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Offline Holden McGroin

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« Reply #30 on: February 17, 2006, 10:45:06 AM »
By the way, Baseball and Softball have been dropped from the London games.
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« Reply #31 on: February 17, 2006, 10:52:31 AM »
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Aerial trick ski jumping
Half pipe
 


What?!

I want to see you even try what some of those competitors do. Doing multiple backflips high above the ground on skis and not dieing is a skill in my book, not a passtime for us regulars.
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« Reply #32 on: February 17, 2006, 11:35:43 AM »
i tried watching curling lol I can't figure out the stupid rules, I watched it for about 30 minutes and I link it in the same category as chess and poker... a hobby not a sport, a sport consists of actually breaking a sweat, if you don't sweat its not a sport

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« Reply #33 on: February 17, 2006, 11:36:23 AM »
and playin chess outside on  a hot day does not count lol

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« Reply #34 on: February 17, 2006, 11:37:04 AM »
AH2 should be a olympic sport :)

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« Reply #35 on: February 17, 2006, 11:39:44 AM »
Looking at porn can break a sweat.
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« Reply #36 on: February 17, 2006, 12:11:11 PM »
"Looking at porn can break a sweat."

I'm not sure how you would compete in that, but if you were "racing" other people to ummm... do something something lol... then I would classify it as a sport

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« Reply #37 on: February 17, 2006, 02:00:49 PM »
Sport (noun) :

Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

An active pastime; recreation.

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« Reply #38 on: February 17, 2006, 02:47:29 PM »
tex..you obviously have never snowboarded in a halfpipe..let alone get to a skill level where theses guys are launching...i dotn liek all the spins..im more of a large air style guy but..its no joke and cross countyr skiers wont break there spine if they ski wrong

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« Reply #39 on: February 17, 2006, 02:53:51 PM »
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"... So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. ..."[/b] -Bryant Gumbel [/B]


Gumbel is a racist, corporate choad.

Here's a good read..

Oh... and the HBO Sports Message Boards are lighting up.
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« Reply #40 on: February 17, 2006, 03:06:16 PM »


This is why I like curling

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« Reply #41 on: February 17, 2006, 03:22:12 PM »
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I would say that they (curlers), are just as athletic as shooters. Should we call shooters athletes? What about archery? Luge?

Of course there's always this Hotties with brooms: U.S. women curlers have sex appeal
Did anyone else get a giggle out of them saying how popular the women's "pole vault" was? They can vault my pole anytime :aok :aok :rofl :noid
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« Reply #42 on: February 17, 2006, 03:23:04 PM »
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Dear Fans of Real Sports,

I would like to take this opportunity to explain my remarks made on the February 7th episode of "Real Sports." Many of you seem to think that I discount the achievement of white athletes because of the paucity (I love that word) of black athletes. You couldn't be more wrong. White athletes do the best they can, considering their limited skills and genetic gifts.

Let's be honest, a few more trips up the chairlift and I could have dusted Alberta Tomba (my ski instructor at Aspen said I was WAY better than Goldie Hawn AND Kurt Russell). Eric Heiden? He's just lucky my cousin doesn't like the ice. Bonnie Blair? My grandmother was faster in sneakers.

I also apologize for limiting my remarks to the Winter Olympics. Let's examine other sports where there is a paucity (ooh goody, used it again) of black athletes.

The only reason Lance Armstrong won seven Tour de France championships was because my brother Greg chafes in lycra. Hell, if you gave the average brother some water wings, they would have smoked Mark Spitz easy. (Do you realize how slow the swimmers must have been going in Munich if a Jewish guy won seven gold medals?)

And don't even mention Wayne Gretzky. Like I said, my cousin isn't fond of the white stuff (it's a color thing).

I know what you're going to say -- if black athletes are so superior in every regard, why is there an occasional white athlete who doesn't completely stink in sports with a paucity (three times, yahoo!) of white athletes? Simple -- the GOP makes us promise to take it easy on a few of you guys every few years so you'll watch programs like mine. C'mon, how else can you explain Larry Bird (beyond white), Sandy Koufax (Jew again) and Tom Brady (hot ex-fiance)?

So, to all you white Republicans who can't stand the truth, I apologize if my remarks were misconstrued. Simply put -- you guys suck and HBO doesn't have the balls to do anything about it.

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« Reply #43 on: February 17, 2006, 03:24:05 PM »
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I can't tell if it's real or not.  Some people are treating it like it is.


It's satire.

Oh... and on the HBO forums, the posts begin at the bottom and work up.
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« Reply #44 on: February 17, 2006, 03:53:28 PM »
Here is the real quote

"Finally, tonight, the Winter Games. Count me among those who don’t like them and won’t watch them ... Because they’re so trying, maybe over the next three weeks we should all try too. Like, try not to be incredulous when someone attempts to link these games to those of the ancient Greeks who never heard of skating or skiing. So try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the Winter Games look like a GOP convention. Try not to point out that something’s not really a sport if a pseudo-athlete waits in what’s called a kiss-and-cry area, while some panel of subjective judges decides who won ... So if only to hasten the arrival of the day they’re done, when we can move on to March Madness — for God’s sake, let the games begin."

No one would care, in fact many on this BBS would probably agree with him if he'd just left out the stupid race card.

I agree.. he's a choad.