The weekend was filled with a number of "major" sporting events. With the Olympic Games starting on the weekend of the NBA All-Star Game and the Daytona 500, it was definitely a full weekend. I will admit that I am not a Nascar fan, so I pretty much pay attention to who won the race so I know if someone asks. Jamie McMurray, right? I think the fact that I'm familiar with his name should count for something. Anyway, I thought it was pretty awesome that they had problems with a pothole at the Daytona 500. How does this happen? And given that it took a couple stoppages that I think ended up being over 2 hours of downtime - not good. Needless to say, this is not what you want at your sport's Super Bowl and if you were a casual fan watching the race, you stopped watching. Unfortunate.
The All-Star Game I suppose is a big event, it was at least in attendance this year setting a world record, but lets be honest, no one really cares about any of the major sports' all-star games. My real guff here though is with the dunk contest. This used to be one of the best events in all of sports with the epic duels of Dominique and MJ and the birth of Vincanity, but those days are long since past. They either need to get the premier players in the league (i.e. Lebron, D-Wade, The Durantula, etc.) or stop having it. I didn't watch any of it but then saw the end when they were asking Nate Robinson if he was having troubles being creative. Really? How bad was it? I think they were muting Charles Barkley's mic because he was saying how "terble" it was. And speaking of Nate Robinson, he won again? Nate Robinson now is the only 3-time Dunk Contest winner, that's should be a feat, but instead is a joke. Nate Robinson can't start for the Knicks! It's gotta stop. Be creative, come up with something new NBA so we don't have to see Nate Robinson win because he beat three other bench players only because the fans like a short guy dunking. Ok, so I probably won't watch if you do come up with something new, but someone might.
So obviously the real thing to watch was the Olympics. It started on a sad note with the death of luger from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, which put a dark cloud over the opening ceremonies. But the show went on and the opening ceremonies were pretty good. It was unfortunate, however, that the quintessential moment of the opening ceremony, the lighting of the torch, had a malfunction when one of the legs to the Olympic cauldron didn't come out of the floor. Since the actual competitions started though, the games have been great. There have been great moments and races, and some even better stories. My favorite story so far has been Canadian gold medal moguler Alexandre Bilodeau, whose inspiration in competing is his older brother, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Not only did he win this gold for his brother, but also for his country. Obviously all athletes are there competing for country, but Bilodeau's gold had even more significance as it was the
first gold that Canada had ever been won on their own soil, in this their third time hosting. It was just a great story all around. This story is one among many that make the Olympics so great. I look forward to the next couple of weeks of Olympic events, and I hope you do too. Happy viewing!
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