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Ditto what Adam said. Plus, Sasha Cohen's spiral sequence is one of the greatest ever. Absolute perfection in form, technique and artistry. Slutskya just looked tentative, like she was skating not to lose, whereas Cohen knew she missed the gold and just went out and gave it her all after the...

She broke up with him 6 weeks later. Mentioned something about his inadequate putter...

So Greg Maddox never got a 6 inch outside strike? Derek Jeter never got a phantom tag call? Rookies never get squeezed against a veteran? Pedro Martinez, Roger Clemens et al never got a questionable strike against a rookie (followed by the ump telling the rookie he has to swing)? Batters who...

Now on a lighter note, for those fans of both curling and good looking women, when you are not drooling over Sasha Cohen, tune in a USA women's curling match. The skip and vice-skip are sisters, Cassie and Jamie Johnson and are ... ehem ... attractive young women, to say the least. A little pale...

The only thing I have to say is I really think everyone has lost the ability to understand smileys.:rolleyes: Some of the things I had to say were admittedly ridiculous Patrick, especially my own silly rules on what constitutes a sport. I assure you they are tongue in cheek and probably more...

Not up hill! I mean when they are struggling to go up the hills either traditional or duckwalk. Any normal person would take off the skis and walk.:D

You can actually do this if you want. Not from the top, but from the top of the landing hill. Lake Placid opens the Olympic ski jumps to the public 2-3 times a year. They give you a tube, you climb the hill, then walk in a trench to the middle of the landing hill. You then climb out on the hill...

See, I'm not going to go there. I'm more a hater of ideology, not skin color. But seeing the Chinese seem to be pressing forward in the "sport" that most here do not even consider a sport, I figure we don't have to worry either way. ;) Though as I said, the young lady who got up after a...

Yeah! Boy, I want some fence side seating for that. Nothing beats getting crushed by a sea of humanity when you want to spell out national loyalty. :D I'm not really a futbol afficinado, but I'm a big fan of hockey. I guess I like my blood and mayhem on the ice rather than in the stands.;)

Especially when the winter sports are seeing more minorities than ever. This year we have our first african-american speedskater, an asian just won bronze in moguls for the US and the african and arab nations have more representatives than ever before. The Olympics is about harmony, it is a...

It has to do with approach, take off, revolutions and landing. What foot, what edge, backwards, forwards and whether you take off from an edge (edge jump) or a toe. These are the basics (if I remember correctly, with some help): Axel: Easiest jump to recognize, because it is the only jump...

This is actually going nowhere and I will bow out and leave opinion to opinion. I certainly have been on the opposite side about golf and know when it is going nowhere. I would like to know one thing. Patrick_S, with your exposure to and participation in the sport/non-sport of figure...

No, because Ballet is not competitive, although you could see where some aspects can be judged. Plus, the two other rules are: 2) You cannot dress for a sport in the same clothes you wear to casual Friday at work. Examples: Golf, Bowling. 4) Any props used in a sport must be used to hit...

The achilles guy was the other Chinese couple. The reason the Chinese couple you speak of came in second was three fold. One, their short program score was high, putting them within shooting distance of a medal. Second, the fall, while atrocious, was only counted as a fall. The fact it was a...

And your overly dismissive comments about the definitive rules of the sport certainly did not belie your real knowledge. Has judging in FS been shallow, nationalistic and downright corrupt? Of course. But so has Boxing, to an even greater extent than skating (nobody throws a skating event so the...

X-Country skiing requires great stamina and is a bear of a sport, but the modern groomed courses with the finely tuned lanes makes me want to jump up and scream "The f'in snow's about 1/2 inch deep!! Pick up the skis and RUN you idiot!!" :D

That was the layman's view. There is certainly a bit more to it. If you want to know about edges, inside, outside, landing forward/backward, approach forward/backward, an inside to outside spiral, the proper way to do a scratch spin and the difference between an axel and a toe-loop, we can talk...

Neither is figure skating, where the short program requires a certain number of elements be completed in order to score a certain amount. I've seen falls, two-foot landings and missing rotations that were 100 times more definitive than any replay judged touchdown pass or 7 camera angle reviewed...

I guess I am biased because I had a sister who was into competitive sakting, so I understand most of the judging and can see the difference between a superb and no so superb program. It does not take much and a lot of it is easy to pick up just by watching. Essentially, if it looks good, it is good.

:laugh: My mom called me up the other night and said "I don't know if you want to hear this, but Curling is on USA right now." I flipped it on and I too was sucked in. Last Olympics I found myself watching the Womens's preliminary rounds between Canada and Who-cares-ikstan at 2AM and still...

Guess you've never watched baseball, football, hockey, basketball etc. All of them are judged by humans and I guarantee you there is less objectiveness in judging the approach, execution and landing of a salchow than there is in the average MLB umpire's strike zone. Also, the judging rules in...