday, who showed up at like 1:30 Tokyo time was the only one playing defense.

MuggsyB

Quote from: CreightonWarrior on July 25, 2021, 09:08:27 AM
Terrible shooting and Holiday, who showed up at like 1:30 Tokyo time was the only one playing defense.

Coaching change time? 

forgetful

Quote from: JWags85 on July 24, 2021, 08:51:25 PM
Water Polo I feel like always gets the "underrated" buzz during the Summer Olympics, but Handball is super fun to watch.  Tons of action, fast paced, and interesting.  Also kind of funny that the US doesn't play handball by and large, but I would wager you could very easily put together a team of failed NBA/MLB/NFL guys and create a pretty dominant handball squad.  Unlike a lot of sports the US isn't good at or familiar with, handball seems to be the most similar to sports that most American kids played and would be an easy transition.

Agree completely on the US and handball. Overlapping skillsets with other major sport, and it looks like a sport most of us would have really liked as a kid. And it is simple, just need people and a ball.

The Sultan

Quote from: forgetful on July 25, 2021, 10:16:36 AM
Agree completely on the US and handball. Overlapping skillsets with other major sport, and it looks like a sport most of us would have really liked as a kid. And it is simple, just need people and a ball.

Used to play it in high school gym class.  It was awesome.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

pbiflyer

My kids were impressed that I played water polo in college, until they found out inner tubes were involved.  ;D

warriorchick

Quote from: pbiflyer on July 25, 2021, 11:07:22 AM
My kids were impressed that I played water polo in college, until they found out inner tubes were involved.  ;D


Ha, me too!  We had the best team name:  The Incredible Mr. Limpets.
Have some patience, FFS.

StillAWarrior

Quote from: forgetful on July 25, 2021, 10:16:36 AM
Agree completely on the US and handball. Overlapping skillsets with other major sport, and it looks like a sport most of us would have really liked as a kid. And it is simple, just need people and a ball.

We used to play in PE all the time in high school. I loved it.
Never wrestle with a pig.  You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.

forgetful

Quote from: StillAWarrior on July 25, 2021, 01:59:00 PM
We used to play in PE all the time in high school. I loved it.

Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on July 25, 2021, 10:44:45 AM
Used to play it in high school gym class.  It was awesome.

Man, now I feel like my school failed us. We played Handball, but it was the raquetball-like derivative where you hit a ball against a wall using your hand.

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