Vancouver Olympics

[jkhanson]

I enjoy the Pairs ice skating.  It is amazing how they can stay in sync with each other.  they make it look easy!

[carolrowe]

My 7 year old is hooked.  I've always been a big fan of both summer and winter games.  Watched he pairs figure skating last night.  Such grace and strength combined.  All my kids (4) are athletes and I admire what the olympic athletes must do to raise their game to this level.  Lots of gruelling work to be sure.

[rogery]

I enjoy both the Winter and Summer Olympics. The TV coverage has been pretty poor this time. With the internet, I wind up knowing results way before the events are aired.

[Oryon20]

I enjoy both the Winter and Summer Olympics. The TV coverage has been pretty poor this time. With the internet, I wind up knowing results way before the events are aired.

Totally agree.  It seems with each passing Olympics, NBC's coverage is getting worse and worse.  I'm really hoping once their contract is up that CBS tries to get the games.

Example of bad coverage:  This afternoon, while NBC is on the air from 1-5PM EST, the men's Downhill is happening live.  What do we get instead?  Mostly snowboard cross qualifying.  Now, I love snowboard cross, but the downhill deserved to be airing live.  Medals are being awarded, c'mon!  These weren't qualifiers.  Instead, NBC decides to air a very abbreviated delay tonight at 8:00 of the downhill.  Then, once they are done with that, they decide to run a piece on Polar Bears.  Huh?  And that has to do with the Olympics how exactly?

I already knew Bode Miller won bronze because during the afternoon today I went to ESPN.com for a quick look at some college games tonight and they had it plastered on the front page.  I hadn't even known the downhill was happening yet.  I had figured, with the east coast being 3 hours behind, most of the stuff will be live these next two weeks.  I guess not.

[wfelagai]

its really sad to hear about the injured and killed person in the olympics.  god bless their families as they go through this difficult time in their lives.