OLYMPICS

[Rampage]

man i hate Bruce McAveney what a knob

'Michael Phelps is perhaps the biggest star at these games'

wtf

Kobe Bryant
Lebron James
Yao Ming
Nadal/Federer
Williams Sisters

ever heard of them Bruce

swimming would be better if the lane ropes were electrified

[TheDirtyDigger]

man i hate Bruce McAveney what a knob

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Agreed 100%. You'd think they'd find someone less overwhelmingly emphatic and sycophantic.

[GoktimusPrime]

(eg. MMA - Now that would get people psyched for more... )

There are already several sports that were developed from martial arts, such as:
+ Wrestling
+ Judo
+ Taekwondo
+ Archery
+ Fencing
+ Javelin (part of Modern Pentathlon)
+ Boxing

[Pulse]

Yeah but I can't stand the "Olympic Versions" of those sports...

Freestyle & Greco-Roman wrestling? Puh-leese... No wonder Kurt Angle gave it up first opportunity he had...

Amateur boxing? WTF!? I know boxing these days is fixed as but I'd still much rather watch Lennox Lewis & Holyfield slug it out one more time rather than watching Felix Savon knock out some wannabe...

(I wonder why Savon never turned pro? If you were a boxer, Would you rather be an Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion or an Olympic Gold Medallist? Which title has more acclaim in the boxing world... It wouldn't be that hard to figure it out... )

[dirge]

Did anyone else catch Bruce McAveney claiming during the opening ceremony that Liberia has the _only_ female head of state?

[kup]

Did anyone else catch Bruce McAveney claiming during the opening ceremony that Liberia has the _only_ female head of state?

or he knows something we don't

[TheDirtyDigger]

What about Angela Merkel???

[dirge]

DD, there are also female monarchs in Denmark & The Netherlands.

As well as Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Cook Islands, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, United Kingdom (& colonies), who all share our head of state.

Ireland, Finland, the Philippines, Switzerland, Chile, India & Argentina also have (elected) female heads of state.

Oh, and Merkel isn't actually the head of state, just head of government

[TheDirtyDigger]

Oh, and Merkel isn't actually the head of state, just head of government

My bad. Was just too eager to get that pic of Dubya groping her in there.

[dirge]

Yeah, I know. And it's a great pic!