Yo mama's so ugly her mama had to tie a steak around her neck to get the dogs to play with her.How do you leave in the middle of a game to run commercials … while the game is still going on? NBC has been doing that on their coverage of Olympic soccer and they finally got burned. This morning during the Nigeria - Belgium match, Nigeria scored their second goal while NBC was on a commercial break. Thank goodness for the Telemundo coverage - they know how to treat a soccer game.
They’re doing the same with the marquee Brazil vs Argentina game. C’mon! I mean … if you’re going to commit to broadcast the game live … broadcast the game live. Otherwise - tape delay it and squeeze the commercials in without disturbing game action. Or just leave it to the Spanish stations.
The other thing is the color commentary is atrocious. Marcelo Balboa may sound coherent (which is a plus for most athletes) but his insight is laughable. He wonders why Belgium sat back and tried to defend against Nigeria while they didn’t against a powerhouse like Italy. I’ll tell you why - Nigeria is fast as shit. They counter-attack in seconds - not from long passes but from dribbling fast. Italy isn’t as fast and IMO shouldn’t be mistaken for their much more accomplished (and experiences) senior team.
Marcelo Balboa did all the US games for ESPN during the 2006 World Cup and he was just as bad there. He talks like he’s a coach and we’re the team, yelling and cajoling to try to make his point. Almost like he’s pissed. Dude - there’ no airplane passing by, and you’re doing the games from studio in New York. Talk to us like a normal analyst.
NBC - they suck at football and they suck at futbol. But they’re great at showing tape-delayed gymnastics and swimming!
UPDATE: it happened AGAIN - Argentina’s second goal - during commercial.
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Yo mama's so ugly I took her to the zoo, guy at the door said "thanks for bringing her backGay fails to advance to 100 Olympic final - Olympics - Yahoo! Sports
BEIJING (AP)—For Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, it will still be a dream matchup. For Tyson Gay, a bitter disappointment.
The American record-holder and defending world champion failed to make the finals of the Olympic 100-meter dash Saturday, finishing .02 second out of fourth place in his semifinal heat and making an early exit from one of the most highly anticipated events of the Beijing Olympics.
I know they knew at 10:00 when the soccer/basketball games were on - yet Jim Lampley looked at me with a straight face and said - “100m semifinals … coming up tonight in primetime” … right after they played a “behind the scenes” puff piece on what the olympics means to Tyson. Right now I’m guessing - not too much!
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Yo mama's so stupid, that she got fired from the M&M factory for throwing away all the W's.Is there a more useless and subjective sport than Dorsage (or Dressage or whatever)?? It’s the Summer Olympic equivalent of Curling - and not even because it all seems arbitrary - at least with curling you can see the comparison between two teams’ efforts.
The Olympic coverage sucks. Nobody knows enough to make the actual sporting endeavor compelling - they have to rely on taped features about the guy’s mom or something. It’s like NBC is taking a McDonalds approach. You can get good steak at Mortons and fish at Legal Seafood. Or you can go to McDonalds and get a Steak Bagel and a McFish.
And they never give you a schedule of what will be on when and on what channel. It’s like a lottery - tune in and hopefully you’ll find what you want. That’s not how my Tivo-trained mind works. Then you want me to go online to see highlights and force me to use a Microsoft-approved browser? Bullshit.
Why are 40 year olds allowed to compete in a competition for the youth?
It’s a competition that’s whored itself out for corporate sponsors - at least here in America. I’m sure the coverage in other countries is much better. I mean these guys are commentating from a studio in New York - they’re not even in Beijing.
It’s only 2 weeks - I’m sure you could spare a little expense, NBC.
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Yo mama's so old, she farts out dust.… The Olympics in China. All these stories I hear about China evicting Darfur activists, limiting internet coverage to the press, and telling restaurant owners not to serve blacks and mongolians because they are likely to commit crimes. It’s a joke. China was a joke before this, but for the IOC to take the almighty dollar and go against everything the Olympics stood for to reward this joke of a country makes the Olympics look even more like the corrupt prostitute-schtupping ace-holes that they were.
I mean, the Olympics has already jumped the shark. You can’t watch the cool stuff live. You have to sit through these silly worthless vignettes. And the guys who call the sports a lot of times don’t know anything about them because they don’t usually cover them (basketball, soccer, handball, etc.) and/or don’t care to do anything other than read the scripts.
I mean, I’m as sick of ESPN’s Favre-center as the rest of humanity, but this Olympic fortnight will not make up for it in the slightest. I hope USA Basketball wins close games and I hope Powell and Bolt do well for Jamaica and I hope McBride and Messi score goals in bunches, but as for the rest of it? The Archery? The BMX? The Hurdles? I’ll read the recap on ESPN.com or some blog or something. I’m so done with the Olympics and I will not support NBC’s communist-supporting coverage.
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