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live: paralympics
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Activities | Gymnastics · Live Blog · Olympics
NBC must be trying to eek every last penny out of their $4.38 billion contract with the IOC, because (for the first time ever, that i know of) they’ve decided to air bits of the paralympics this year. all the same great sports as the “other” oympics, just commentary that’s even worse.
| 15 Mar 14 | … #sparklet is visibly upset that a girl “has” to ski down the mountain with only one leg. #Paralympics |
| 15 Mar 14 | … if there is anything more awesome that a snowboarder going down the slope with two prosthetic legs, I don’t want to know. #Paralympics |
| 9 Mar 14 | … wicked impressed by #Paralympics downhill seated monoskiers. #damn |
| 8 Mar 14 | … fwiw, a guide goes down 20 feet in front of the blind skier, and barks out instructions. #EPIC #ParalympicsVirgin (2/2) |
| 8 Mar 14 | … I’m quite literally watching “visually impaired” downhill alpine skiing. #OMG #ParalympicsVirgin |
| 8 Mar 14 | … this POV Of A Guy On Gymnastic Rings Is Better Than The Whole #Olympics, via @digg http://t.co/2WCaT4BiWw |
| 8 Mar 14 | … am I the only one who associates Russian folk music with @billyjoel? #yeah #sorry #nevermind #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … the #Olympics wouldn’t license the #Paralympics their five rings? seriously?!? #ParalympicsVirgin |
| 8 Mar 14 | … I love how Russians will applaud wildly for anybody who speaks their language without butchering it. #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … I seriously can’t imagine what is running through #Putin’s head right now. #ParalympicsWinterGames #Ukraine |
| 8 Mar 14 | … turns out the #Paralympics involves athletes w/ a range of disabilities, including mobility, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. |
| 8 Mar 14 | … #Ukraine just got a standing ovation at the #ParalympicsWinterGames. I honestly don’t know what that means. |
| 8 Mar 14 | … oy, #teamUSA for the #Paralympics still has to wear those horrible Polo christmas sweaters. #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … cynicism aside, this is actually pretty awesome. #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … sled hockey? #awesome #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … not sure how to say this, but there are more people walking during the parade of nations than I would have thought. #ParalympicsVirgin |
| 8 Mar 14 | … #fyi, the commercials aren’t any better during the #ParalympicsWinterGames. |
| 8 Mar 14 | … “In Russia, it’s not typically a part of their culture to express joyousness.” #ParalympicsWinterGames #NBCFail #commentatingexcellence |
| 8 Mar 14 | … wonder if the rings will open. #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … Putin looks a little stressed. Wonder if everything is okay at home. #ParalympicsWinterGames #Ukraine |
| 8 Mar 14 | … hmmm, making people stand for the national anthem has a different context at the #ParalympicsWinterGames. #ParalympicsVirgin |
| 8 Mar 14 | … if @NBCOlympics brought the “B” team to the #Sochi2014 closing ceremonies, who did they bring to the #Paralympics? #nottheAteam |
| 8 Mar 14 | … “Sports and politics do not mix.” #paralleluniverse #iwanttolivethere #ParalympicsWinterGames |
| 8 Mar 14 | … interesting. The talking head on the #ParalympicsWinterGames says there is tension between #Ukraine and Russia. #whoknew? |
| 8 Mar 14 | … am I the only one watching the Paralympic opening ceremony? #yeah #okay #thatsfine #bastards #ParalympicsWinterGames |
live: end of the sochi olympics
Monday, 24 February 2014
Activities | Ballet · Live Blog · Olympics
| 24 Feb 14 | … #okayimdone. #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … I had some nice things to say about NBC’s coverage this year, and then they have to go and poop on it on the last night. #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … I have no idea what’s going on. aren’t there supposed to be educated and engaged commentators to help me? #Sochi2014 #NBCFail |
| 24 Feb 14 | … interesting that NBC shows clips from US v RUS hockey, instead of that game against Finland. #whitewashing #selectivehistory #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … I love that Korea was given explicit instructions on how to tie their scarves so that the 2018 logo is clearly visible. #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … yes, Cris, a 350 year old Russian ballet is exactly like Phantom of the Opera. #evendennismillerwouldbeanimprovement #Sochi2014 #nbcfail |
