Olympic Spoiler Thread - You've Been Warned.

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Re: Olympic Spoiler Thread - You've Been Warned.

USA men DQd (again!) in the 4x100. Bad exchange on first pass out of tbe zone

First time I've ever seen the baton passed too early. US women's 4 x 100 were awesome.

[joecct]

Re: Olympic Spoiler Thread - You've Been Warned.

USA men DQd (again!) in the 4x100. Bad exchange on first pass out of tbe zone

[Russell Jaslow]

Did I miss some sort of statement about why Track and Field athletes get their medals the next day (for the most part)?

My guess is that it takes a day to deal with any protests and appeals, if necessary.

[joecct]

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Usain Bolt is one bad mother (shut your mouth)!

[Spartanforlife4]

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Serbia up 35-14 on Australia in basketball... at the half.

[joecct]

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Deutschland über Alles!

[The Sicatoka]

Re: Olympic Spoiler Thread - You've Been Warned.

Never The Sun.

It's fine if you don't stare into it.

[Jimjamesak]

C'mon man, appreciate diversity, embrace it.

Never The Sun.

[The Sicatoka]

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Don't. Read. The Sun.

C'mon man, appreciate diversity, embrace it.

[ticapnews]

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Phil_dupree is alive and calling Olympic volleyball in Rio.
Boom-shaka-lak

[walrus]

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She doesn't respond well to physical play. She gets thrown off her game if you keep hitting her in the body. At least three or four missed layups. She relies too much on her height and doesn't utilize basic fundamentals as well as she should.


I didn't think the US would miss Sue Bird as much as they did. The offense was really sloppy and sputtered a lot. They got by with their defense in the second half. Seimone Augustus really bailed them out in a way by hitting a series of clutch jump shots when needed the most.

I'm impressed by Maya Moore's play off the ball. Obviously she is a great offensive threat, but the way she chases down loose balls, crashes the boards, gets key steals (leading the team in steals), switches on defense....she is doing all the dirty work that needs to be done for the team to succeed. In college she seemed like a bit of a prima donna, and the book was that if you muscled her, she'd get rattled. No longer, apparently.

Kind of neat that the USA coaching staff has the Lynx head coach on staff (three championships in five years) as well as the best college coach ever. It is probably harder than one would expect to coach a team full of superstars at all 12 roster spots, to get every one of them all to buy in 100% to being role players. Even on the bench they are all actively involved in cheering and supporting their teammates.

I thought Moore and Taurasi(sp?) were the best American players, the offense was out of sync without a point guard. The little blonde from France, while nice to look at, was shooting daggers. Between the legs, step back, 3 pointer was killer. She can shoot. Biggest disappointment was the girl who graduated from UConn last year, Stewert, I've seen a few games and she looks out of sorts.

[joecct]

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With about 10 minutes left in the womens soccer bronze medal match

Canada 2
Brazil 1

EDIT: And it's a final. Congrats to Canada.

[ticapnews]

Don't. Read. The Sun.

What he said.

What I learned watching volleyball for 5 minutes: act like thugs until the referee changes his call.

[Jimjamesak]

This is the spoiler thread, right?

Well, they weren't reading a book.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/16372...ive-broadcast/

Don't. Read. The Sun.

[The Sicatoka]

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This is the spoiler thread, right?

Well, they weren't reading a book.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/16372...ive-broadcast/