I believe maintaining that you have skied wasted (and comparing that to driving while drunk) goes beyond political incorrectness and into functional stupidity. Especially when you follow that up with a less than impressive performance.Originally Posted by Scott Campbell
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
Swedish biathlon skier Björn Ferry has a great solution for dopers:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-feat...+hammer+dopers"If it were up to me I would dish out the death penalty in doping cases," he said.
"Or at least lots of kicks in the balls."
I'd suggest the second option for NFL dopers, but after doing steroids, could you even find their balls?
Fire Murphy, Gute, MLF, Barry, Senavich, etc!
Have you been around a lot of skiers? Finding one that hasn't skied wasted is like trying to find a virgin in a whore house.
Bode's not politically correct.
You don't think that risking your own life, and potentially others on the slope, is more serious than being politically incorrect?
Have you been around a lot of skiers? Finding one that hasn't skied wasted is like trying to find a virgin in a whore house.
Bode's not politically correct.
Just because others do it, makes it no more safe. Or admirable.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
You don't think that risking your own life, and potentially others on the slope, is more serious than being politically incorrect?
Have you been around a lot of skiers? Finding one that hasn't skied wasted is like trying to find a virgin in a whore house.
Bode's not politically correct.
No matter how much you try to hype it, I don't find it particularly serious. Or unusual. Are you going to condemn Max McGee for doing the same thing?
Have you been around a lot of skiers?
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poor lindsey
i suppose her horribly injured shin caused her to catch that gate and wipe out
I expect that'll be her story, and she's sticking to it. Mancuso is a monster in these games so far - eh?
Max was usually hung over. But even if still drunk, he wasn't coasting along through the secondary at 40mph on skis. And I don't remember Max announcing before the big game he was going to be sure he was hammered for kickoff.You don't think that risking your own life, and potentially others on the slope, is more serious than being politically incorrect?
Have you been around a lot of skiers? Finding one that hasn't skied wasted is like trying to find a virgin in a whore house.
Bode's not politically correct.
No matter how much you try to hype it, I don't find it particularly serious. Or unusual. Are you going to condemn Max McGee for doing the same thing?
Have you been around a lot of skiers?
I know enough skiers and snowboarders to have been skiing with them while some were toking on the chairlift, and others were drinking in the clubhouse. And there were times both needed to be avoided.
But safety aside, I think Miller miscalculated. He clearly was bothered by the attention and expectations going into 2006 and sought to diffuse them by either insisting he wasn't going to change or that he would refuse to conform. That's fine. To do so by insisting he was going to put others at risk or engage in behavior that a substantial portion of the public would think is objectionable or illegal (I do not know Miller enough to know if by wasted he meant alcohol or something else) was calculated stupidity. He wasn't being politically incorrect, he was inviting abuse. And when his performance was below expectations, the reaction was as predictable as sunrise.
One thing I was never clear on was whether he sought to intimate that he skied in an altered state on his own or in competitions.
Every athlete has their own obstacles to overcome and the mental ones may be the most difficult of all. I do not hold that Miller somehow is an underachiever because he did not medal in 2006 (or took a year off), like the author in Patler's link does. He is far too accomplished (World Cup titles, medals in 2 other Olympics, the most decorated American Alpine skier) for such tut tutting of his accomplishments.
He did damage his public reputation with those comments. But the greater harm was the sabotage of his own abilities. Is he even as old as Max was at the Super Bowl?
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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hell yeah she is
I expect that'll be her story, and she's sticking to it. Mancuso is a monster in these games so far - eh?
how tall is the german, like 6-5?
amazing to see that sweed take third after that nasty crash yesterday. busted ass, legs, hips and all. 24 hours after it happened. vonn could learn something about toughness from her, or at least how to shut her mouth and quit trying to make everyone feel so bad for her bruised shin
Did Lindsey Vonn kill your dog or something, Red?
You can just watch her ski and tell that she ain't faking the injury. It's bothering her, she's definitely fighting through something. Does that not speak to her toughness? For chryst's sake, if you compete through an injury you've got toughness. It doesn't matter what the final score is.
Besides, you have no idea how bad her injury is. And you've obviously forgotten her training run at Turino 4 years ago, where she was flown off the mountain on a backboard after a horrific crash. She's one of the very last people whose toughness I'd question.
Chuck Norris doesn't cut his grass, he just stares at it and dares it to grow
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it took me about 2 minutes of listening to her first interview at the olympics to see that she was a total fake and a massive drama queen
i can't stand either
I guess if you win a gold, you get to be a bit of a diva.
Well.....there goes the Olympics thread.
How bout the snarky comments made by the Russian skater that took silver last night. That wasn't very gracious.
I tuned in like I do every 4 years and I am totally board out of my mind I cant stand it. Commercials, Bob Costas, skating, people falling. I really tried last night to watch but as far as TV viewing goes, it blows. Just me I guess. I have zero interest except the snowboarders look cute maybe except that Vermont chick.
Lombardi told Starr to "Run it, and let's get the hell out of here!" - 'Ice Bowl' December 31, 1967
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Kind of funny since Mancuso is said to be the diva of the US women's team. People have compared her to Bode Miller. She does everything she can to not be part of the team--whereas Vonn is the hard working team player. That's said to have caused some animosity between the two.
By the way:
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...urn=oly,220818
At low point, Lindsey Vonn takes the high road
Immediately after the race, Vonn spoke of being too aggressive in trying to shave off time to catch Germany's Maria Riesch. She said she knew she had to attack the course if she wanted to win gold. There was no mention of skiing for silver because, one could guess, Lindsey Vonn didn't come to the Olympics to finish second.
The shin came up, as it always does. Vonn said it was "killing" and wondered if she was too aggressive in light of the injury. That suggestion only came up after she was asked though. On her daily update on her Facebook page, Vonn didn't mention the injury once.
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http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...yhoo&type=lgns
In the article, Mancuso complains about the rules allowing men's skis. I guess when she complains, it's no big deal. When Vonn does it, she's deserves scorn.Suddenly, Vonncouver is feeling a little like Vancuso.
And it couldn’t be a more riveting tug of wills, with Vonn and Mancuso having been close friends early in their ski careers, but now managing a much cooler, prickly rivalry. And like all rivalries, it features two opposing characters, with clashing ideologies grasping for their portion of the spotlight. Vonn is the sweet, pretty, wholesome one. The one with massive expectations, who sat out the Opening Ceremony while nursing an injured shin and baking banana bread in her condo. Mancuso is the feistier, wilder surfer chick who hawks an underwear line called “Kiss My Tiara.” The one who arrived in Vancouver with almost no expectations, and was slightly late for Opening Ceremony because she was playing a last-minute game of “Dance Dance Revolution” in the athletes’ Olympic Village.
In general, they are viewed differently inside the U.S. skiing family. Mancuso is seen as a freer, defiant spirit, cut from a cloth that is something similar to the enigmatic Bode Miller. Vonn is thought to be the harder working one, the master of her craft, and the good soldier in the U.S. program...
And both have taken swipes at each other in the past for the way they prepare for skiing greatness. Vonn has shown some disdain for Mancuso using a private bus rather than traveling with the U.S. team in Europe, and for dryland training away from the program. On the other side, Mancuso has talked about Vonn’s approach to skiing being too analytical and boring.
I remember her getting crap for wearing a tiara to some ski event.
I think they're both good for each other, and good for the sport. Maybe B could get them to jello wrestle for us after the Olympics.
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oh man, sucks to be this lady
http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...urn=oly,220613
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