Have Olympics diminished excitement over football training camps?

[Harlan Huckleby]

An American Judo guy was expelled for failing a drug test for marijuana. How is that a performance enhancing drug?

[wootah]

An American Judo guy was expelled for failing a drug test for marijuana. How is that a performance enhancing drug?

It can help to relieve stress, so I've heard.

[Pugger]

An American Judo guy was expelled for failing a drug test for marijuana. How is that a performance enhancing drug?

He claimed he ingested it in something he ate before the games (brownies?).

Why were some folks giving Gabby and hard time about her hair of all things after she won the All-around? Good grief.

[Upnorth]

....and down goes Canada! Amazing soccer game for both sides. USA vs Japan should be one hell of a battle. Redemption time for the US women?

Lots of people crying foul up hear about the officiating in that game. Having seen no evidence and only heard frustration over teh radio about the bs officiating I have scientifically determined that the USA womens soccer team are a bunch of cheats who paid of teh ref.

[George Cumby]

Lots of people crying foul up hear about the officiating in that game. Having seen no evidence and only heard frustration over teh radio about the bs officiating I have scientifically determined that the USA womens soccer team are a bunch of cheats who paid of teh ref.

Duh.

[Guiness]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/r51E4Rb2PgU

NOT anorexic. Actually, when she was standing getting ready to jump, there was even a little bit of chub around her midsection!

[Guiness]

If badmitton is an olympic sport, then they should also have wiffle ball, jarts, and chicken fights in the pool. Maybe even golf. Well, probably not golf.

Ya, I know I'm feeding the troll , but christ, have you ever played the sport with any sort of seriousness? Because what you're saying reflects a serious lack of understanding if you're not just trying to be cute and funny.

[Guiness]

Forfeiting a turn isn't comparable to tanking a game either. The premise of a game is that each team or player is trying its best to win, regardless of who is playing. When one group of players (or both groups) are visibly trying to lose, then it's no longer a game. Forfeiting a turn, on the other hand, might conceivably be part of a player's strategy to win the game. A game has an organic unity to it, and by trying to lose you destroy that unity.

And that's why it got so blatant. The Chinese didn't want to meet the other Chinese team until the finals, and were trying to get on the other side of the draw. The Koreans figured out the Chinese were trying to throw it, so to show them up they in turn tried to throw it as well. I'm not sure if it would've given them any benefit.

I didn't follow the rest of the story...8 players were DQ'd? Was there another thrown match?

[Guiness]

An American Judo guy was expelled for failing a drug test for marijuana. How is that a performance enhancing drug?

Interesting. A Canadian snowboarder lost his gold because of marijuana, but it was given back because they weren't testing other athletes for it, only the snowboarders. Is it now a universally banned substance?

[Freak Out]

Lots of people crying foul up hear about the officiating in that game. Having seen no evidence and only heard frustration over teh radio about the bs officiating I have scientifically determined that the USA womens soccer team are a bunch of cheats who paid of teh ref.

There was a bad handball call...or not. Play better defense and they win.

[Freak Out]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/r51E4Rb2PgU

I love the track and field events.

[Upnorth]

Ya, I know I'm feeding the troll , but christ, have you ever played the sport with any sort of seriousness? Because what you're saying reflects a serious lack of understanding if you're not just trying to be cute and funny.

I didn't know you were that passionate about wiffle ball.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Ya, I know I'm feeding the troll , but christ, have you ever played the sport with any sort of seriousness? Because what you're saying reflects a serious lack of understanding if you're not just trying to be cute and funny.

Yes, I sincerely believe that badmitton is a recreational activity. Who are you calling a troll? Pull the shuttlecock out of your ass, creep, you aren't the standards and practices officer.

[swede]

Yes, I sincerely believe that badmitton is a recreational activity. Who are you calling a troll? Pull the shuttlecock out of your ass, creep, you aren't the standards and practices officer.

This is why badminton should not be an Olympic sport.

It draws out mean-spirited hooligans.

[Harlan Huckleby]

U.S.A.! U.S.A.!