| 24 Feb 14 | … okay, Chris Collingsworth officially needs to #shutthehellup. #Sochi2014 #nbcfail |
| 24 Feb 14 | … where is Putin’s girlfriend? must have shown “too much personality” at the opening, #hmmm #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … kids choirs make everything awesomer. except “Kidz Bop.” that $&%?s rank. #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … damn, I love the Russian sense of humor. #ringfail #Sochi2014 http://t.co/sc3lFA27Km |
| 24 Feb 14 | … in my head, I have an image of Posner taking Remnick out back and kneecapping him, thus saving the world from his commentary. #Sochi2014 |
| 24 Feb 14 | … I know watching is morally wrong, and that I’m losing brain cells as I speak, but this Nancy/Tanya special is #cracktastic. #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … I fundamentally dislike Sidney Crosby’s smirk. #TeamCanada #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … am I a horrible person for just assuming they’ve slept together, at least once? #IceDancing #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … I tried to make it through this “gala” without drinking, but it’s just not going to happen. #alcoholnumbsthepain #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … frankly, I’m ready to watch something with significantly less inspiring commercials. #sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … just realized that Tara and Johnny’s comb over braids this week were a political statement in support of Yulia Tymoshenko. #sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … every time I see a Lindsey Jacobellis commercial, I involuntarily get a condescending pouty sad-face and think sad thoughts. #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … I hereby declare you a horrible human being if you weren’t teary by the end of the Jessica Long story. #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … okay, NBC is actually pretty damn good at puff pieces. #Sochi2014 |
| 23 Feb 14 | … tho I was single parenting a 2 y.o. at the time, the @NBCOlympics special on Lokomotiv was pretty incredible. #Sochi2014 #NBCFTW |
| 22 Feb 14 | … just found a stash of old mix tapes. based on the song selection, I’d like to apologize to anyone I’ve ever known, dated or married. |
| 22 Feb 14 | … how soon until NBC packages #Ukraine protests with olympic gold win, and sets it to the theme from “Terms of Endearment?” #Sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … has there always been this much country swapping at the #Olympics? #seemslikecheating #sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … what’s the thematic antonym for Miracle on Ice? #floptothefinns #Sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … conspiracies aside, looks like the math adds up. #Sotnikova #Sochi2014 via @nytimes http://t.co/3t9YOVC0T6 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … can we stop blaming the speedskating suits now?!? #Sochi2014 http://t.co/KKoRTxPaow |
| 22 Feb 14 | … p.s. Ashley needs to shut it because transparency wasn’t the thing keeping her off the podium. #Sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … speaking of jackasses, Ashely Wagner is horrible but she’s right about transparency. #stillshutup #Sochi2014 http://t.co/o23bTNIiz7 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … well, turns out the penance for winking at the camera in the start house is to win gold. #imgoodnow #Sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … they’ve got to be so psyched to be skiing on something that kinda sorta actually resembles snow. #Sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … btw, I missed you guys. #dontgetthefluduringtheolympics #Sochi2014 |
| 22 Feb 14 | … is that the same speed skater from GBR that keeps falling down? #Sochi2014 |
| 21 Feb 14 | … oh well, at least @DukeU lost last night. #Sochi2014 #USAvsCanada |
live: bobsleds, snowboards, angst, and bob costas’ eyeball
Sunday, 16 February 2014
Live Blog · Olympics
| 17 Feb 14 | … I never thought I’d be happy to have Matt Lauer back, but here we are. Thanks for that, Meredith. #Sochi2014 |
| 17 Feb 14 | … the snowcross course is bucking so many riders, the commentators aren’t even bothering to point them out as they go down. #Sochi2014 |
