tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6693637338246254803..comments2024-03-28T11:06:51.315-05:00Comments on Althouse: Olympic hair... why is this even a subject?Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55456671272555930162016-08-18T10:20:11.063-05:002016-08-18T10:20:11.063-05:00Meanwhile, does anyone understand what is happenin...Meanwhile, does anyone understand what is happening with this purported swimmers robbery hoax deal in Rio? What the...? Why would they do such a thing? This makes no sense. Were they covering up a visit to a tranny cathouse or something?Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34613586671544948762016-08-18T06:15:17.363-05:002016-08-18T06:15:17.363-05:00Virgil,
Neptunus Lex died? Aw man!Virgil,<br /><br />Neptunus Lex died? Aw man!Bad Lieutenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18091901464339059169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65172465578823881762016-08-18T06:04:43.924-05:002016-08-18T06:04:43.924-05:00I see no mention of ladies volleyball, which is an...I see no mention of ladies volleyball, which is an outrage.Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42566810013207383672016-08-17T21:59:50.204-05:002016-08-17T21:59:50.204-05:00I'm curious as to how others view doping. My a...I'm curious as to how others view doping. My assumption is that nearly all of them are doping to some degree, and the rules are there to keep the doping from being too out of hand and harmful. The rules also, however, turn otherwise honest athletes into liars, which is regrettable. How to accomplish the former without the side effect of the latter...Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90875878818457914092016-08-17T20:56:49.745-05:002016-08-17T20:56:49.745-05:00Would I rather drop a barbell down on top of me, o...Would I rather drop a barbell down on top of me, or have a horse fall on top of me?<br /><br />Hmmmmmm . . . tough call.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68157724684858969262016-08-17T20:55:31.739-05:002016-08-17T20:55:31.739-05:00I haven't read this comment thread with any me...I haven't read this comment thread with any meaningful concentration, and I'm fairly intoxicated, but I'd just like to say that Olympic weightlifting is admirable in that it is one of the events where you can really, really hurt yourself.<br /><br />I'm guessing that the same can be said for the equestrian sports.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33793075372674006672016-08-17T20:16:26.576-05:002016-08-17T20:16:26.576-05:00As an old Sabre fencer I've certainly enjoyed ...As an old Sabre fencer I've certainly enjoyed the commentary. Although LSU did not have an NCAA fencing program when I was an undergrad long ago, it <i>did</i> have club fencing which was my intro to the sport. FWIW A good blogster friend of mine, (and of others who occasionally post here, Ron Snyder and Ron M from the Chicago area for example) a retired Navy Captain and fellow fighter-pilot (I was AF) and Annapolis grad who ran his own blog <i>Neptunus Lex</i>, was an NCAA All-American in Sabre. Unfortunately he was killed in an aircraft accident three years ago flying as a contract civilian employee training Naval fighter pilots.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91853416181422098252016-08-17T19:57:38.735-05:002016-08-17T19:57:38.735-05:00@lapetus/
As a former collegiate scholarship vars...@lapetus/<br /><br />As a former collegiate scholarship varsity tennis player who also played AAU Badminton (in the 60s--Fossil that I am) I can certainly attest to the accuracy of your observation..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83641443318044129602016-08-17T19:09:56.496-05:002016-08-17T19:09:56.496-05:00I was traveling though Asia and Australia in 2000,...I was traveling though Asia and Australia in 2000, at the time of the Sydney Olympic games, and I turned on the TV in my hotel room to watch some of the events. I chanced upon a couple of the badminton matches. That is one enormously fast action sport. If you don't have lightning quick reflexes, you don't stand a chance. The matches were actually pretty exciting as a spectator sport. I think all the medalists in the sport except for one or two of them were Asians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28962061538312031482016-08-17T17:07:01.013-05:002016-08-17T17:07:01.013-05:00@John Constantius - fencing seems more "real&...@John Constantius - fencing seems more "real" as a sport when you consider that foil (valid target: torso & neck) is meant to mimic an actual duel where you have to hit a vital area to score, and epee is more like a duel of honor where simply drawing blood anywhere on the body, not killing, is the goal. Sabre started as training for cavalry soldiers, hacking and slashing above the waist, not necessarily expecting to kill with one stroke.<br /><br />@rhardin, as a sabre fencer you might indeed enjoy the current televised Olympic fencing. Between video reviews for the judges, and super slo-mo replays with intelligent explantory commentary for the viewers, even an epee fencer could conceivably follow the sabre action. Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851044691648910933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3185272652474544792016-08-17T16:55:52.795-05:002016-08-17T16:55:52.795-05:00The "Flashman" series has a scene where ...The "Flashman" series has a scene where a young Bismarck tackles an English boxing champion and brings him down, because the champ was expecting to play by the rules and wasn't expecting a bull rush. The champ proceeds to beat Bismarck's ass, much to Flash Harry's delight (Bismarck remembers that Flashman was responsible for the situation and ultimately makes him pay), but Bismarck gets a few licks in.<br /><br />I guess my point is that a boxer (or anyone else) would not be held off by a fencer's "parries" so long as they refused to follow the fencer's rules - and there are no rules in a real combat. Fencing is too artificial to be taken seriously.