2024 Paris Olympics

[Hards Alumni]

Jeffrey Toobin survived worse than covering up sexual assault of minors for decades?

You're asking him to make sense... now?

[Warriors4ever]

Katherine Plouffe and her sister Michelle led Canada 3x3 Women's basketball team to a win over Australia in  the opening of pool play. The US team, defending champions, lost to Germany.

[CreightonWarrior]

Fencers seem like such kind, rational people.

[MuggsyB]

Badminton btw is fking awesome. 

[Uncle Rico]

Badminton btw is fking awesome.

We better win the gold in all badminton events

[MU82]

Katie Ledecky goes for gold this afternoon in the 1500m freestyle - an event at which she's dominated even more than Nadal has dominated the French Open.

She hasn't lost a 1500m race since she was in junior high school 14 years ago ... she's held the world record since 2013 ... and she owns the 19 fastest times ever.

And given that she won her heat by 17 freakin' seconds, I like her chances to continue all of those streaks.

(stats above from Yahoo Sports)

[MuggsyB]

We better win the gold in all badminton events

Badminton > Pickleball

Their snap backhand overheads take a lot of skill.  You also need far better overall quickness and reflexes.

Now 🏓 has an advantage because if you have thwackability, you can put permanent red marks on your opponent. 

[MuggsyB]

Katie Ledecky goes for gold this afternoon in the 1500m freestyle - an event at which she's dominated even more than Nadal has dominated the French Open.

She hasn't lost a 1500m race since she was in junior high school 14 years ago ... she's held the world record since 2013 ... and she owns the 19 fastest times ever.

And given that she won her heat by 17 freakin' seconds, I like her chances to continue all of those streaks.

(stats above from Yahoo Sports)

I'm gonna book.that one.  Secradecky will not be caught. 

[Uncle Rico]

Katie Ledecky goes for gold this afternoon in the 1500m freestyle - an event at which she's dominated even more than Nadal has dominated the French Open.

She hasn't lost a 1500m race since she was in junior high school 14 years ago ... she's held the world record since 2013 ... and she owns the 19 fastest times ever.

And given that she won her heat by 17 freakin' seconds, I like her chances to continue all of those streaks.

(stats above from Yahoo Sports)

She'll probably chock

[Hards Alumni]

I'm gonna book.that one.  Secradecky will not be caught.

Consider a new nickname.

[jutaw22mu]

Badminton > Pickleball

Their snap backhand overheads take a lot of skill.  You also need far better overall quickness and reflexes.

Now 🏓 has an advantage because if you have thwackability, you can put permanent red marks on your opponent. 

True, but to be fair, everything > pickleball.

[Jockey]

Jeffrey Toobin survived worse than covering up sexual assault of minors for decades?

Centuries.

(Just a minor quibble.)

[MU82]

She'll probably chock

I'll choke that up to you needing more sleep, Unk.

[CreightonWarrior]

The pools are rigged against the Americans so i can see it.

[warriorchick]

I wonder why China isn't as dominant in team sports as they are in individual sports (diving, gymnastics, ping pong, archery etc.)

I realize that Asians tend to be smaller people on average, but they have a billion and a half people to choose from.  You would think they could put together a decent soccer or basketball team.

[The Sultan]

I wonder why China isn't as dominant in team sports as they are in individual sports (diving, gymnastics, ping pong, archery etc.)

I realize that Asians tend to be smaller people on average, but they have a billion and a half people to choose from.  You would think they could put together a decent soccer or basketball team.

They've pretty much stopped investing in soccer after their initial efforts fell short.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/sports/soccer/china-soccer.html

[jficke13]

I wonder why China isn't as dominant in team sports as they are in individual sports (diving, gymnastics, ping pong, archery etc.)

I realize that Asians tend to be smaller people on average, but they have a billion and a half people to choose from.  You would think they could put together a decent soccer or basketball team.

The historic comparison has always been that their culture selected for hyper competitive individual performance more so than unified team performance. I'm not sure I buy that.

I would consider the possibility that it may be easier for a person raised in a culture that defines itself in some ways in opposition to "western" culture to excel at things that don't carry as much cultural weight. Soccer or rugby or basketball might be "western" sports, and thus there is a slight barrier to pursuing them as compared with, for example, shooting.

Just a knee jerk supposition though. Very likely I am wrong.

[The Sultan]

My horse has long been dead, but I'm still beating it.

I wish some of these creepy bishops had gotten this mad over the assault of little boys.

Catholics have no right to be outraged.

It's not just that. It's that there are elements of the Catholic Church that have fallen into the victimization trap. With all of the injustice in this world, a possible display of the Last Supper at an Olympics' opening ceremony is what you are focusing on? I know it's a little trite at this point, but what do you think Jesus cares about?

[Pakuni]

It's not just that. It's that there are elements of the Catholic Church that have fallen into the victimization trap. With all of the injustice in this world, a possible display of the Last Supper at an Olympics' opening ceremony is what you are focusing on? I know it's a little trite at this point, but what do you think Jesus cares about?

Jesus, who hung out with prostitutes, tax collectors and others deemed sinners by the religious conservatives of his time, would have been aghast at the sight of dudes dressed as women for performance.

[Hards Alumni]

Jesus, who hung out with prostitutes, tax collectors and others deemed sinners by the religious conservatives of his time, would have been aghast at the sight of dudes dressed as women for performance.

*a performance of a reenactment of a painting created about 1500 years after he was dead

[TSmith34, Inc.]

*a performance of a reenactment of a painting created about 1500 years after he was dead

Which it wasn't anyway, according to the creator. Unless the blue guy was Jesus. To pretend that it was the last supper, we have to ignore all the elements that tie it to Greece...but ignoring facts and reality in order to spur outrage is what these people excel at.

[warriorchick]

Can we please change the summer Olympic cycle so that it's no longer an election year?

These ads...

[warriorchick]

*a performance of a reenactment of a painting created about 1500 years after he was dead

He would have been aghast that he was portrayed as a blue-eyed blonde in all the Renaissance art.

[jficke13]

There's a lot of interesting material about the inherently syncretic nature of the evolution of organized Christianity and Catholic imagery in particular that could be investigated if one were interested in engaging with *why* a depiction of a Feast of Bacchus might bear a passing resemblance to a depiction of the Last Supper...

but I'm fairly certain those upset by what they saw are more interested in being upset than they are in... well anything else really.

[Uncle Rico]

I'll choke that up to you needing more sleep, Unk.

Spelling is for cucks