| 17 Feb 14 | … is #Sochi2014 actually trying to kill off all their snowboarders? |
| 17 Feb 14 | … I want to be the fat guy in the back of the bobsled. #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … each time I turn away from the tube, #TeamUSA scores another goal. so, I’m going to stop watching. #USAvsSLO #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … Rebecca Lowe and Al Trautwig should never share the same screen. It creates a vortex of emotions that shreds my soul. #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … seriously, I can’t see the #FACup through the glare from Mitt Romney’s teeth. |
| 16 Feb 14 | … with two kids, a wife, and a 60-hour a week job, I’m fully caught up on @NBCOlympics coverage. how is that possible?!? #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … the flirting between Rebecca Lowe and Al Michaels shouldn’t make me as happy as it does. #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … in a #curling battle between Canada’s shirts and Norway’s pants, who wins?!? #NOBODY #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … South Korean speed skaters aren’t any less annoying when wearing Russian uniforms. #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … yup, definitely the suits. #7thPlace #11thPlace #22ndPlace #37thPlace #TeamUSA #speedskating #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … we’re blaming the suits now? seriously?!? #yourejustold #speedskating #TeamUSA #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … so glad an Austrian skier is saving the cheetahs, because if she won’t then who will?!? #sigh #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … It’d be awesome if one of these Russians popped off their helmet and was Edward Snowden. #luge #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … twenty years from now, I’ll be having nightmares about turns 5 and 11. #luge #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … the #olympics aren’t the #olympics without @SamuelLJackson live tweeting the whole thing. #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … my wife on her comment on Meredith Viera: “I hope that shows up on NBC’s social media monitoring in the morning.” #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … my wife on Meredith Viera: “ugh, I can’t stand looking at her cheeks. look, I can’t wiggle my face!” #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … I don’t care how bad you think Matt Lauer is, Meredith Viera is worse. #BobCostasForever #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … short track should only be a sport in futuristic, post-apocalyptic blood sport movies. #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … where does all USOC’s money from McD’s and Coke go, if not to keep Olympians off food stamps?!? #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … I’m nominating Elise Christie for saddest #Olympics appearance of 2014. #speedskating #tivo #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … Sweden wearing white, Korea wearing yellow, USA wearing black. did nobody look at their flags before they got dressed? #Sochi2014 |
| 16 Feb 14 | … #ohdeargod, how did no one think of team relay luge before this #olympics?!? #Sochi2014 #TiVo |
| 15 Feb 14 | … Vladimir Posner, I missed you. don’t ever leave me again. #ColdWarNostalgia #NBCFTW #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … “ya, you’d never dream of this type of drama for a team up by three in the final end. it’s amazing. it’s something you just don’t see.” |
| 15 Feb 14 | … so glad that I’m watching #USAvsGER curling. they’re definitely not making the sport look, um, easy. #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … the Midwestern-nice commentators for #USAvsGER curling sound like their calling a JV game. sadly, they’re right. #Sochi2014 #TiVo |
| 15 Feb 14 | … every event should have guns. cross-country, with guns. ski jumping, with guns. figure skating, with guns. #Sochi2014 #TiVo |
| 15 Feb 14 | … power-watching #TiVo’e #olympics coverage, making up for the past week’s silly distractions like work, wife, and kids. #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … after falling for the #Olympics and the Mahre bros in Sarajevo, #Sochi2014 is a little hollow w/o an American man on the Alpine podium. |