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785626956259192411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38899428402162540622016-08-17T16:39:16.663-05:002016-08-17T16:39:16.663-05:00A fencer can hold off a boxer in boxing with one h...A fencer can hold off a boxer in boxing with one hand for a minute or so, just using parries.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57220595602977410422016-08-17T15:39:42.093-05:002016-08-17T15:39:42.093-05:00Rhhardin's point is why I don't like fenci...Rhhardin's point is why I don't like fencing. It's based on sword combat, but watching the matches, it looks like the combatants either would have killed each other or wouldn't have hurt each other in the slightest. Not exactly emulating "true" sword fighting. Lame. In other stylized forms of combat like judo or sumo, the contestants throw down like they could do it for real if they had to.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785626956259192411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40781226501326248202016-08-17T15:24:22.351-05:002016-08-17T15:24:22.351-05:00The director chooses the camera...but yeah, boring...The director chooses the camera...but yeah, boring shots.<br /><br />I hate human interest.wild chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956296475651720602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11501513192314699952016-08-17T15:22:42.245-05:002016-08-17T15:22:42.245-05:00I noticed that older porn, let's call it vinta...I noticed that older porn, let's call it vintage porn is ALOT hairier than todays offerings.<br /><br />I guess there is no more hirsute pursuit.lonetownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969510756729828503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20958781716451711582016-08-17T14:47:46.688-05:002016-08-17T14:47:46.688-05:00Some time ago the networks figured out they could ...Some time ago the networks figured out they could make more money marketing sports to non-sports fans. The monopolistic nature of sports coverage means that fans will keep coming back no matter how annoyed they get by the human interest stories and the focus on celebrations of accomplishments rather than the accomplishments themselves.<br /><br />I noticed about ten years ago that the cameramen often don't understand the sports they're covering, opting to focus on things irrelevant to the game while cutting away from events that do matter. It's only a matter of time before the sportscasters don't know much about it either--we're already seeing female sportscasters cover sports you know they've never played.tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28876668851461571072016-08-17T14:32:54.995-05:002016-08-17T14:32:54.995-05:00This Olympics I've watching a bit of the follo...This Olympics I've watching a bit of the following: powerlifting, swimming, fencing, water polo, golf, springboard diving, synchronized diving, and track and field. I have to agree with rh about watching fencing. <br /><br />My favorites to watch are the track and field events. Bolt is especially fun to watch because his sprinting looks like magic--it doesn't seem possible that such a tall, lanky person could sprint so fast, and yet, there he goes.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29230429963007107592016-08-17T14:17:12.897-05:002016-08-17T14:17:12.897-05:00More proof the world is full of assholes.More proof the world is full of assholes.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51690924431531930662016-08-17T14:01:18.768-05:002016-08-17T14:01:18.768-05:00Fernandinande said...
"dbp said...
Jessica L...<br />Fernandinande said...<br /><br />"dbp said...<br />Jessica Lucero is a good example.<br /><br />How was her snatch?"<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />But seriously...<br /><br />It is fabulous! Better than my clean by 50 lbs and I am a guy who outweighs her by 30 lbs.dbphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457585811847604584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29615245934355983152016-08-17T13:38:34.976-05:002016-08-17T13:38:34.976-05:00My fairly successful obscure skill was drawing a h...My fairly successful obscure skill was drawing a head attack by standing slightly wrong and nailing the guy in the hand when he attacks, an exception to the right of way rule.<br /><br />Works only on new opponents, say in a meet.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24836531720934964142016-08-17T13:34:26.500-05:002016-08-17T13:34:26.500-05:00I didn't watch fencing, but as a (saber) fence...I didn't watch fencing, but as a (saber) fencer, I'd say there's not much to see. Even judges standing four feet away can't tell what the hell happened.<br /><br />A nice guy calls hits on himself himself.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5102802024695226612016-08-17T13:23:52.286-05:002016-08-17T13:23:52.286-05:00Time to Stop: I watched most of the fencing. The...Time to Stop: I watched most of the fencing. They had good commentators, knowledgeable and experienced.<br /><br />Black hair: No matter WHAT you do, SOMEBODY'S gonna complain about it, and hundreds, if not thousands, more will chime in, for and against. Not only about hair, but any and every damned thing. It seems a lot of women live just to criticize other women.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27712732255064716912016-08-17T13:19:40.545-05:002016-08-17T13:19:40.545-05:00People are giving Gabby Douglas grief
What people...<i>People are giving Gabby Douglas grief</i><br /><br />What people. Mediaswine?mockturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10507310332014103437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72159102902486007122016-08-17T12:37:21.030-05:002016-08-17T12:37:21.030-05:00People are giving Gabby Douglas grief because she&...People are giving Gabby Douglas grief because she's not giggly and perky. Her hair is the least of it.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242789433038241232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78588574651674191962016-08-17T12:30:50.255-05:002016-08-17T12:30:50.255-05:00dbp said...
Jessica Lucero is a good example.
How...<i>dbp said...<br />Jessica Lucero is a good example.</i><br /><br />How was her snatch?Fernandinandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11253225431705407699noreply@blogger.com