Comments on: Olympics http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/02/11/olympics/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: bryan http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/02/11/olympics/#comment-22805 bryan Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:02:12 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1382#comment-22805 Winter Olympics about to start Cheeto, in Italy. Lots of different sports that involve sliding. I think some anti-US feeling has slipped in for upcoming games. Baseball and Softball has been taken out. What with the USA being the biggest players of these sports in the World, it usually means a decent chance of a medal. I'm surprise they didn't try and knock basketball out as well. Winter Olympics about to start Cheeto, in Italy. Lots of different sports that involve sliding.
I think some anti-US feeling has slipped in for upcoming games. Baseball and Softball has been taken out. What with the USA being the biggest players of these sports in the World, it usually means a decent chance of a medal. I’m surprise they didn’t try and knock basketball out as well.

]]> By: ahem http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/02/11/olympics/#comment-22804 ahem Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:02:18 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1382#comment-22804 It's not as desperately US-skewed as the Athens coverage -- so far -- but it is skewed in favor of ridiculously contrived narratives and back-stories that would normally be crappy 'original movies' on ABC Family. It’s not as desperately US-skewed as the Athens coverage — so far — but it is skewed in favor of ridiculously contrived narratives and back-stories that would normally be crappy ‘original movies’ on ABC Family.

]]> By: cellulose http://www.oliverwillis.com/2006/02/11/olympics/#comment-22803 cellulose Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:02:51 +0000 http://improveman.com/ow2008/?p=1382#comment-22803 This is the least cared about Olympics that I can remember. Bode is one of the few stories in it -- for better or for worse. What else is there? WILL MICHELLE KWAN SKATE?! This is the least cared about Olympics that I can remember. Bode is one of the few stories in it — for better or for worse.

What else is there? WILL MICHELLE KWAN SKATE?!

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