| 15 Feb 14 | … teeth per capita seems to be much higher for #TeamUSA. #GoUSA #USAvsRUS #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … this game was so much more epic when they were the Soviets. #USAvsRUS #ColdWarNostalgia #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … I have no idea who I’m rooting for. #USAvsRussia #RussianStudiesMajor #StockholmSyndrome #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … hey, hippie. pull up your pants. #TiVo #slopestyle #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … and the Al Trautwig award for most over-wrought commentary goes to whoever the hell is calling the women’s luge. #Sochi2014 |
| 15 Feb 14 | … nice to see the USA + South Korea speed skating mutual admiration society continues. #Grrrr #Sochi2014 #TiVo |
| 15 Feb 14 | … I’m deeply confused how Russia men’s hockey didn’t beat Slovenia by double digits. I’m guessing they are too. #Sochi2014 |
| 14 Feb 14 | … drinking Cuba Libre’s, hold the cola. and, now that you mention it, don’t worry about the lime either. or the glass. |
| 14 Feb 14 | … if/when I train for the #olympics, I’m brining sand toys so #mightyquinn can play in the long jump pit. @noellepikuspace #Sochi2014 |
| 14 Feb 14 | … oh, Evgeni. nobody should have to go out that way. #Sochi2014 |
| 14 Feb 14 | … how is it a false start if no one actually crosses the start line? #speedskating #Sochi2014 |
| 14 Feb 14 | … Matt Lauer, has he found — gravitas? #BattlefieldPromotion #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … Once again, American women are cleaning up the mess left by American men. #halfpipe #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … goldpants the pirate. #wow #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … so USA and Canada don’t like each other any more? that hockey match was brutal. #thoughttheywerenice #eh #52ndState #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … women’s ski jumping is awesome. lots of happy athletes. shame it took 16 years to happen. #tivo #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … apparently success getting TV commercial deals does NOT equate to success getting medals at the #olympics. huh. #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … kinda surprised there’s better halfpipe conditions on Pennsylvania Ave than in Sochi. #DC2024 #Olympics |
| 13 Feb 14 | … #sparklet has named her favorite stuffed animal “Sochi.” #FTW #Sochi2014 |
| 13 Feb 14 | … wonder if the Russian homophobe police are patrolling the men’s double luge event. #lookssuspicious #GayingUpSochi #Sochi2014 |
| 12 Feb 14 | … mad props to the American fans at the sliding venue. #jingotastic #Sochi2014 |
| 12 Feb 14 | … for the record, even 3 minutes and 31 seconds of Al Trautwig is too much. #FireAlTrautwig #CrossCountryDeservesBetter #Sochi2014 |
| 12 Feb 14 | … Matt’s not bad. certainly better than watching Bob and trying desperately to avoid eye contact. #blegh #sochi2014 |
| 12 Feb 14 | … having a hard time getting into the #olympics spirit tonight. #figureskating #flyingtomato #sadpanda #Sochi2014 |
live: first weekend of the olympics
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Live Blog · Olympics
| 11 Feb 14 | … Costas, drinking vodka: “tomorrow morning I’ll wake up on a curb in Minsk.” #NBCFTW #Sochi2014 |
| 11 Feb 14 | … omg, there is a vodka museum in Moscow. #ofcoursethereis #whereelsewoulditbe #Sochi2014 |
| 11 Feb 14 | … finally, @nbcolympics did a human interest story truly worthy of my attention. on vodka. #NBCFTW #Sochi2014 http://t.co/0E7KH8XNnn |
| 11 Feb 14 | … bronze medalists everywhere should learn how to celebrate 3rd place like julia mancuso. #awesome #Sochi2014 |
| 11 Feb 14 | … slalom: when bouncy sticks attack. #Sochi2014 |
| 11 Feb 14 | … this #Olympics, the commentators are (largely) warm and compassionate. what are you up to, NBC?!? #soconfused #isthisthecbc? #Sochi2014 |
| 11 Feb 14 | … would love to have witnessed the brainstorm that led to j.c. penny’s “when it fits, you feel it” tag line. #srsly #Sochi2014 |
| 11 Feb 14 | … one thing I did not miss in the last 3.9 years: the US v South Korea short track speed skating rivalry. #ugh #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … I’m starting to feel that last 46 hrs of #Sochi2014 coverage, tho it’s admittedly easier when 30% are prime time re-airings. #goodnight |
| 10 Feb 14 | … benefit of tape, delay #Sarka is fine but split her helmet open. #Sochi2014 http://t.co/VGHEMVUAud |
| 10 Feb 14 | … video of American Bill Johnson winning Downhill Gold, Sarajevo 1984. #sochi2014 http://t.co/IktV6bkWnD |
