The Great Cornholio
Posted 30 June 2016 - 10:10 AM
USA Today: Human body parts wash up on shore of Rio's Olympic beach
With violence raising concerns about security during Olympics in August, police near the Olympic beach volleyball venue in Copacabana told The Associated Press on Wednesday that a foot and other body parts had been found on the shore.
I guess if they run out of volleyballs they can just use a severed head. About the same size/weight, I'd reckon.
Lemme get two claps and a Ric Flair
HOF
Posted 30 June 2016 - 10:40 AM
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE HUMAN HEAD WEIGHS EIGHT POUNDS?
HOF
Posted 30 June 2016 - 11:09 AM
I guess if they run out of volleyballs they can just use a severed head. About the same size/weight, I'd reckon.
Owner
Posted 05 July 2016 - 10:55 AM
Love the Olympics, but this is such a cluster it's going to be hard to watch.
Everyday there is something else. They really would be better off cancelling the games, or just moving the events to different places across the globe.
HOF
Posted 05 July 2016 - 12:57 PM
USA Today: Human body parts wash up on shore of Rio's Olympic beach
I guess if they run out of volleyballs they can just use a severed head. About the same size/weight, I'd reckon.
Not as bouncy, though.
Fair-weather ex-diehard
Posted 05 July 2016 - 02:09 PM
USA Today: Human body parts wash up on shore of Rio's Olympic beach
I guess if they run out of volleyballs they can just use a severed head. About the same size/weight, I'd reckon.
There's lots of roundy, bouncy things on the Rio beaches... but severed heads ain't among them...
"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal." - Satchel Paige
HOF
Posted 07 July 2016 - 09:07 AM
Watch Allyson Felix lay the smack down coming off the turn in the 400 meter final
HOF
Posted 07 July 2016 - 01:59 PM
Watch Allyson Felix lay the smack down coming off the turn in the 400 meter final
Watched it live. She knew what race she needed to run and did exactly that. Well-done.
HOF
Posted 11 July 2016 - 02:42 PM
Dustin Johnson and Jordan Spieth also not attending.
HOF
Posted 16 July 2016 - 08:14 PM
http://www.sbnation....he-rio-olympics
Good for Jahvid Best. If he could've stayed healthy, he might've really been something in the league.
HOF
Posted 17 July 2016 - 06:34 AM
http://www.sbnation....he-rio-olympics
Good for Jahvid Best. If he could've stayed healthy, he might've really been something in the league.
HOF
Posted 17 July 2016 - 04:23 PM
I'll never forget him puking on the field at Byrd Stadium after one of the nastiest hits I've ever seen.
I still remember that hit. Fucking monstrous, and the aftereffect as well. He was crawling around like he had no idea where he was, trying to get back to the dorm or apartment after a bad night, and upchucked. At least he has been able to translate his ability into something really interesting.
I Miss McNulty
Posted 17 July 2016 - 04:42 PM
That game was the day after my dad died. I remember being all pumped to go and then, welp, not so much.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
"I'm too hungover to watch a loss." - McNulty
@bopper33
HOF
Posted 17 July 2016 - 04:44 PM
HOF
Posted 18 July 2016 - 10:20 AM
What a shit show this has become.
HOF
Posted 29 July 2016 - 04:59 PM
CNN: Rio Olympics: Is Brazil ready for the 2016 Games?
http://www.cnn.com/2...zika/index.html
Fair-weather ex-diehard
Posted 29 July 2016 - 06:02 PM
Betteridge's Law!
Thanks for that... I had no idea....
"The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second-class citizen to a second-class immortal." - Satchel Paige
HOF
Posted 03 August 2016 - 12:26 AM
All right, everybody ready for this shitshow?
Although the opening ceremony is Friday night, Olympic competition begins today with group play in women's football (soccer) matches. Coverage of the first match begins at 11:30 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) as Sweden take on South Africa. Coverage will continue throughout the day on NBCSN and USA. The US women's team begins its group play against New Zealand; kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. on NBCSN.
Men's football (soccer) group play will begin tomorrow, with Iraq facing Denmark at noon ET on NBCSN. Of course, the US derped their way out of the Olympic tournament long ago, but even though the men's tournament is much different than the World Cup, there should still be some interest, as hosts Brazil will take on South Africa in a match featuring the two most recent World Cup host countries (3 p.m., NBCSN), defending gold medalists Mexico clash with Germany in the latter's first Olympic appearance since reunification (you read that correctly) (4 p.m., USA), and Portugal match up with Argentina (5 p.m., NBCSN).
Strangely, the United States has the most combined Olympic football (soccer) medals of any country, with seven. The only men's medals came from the 1904 St. Louis Games, in which the tournament was originally a set of demonstration matches with three teams - two from the US, one from Canada. This was similar in nature to the matches at the 1900 Paris Games, which featured teams from Great Britain, France, and Belgium. Although the first properly organized international tournament was put on by the FA at the 1908 London Games, the IOC would later grant official status to the 1900 and 1904 tournaments, assigning medals to countries based on the results of those matches. As such, the Canadian team won the gold in 1904, with the US teams taking silver and bronze. The men's team had a chance to add a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Games, but lost to Chile 2-0. The women's team have won five medals (four gold, one silver), featuring in the final of every women's tournament since the inaugural tournament at the 1996 Atlanta Games. They are the three-time defending Olympic champions, their only loss in a final the result of Norway's golden goal at the 2000 Sydney Games.
Coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Games will air on NBC at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday, scheduled to last until midnight.
Some useful links:
NBC Olympics web site: http://www.nbcolympics.com - Information including TV broadcast and live stream schedules, video clips, results, etc.
Official Rio 2016 site, English version: http://www.rio2016.com/en - Self-explanatory.
BBC Olympics site: http://www.bbc.com/s...ympics/rio-2016 - British-centric, of course, but chock-full of good stuff.
IOC site: http://www.olympic.org - Self-explanatory.
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