Jeff Stahler for August 01, 2021

If you’re watching the US coverage, you probably aren’t even aware that there are sports other than gymnastics and swimming.

We missed a bet, during the Atlanta Games, by not adding Stock Car Racing.

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James 2:24

No mention of how Mitt Romney (R-Utah) saved the Olympics ? . . . . . /S

no , 6 hours is too much

Friend of mine says there are interesting matches in golf. golf? Don’t the many tournaments settle who is best? Same with tennis. I have half heartedly looked for the boxing matches, but not wasting time.

Beach volleyball on the other hand could hold daily interest. Because of the exciting spikes and serves of course.

Get rid of the silly IOC and associated corruption, period! Aren’t the world cups and world championships of all sorts of sports, annually or staggered, enough? Going back to amateurs only is impossible b/c of the cheating, of which there’s already plenty with drugs…

We could really use an academic Olympics.

My wife thought I was great at back rubs, Is that a sport?

I like fencing but I think they should take off the tips

Watching every minute of every stage of the long version of the Tour d’ France broadcast over here was enough for me.

Pro poker is next.

I spent several hours yesterday watching women’s sand volleyball…edifying !

I loved the Olympics, even attended the 84 LA Games. But damn the coverage is crazy gotta pay for the bribes. Swimming is fun to watch, great Kids giving it all. With the fall of the Wall in the 80’s the whole Us vs Them thing allows for rooting for Athletes regardless, besides 60% of them train and live in the United States anywho.

I miss the Art competitions at the Olympics.

I remember McDonalds dishing out lots of free food during the 76 and 84 Olympics through scratch-off cards.

I was in Seoul, Korea during the ’88 Olympics.

When I left, my cab was stopped and searched as it entered the airport grounds. The entire sidewalk outside the entry to the terminal was patrolled by armed ROK troops. I went through two checkpoints before getting to the gates. As we taxied out, I noticed that the antiaircraft guns were manned.

Ah, for the good old days when being the Best Swimmer in the world could get Johnny Weissmuller cast in the role of Tarzan, in spite of the fact that “Me Tarzan, You Jane” was the only dialogue he was ever capable of memorizing.

Literally. He could not learn the lines in the script to save his life.