I enjoy watching many of the Summer Olympics' events:

Badminton
Equestrian
Gymnastics
Tae Kwon Do
Volleyball

I despise the drivel from the "color" commentators:

You can see that as he's doing the Butterfly stroke he's constantly moving forward.

If he's not moving forward then: a) he's not swimming, he's treading water, and b) he'll lose.

He's the strongest physical member of the Romanian gymnastics team, strengthwise.

Where, Oh, where to begin with that one?

The judges are conferencing.

No, they're conferring. "Conference" is a noun, not a verb.

Recovering from a torn bicep muscle in four months is not humanly possible.

Then explain how the human about whom he was talking managed to do it.

The Romanian gymnast has raised the bar, leaving the other teams to chase it.

People don't chase bars, they reach for them; they chase brass rings.

They will be competing on four apparatus.

No, they will be competing on four apparati. "Apparatus" is singular; when you have four of them you need to pluralize it.

Both of these teams expect to be playing on the last day of competition, at least for a gold, if not for a bronze.

I realize it's been four years since we've had a Summer Olympics, and my memory isn't as good as it once was, but I think that gold is better than bronze, not vice-versa.

He had his opponent on the ropes and he let him off the hook.

Um, . . . .

And on it goes.

Most, if not all, of the "color" commentators are former athletes in the sport about which they are making their silly remarks. Evidently, being well-spoken - or even making sense - isn't a requirement.

Note that this phenomenon is not limited to the Olympics. A "color" commentator for a college football game to which I was listening on the radio said that this is not a time when the quarterback wants to throw an interception. He failed to characterize the times when a quarterback does want to throw an interception.

Sigh.

At least I can turn down the sound and still watch some incredible athletes.

 

I got to watch some Judo competitions last night. They were pretty good. That Korean dude got gold, and the U.S. got bronze; I think either Russia or Japan got silver. Overall, pretty cool to watch.

 

what is up with the "dream" team Greece by 6 points....tsk tsk

 

GYMNASTIcS IS THE BEST SPORT!!!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!!!!! GO WOMEN IN TIGHTS !!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ewe! Pedophile!

Those are young little girls, not women. Now, beach volleyball has women in bikinis, albeit most of them don't have any tits, but their bodies are hot.

 

yeh no tits boooo! Its like female body builders yella.

 

Not quite, man! Female body-builders are very muscular and manly, while the volleyball players are very tone and sexy, albeit none of them have much boobies.

Silver, I thought you were gonna get drunk after finals?

 

I dunno I'm stressed this week. I'm out of whack or something.

 

Well, then you should take a long drive in the S with the top down or play with your cocker.

 

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE

OI OI OI