Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site iddic.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!orca!iddic!brucec From: brucec@iddic.UUCP Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Olympic Coverage Message-ID: <1792@iddic.UUCP> Date: Thu, 9-Aug-84 12:51:18 EDT Article-I.D.: iddic.1792 Posted: Thu Aug 9 12:51:18 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:28:10 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 28 *** The most flagrant 'unsportsmanlike' conduct I've seen so far in the Games was last night (8/8) in the men's volleyball when a member of the Canadian team 'flipped the bird' at the net judge. This doesn't mean that ALL CANADIANS are poor sports, but then again, neither are ALL AMERICANS. I don't particularly like the TV coverage my self, so I watch it on tape. It takes about 2 hours to watch a 4 1/2 hr tape when you eliminate all the ads and "up close and personal" BS. Next to Howard Cosell, Diana Nyad is my least favorite commentator. Her voice is unpleasant and always hoarse. I also can't think of her as a legitimate sports figure: Did she ever compete in a legitimate sport? All I can remember is all those over-hyped "Swim From Bahamas" that she never finished. Have you noticed how Eric Heiden calls everyone, even women, "Guys"? He interviewed Connie Carpenter and Rebecca Twig and kept asking "So what were you guys thinking about when .....?" To all them furreners complaining about the Olympics: Why don't you get off your socialist asses, go to work, build a society which can feed and support yourself, start your own broadcasting company, bid competitively against other companies and nations for the Olympics and the right to broadcast them? But don't stop bitching while standing in the breadline!! Oh, no!! We believe in freedom of speech here. brucec