Post-Game Talk: 2018 Winter Olympics - PyeongChang, South Korea February 9-25

[Alicat]

USA Women’s hockey starts at 2:40am tomorrow. Canada women are on at 7:10am.

 

[Fenway]

Canadian coverage is light years ahead.

Canada relies upon the Olympic Broadcast Services feed with their own announcers on major events and they will show events LIVE.

CBC coverage will feature Canadian athletes as they should but they look at the total picture.

This explains what OBS does

Live From PyeongChang: Enhancements in Store for Viewers Around the Globe

Live from PyeongChang: 1,218 Intel Drones Shine at Opening Ceremony; Set Record

 

[Chief Nine]

Ahahahah!

Hey, is Bob Costas still at NBC? I remember in my time in the US that at every ceremony, he would spend a long time talking about what country had a conflict. Stuff like "... and here comes the Afghanistan delegation. Refreshing to see a nation that suffered under several conflicts starting XYZ time, now turning the tide... etc etc ".
He was such a gloom guy...

Don’t even get me started about Jiminy Cricket. That guy injects himself into every sport as some sort of moral compass for what he believes is the “right way” to play etc. The guy is a miniature windbag, self-important, blowhard. Whenever I see him come on the channel gets changed

 

[Chief Nine]

Canadian coverage is light years ahead.

Funny how they just... oh I don’t know, show events

 

[BruinLVGA]

Don’t even get me started about Jiminy Cricket. That guy injects himself into every sport as some sort of moral compass for what he believes is the “right way” to play etc. The guy is a miniature windbag, self-important, blowhard. Whenever I see him come on the channel gets changed

Big time!!! Ahahahah

 

[McGarnagle]

Also, he makes the same joke about how Central African Republic is a republic located in Central Africa every single olympiad.

 

[sarge88]

Other than Hockey how can anyone relate to this? Do any of us have memories of going to Little League Bobsled or Pop Warner Figure Skating. How about Babe Ruth Luge?

Hockey aside the Winter Olympics is the most elitist and pompous of all sporting events

I like watching the speed skating and skiing/snowboarding though.

 

[Chief Nine]

Have always preferred their hockey coverage.Growing up in Northern Vermont we could pick up a lot of great HNIC coverage on a cloudy night with the antenna

Curious, where in VT did you grow up? (PM if you want to keep it private)

 

[Chief Nine]

Why is NBC so caught up with North Korea?

Kindred spirits

 

[sarge88]

Growing up in Canada I've tried or played a lot of different winter sports.
Hockey (of course) but have also gone down bobsled and luge runs. Curled. Skied. Snowboarded. Speed-skated (that was difficult for me) Tried wearing figure skates a couple times and that was very difficult also.

A big thing though is how excited my 12 year-old daughter is. She loved watching the Summer Olympics when she was 10 - and still talks about Penny Olekziak, the Winter's last time, and kind of remembers me taking her to some events out here when she was only four.
She watched at lunch at school yesterday and was glued to the screen last night. -I've given her a pass on how much t.v. she watches during the Olympics. As she just finds it incredibly inspiring.
And it gets her wanting to try all these different sports - and has been asking for me to take her speed skating.
It just adds so much to the experience of the Olympics and melts any cynicism I have.

Some of my best childhood sports memories are Olympic related.

Miracle on Ice and the 84 summer games to be specific.

For my daughter it’s the amazing things Phelps has done and that 4x100 medley relay that was won by the US in the last 20 yards in 08, as well as the US Women’s soccer team, who she follows like we do the Bruins.

Parenthood certainly gives you a different perspective on things....usually in a good way!

 

[Alicat]

Maia and Alex Shibutani (USA) and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Canada) are coming up for the ice dancing part of the ice skating competition.

 

[mar2kbos]

Maia and Alex Shibutani (USA) and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (Canada) are coming up for the ice dancing part of the ice skating competition.

Not sure why but I feel its a little creepy that brother and sister dance together...lots of touching during the dance...just find it a little weird...

 

[Kate08]

I can’t remember being so uninterested in the Olympics before. Not sure if it’s the time difference or what but I can’t get into it

 

[BMC]

Those ski jumpers are just insane

 

[Alicat]

Those ski jumpers are just insane

These snowboarders are equally as insane.

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

I can’t remember being so uninterested in the Olympics before. Not sure if it’s the time difference or what but I can’t get into it

I think it is the time difference as well

 

[BMC]

These snowboarders are equally as insane.

Amen.

 

[KrejciMVP]

Feb 16th and 17th should be fun, Canada vs Czechs and then USA vs Russia in hockey, both morning games EST

 

[KrejciMVP]

I think it is the time difference as well

they are 14 hours ahead of us

 

[Donnie Shulzhoffer]

they are 14 hours ahead of us

Yes, the time difference that makes it difficult to get interested

 

[BMC]

I think I'll watch women's biathlon it looks much safer lol

 

[Alicat]

USA wins Gold in snowboarding!

Canada goes Silver and Bronze

 

[BMC]

Don’t even get me started about Jiminy Cricket. That guy injects himself into every sport as some sort of moral compass for what he believes is the “right way” to play etc. The guy is a miniature windbag, self-important, blowhard. Whenever I see him come on the channel gets changed

And Katie Couric is her usual annoying perky self

 

[KrejciMVP]

Yes, the time difference that makes it difficult to get interested

I usually follow the downhill skiing and hockey, too bad the downhill was postponed till wednesday due to high winds, should have been on at 945 tonight

 

[BMC]

USA wins Gold in snowboarding!

Canada goes Silver and Bronze

Woooot! And woooooot Canada!!