| 10 Feb 14 | … oh, Bode. #dude #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … if you want to love women’s hockey, watch the third period of Russia v Germany from this morning. #greatstuff #liveextra #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … #murica, where the boys are named Sage and the girls are named Ty. #slopestyle #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … women’s Olympic soccer > men’s Olympic soccer. women’s slopestyle > men’s slopestyle. #truth #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … my wife has pink eye. Bob Costas has pink eye. coincidence? #ithinknot #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … I desperately want to say something dark and cynical about Meryl and Charlie’s moms, but I’ve got nothing. #squeeee #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … jesus, Putin. stand and clap. #Lipnitskaia #Sochi2014 |
| 10 Feb 14 | … dear. holy. god. #Lipnitskaia #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … my 4 y.o. is downhill skiing through the house. #Sparklet #FTW #Sochi2014 http://t.co/cS36Eddyl0 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … anybody know if I should watch ice skating now, or will NBC just make me rewatch it again tonight in prime time? #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … since when did the French get good with guns? #NoSurrender #Biathlon #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … this #Olympics my 4 yo has learned to ID the US flag, and to be sad when one isn’t on the leaderboard. #dropthemic #sparklet #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … women skiing with guns is good. #FredSavage #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … Al Trautwig must be blackmailing NBC, with the 379 times they’ve re-aired the same two #crosscountry races. #FireAlTrautwig #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … I love you guys, @texasinafrica @MoElleithee. even more than I love @NBCOlympics, err, I mean, #Olympics. |
| 9 Feb 14 | … turns out Team Russia thinks it should be illegal, too. http://t.co/6RIlbUpD4K #crosscountry #sochi2014 (2/2) |
| 9 Feb 14 | … seems like running over someone else’s skis to prevent them from finishing before you should be illegal. #CrossCountry #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … i have literally lost track of what i’ve watched before and what @NBCOlympics is re-airing for the 24th time. #NBCFail #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … despite all the #nbcfail’s, the deference @NBCOlympics is giving to Johnny Weir’s clothing choices is noble and awesome. #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … luge is awesome. skeleton is awesomer. #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … @NBCOlympics’ interview w/ Hannah Kearney last night was excruciating. maybe talk to the Canadians about what they did right? #NBCFail |
| 9 Feb 14 | … please DM me your deets so that I can, um, thank you appropriately. love, your biggest fan. #NBCFail #Sochi2014 (2/2) |
| 9 Feb 14 | … dear NBC programming director. thank you for saving all of your original programming until after 1am. #Sochi2014 #nbcfail (1/2) |
| 9 Feb 14 | … making mental note to never stay at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. #subliminalprogramming #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … would love to meet the inventors of #moguls and to have been there when they pitched their idea to skiers the first time. #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … as I near my 20th Olympiad, I feel comfortable saying that Americans aren’t very good losers. #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … athletes are people who make hard things look easy. #Lipnitskaia #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … “I’ve never even tried that trick before.” #thingsyouneverwanttohearduringanolympicsinterview #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … I wish I could enjoy slopestyle, but all I can think about is that someone’s gonna kill themselves. #toobig #toohard #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … go after those twizzles! #ihavenoideawhatimdoing #Sochi2014 |
| 9 Feb 14 | … there is a Canadian ice dancer named Virtue? I wonder what their stripper name is. #Sochi2014 |
olympic cross-livingroom skiing
Sunday, 9 February 2014
Olympics · Sparklet · The D.C. Parkers · The Mighty Quinn
olympic cross-livingroom skiing