Tokyo Olympics: The Thread (OPEN SPOILERS, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!)
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Team USA intimidated at half-time, not by France but by scary robot. Then meltdown began with no one to blame but themselves and never miss a shot robot.
https://nypost.com/2021/07/25/scary-looking-robot-steals-the-show-at-olympics/
https://nypost.com/2021/07/25/scary-looking-robot-steals-the-show-at-olympics/
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When there's no Kings on the team, I don't feel bad rooting against team USA in the Olympics. There's just as many NBA players now on the international teams. Also they had a bunch of chances to tie it at the end and kept shooting threes instead of taking it to the hole so they got what they deserved.
Yes, there are several teams that treat winning the competition as their natural right and come off overly confident and like heels.
Soviet hockey until the downfall of the union, and based on what I saw in 2010 in Vancouver possibly even Russian hockey today despite a massive fall off, would be an example. The USA post dream team had that aura, and watching them fail in 2004 was equal parts sad and exciting. This new team I wouldn't call villains but they aren't a team I feel any sense of pride in. The women's basketball team by contrast is quite likeable despite being every bit as dominant.
Soviet hockey until the downfall of the union, and based on what I saw in 2010 in Vancouver possibly even Russian hockey today despite a massive fall off, would be an example. The USA post dream team had that aura, and watching them fail in 2004 was equal parts sad and exciting. This new team I wouldn't call villains but they aren't a team I feel any sense of pride in. The women's basketball team by contrast is quite likeable despite being every bit as dominant.
The difference is that there are strict rules in place for testing positive for various drugs (including weed).
While no one wants a sexual predator around, it would have to be proven. He has allegations against him and they are investigating, but no charges havebeen made. While this looks bad, if you eliminate anyone with allegations made against them, you make it easy for competitors to get rid of their opponents. I'm not saying it would happen often, but it would definitely happen.
While no one wants a sexual predator around, it would have to be proven. He has allegations against him and they are investigating, but no charges havebeen made. While this looks bad, if you eliminate anyone with allegations made against them, you make it easy for competitors to get rid of their opponents. I'm not saying it would happen often, but it would definitely happen.
I said that this year I think they are more sad than villains but in general after 1992 which seemed like a special thing, they just came off as more bullies with an attitude that if we sent our pros nobody could touch us, this exploded in Athens somewhat delightfully, since then they've lost their aura but I also don't feel any attachment to them.
I really don't want to discuss my issues with the soccer team other than to say I am turned off by how they have used their success to denigrate their male counterparts lack thereof and twisted it into a political football.
I really don't want to discuss my issues with the soccer team other than to say I am turned off by how they have used their success to denigrate their male counterparts lack thereof and twisted it into a political football.
So, basically, you're riding out on this tired old trope, whether it's true, or not? Something that arguably hasn't been true, since at least 2004 (if it was ever true, at all), and definitely hasn't been true since 2008, but you're just going to stick to that unfair label, anyway, because it may have been true, once? Do you still refer to your local team as the "Jailblazers," too?
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I feel like a good portion of the way the average American sports fan consumes sports-as-entertainment can be described as, "Ain't no fun, when the rabbit's got the gun."
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I feel like a good portion of the way the average American sports fan consumes sports-as-entertainment can be described as, "Ain't no fun, when the rabbit's got the gun."