I think we are forgetting what's really important about the Olympics... checking out hot guys! :evil:
So in that spirit, I present to you (courtesy of OutSports):
The Art of Speed Skating
Hot Jocks of Torino
The second site is work safe. The first one shows a great deal of skin and some artistic nudity, but no genetalia.

Jeremy Bloom!
Biiiig smile. :)

Right before Sasha skated, I felt a little sorry for the Italian skater who fell on her first jump and then skated inconsistently for the rest of the program--in front of the host-country crowd. But this is the Olympics where screw ups are more costly and potentially embarassing.

Sasha was radiant, full of energy, and technically superb! After her first-place finish in the short program, I wanted to shout out: "Way to go, but don't screw it up (again) in the long program with any mistakes." Yes, let's hope Thursday night will be her golden moment.

It was nice to see John Nicks so happy. He was the coach of my skater friends and he can be a very serious grump when he's not happy.

I'm freakin' sick of this Olympic crap and the largely spoiled brat athletes.

The US hockey team members are all sniping at each other because, well, they sucked. "If I had played more we would have done better, wah, wah, wah." Go screw yourself, crybaby whiners.

Our best speed skaters (mens) can't seem to shake hands and be happy for one another.

Our supposed hope in the alpine events, being Bode Miller, doesn't even seem to care that he hasn't performed anywhere near his potential. I honestly don't care that he didn't win. I just think if you're going to go to the Olympics you should damn well give it your best, and I'm not convinced he did.

Michelle Kwan whined her way into the Olympics and then quit.

I don't know....maybe I'm making too much of this, but there are more examples.

Anyone ever watch the X-games? What I love about the X-games is that the athletes genuinely love to watch each other and have tremendous respect for one another. There's none of the bickering and whining and jealousy.....those guys (and girls) participate in their sports because they love their sports.

I know many of the Olympic athletes do, and that the arguing and fighting makes a better news story than does the happy people all getting along. Sigh.

May I suggest getting a DVR. Much easier to ignore all that crap.

What bugs me are the announcers that are just completely bashing what a particular athlete is doing.
"Oh, look so-in-so is having an off night. Not his best performance. That is such a shame. Terrible. And he knows it."

I'm like, 'Oh, yeah? Let's see you do it, fartypants.'
:D

YEah, NBC seems to be struggling to find what sells and grasping at straws. The only "controversy" that I even cared about was the Italian pairs skaters - and that was because it was so incredibally like a soap opera and hard to believe it was real.

Bodi is lame.

Chad and Shawnie need to screw each other. There's obviously some latent sexual tension there.

Oh, and when you've blown out BOTH knees doing arials wouldn't you think that was a sign from God to stop doing them?

I'd take it as such, but you've got to admire the guts of that Aussie girl (at least I think that's who you are speaking of). Major reconstructive surgery only 7 months ago and your are doing a sport that involves landing on your feet from a 50 foot fall? Guts....or stupidity. Whichever.

Yeah, at first I was admiring her guts and tenacity, then the more I thought about it, I just kept landing on stupid. But, hey, she got a bronze.