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July 28, 2012
SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Alexander Vinokourov, in his final professional race, makes a savvy late pass to take the gold medal in the olympic road race. Weird race, with the main pack seemingly unaware the whole race they were so far back of the breakaway and guys like Cavendish were nowhere to be found at the end.
posted by dfleming at 12:34 PM on July 28, 2012
I get nervous when there's parachute jumping associated with major sporting events. Reminds me of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
posted by beaverboard at 01:02 PM on July 28, 2012
Just tuned into the USA v Colombia women's football match. Initially thought the US team was representing the federal women's penitentiary system. Don't they know horizontal stripes are supposed to make you look fat?
posted by Howard_T at 01:40 PM on July 28, 2012
Or Holyfield-Bowe II, beaverboard.
posted by Etrigan at 01:53 PM on July 28, 2012
With a rotation of Weaver, Wilson, Haren, and now Greinke, the Angels should make things interesting in the AL West.
Especially if Haren can start pitching as well as he has in the past.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:02 PM on July 28, 2012
Weird race, with the main pack seemingly unaware the whole race they were so far back of the breakaway
To me, it felt like the teams in the peloton without riders in the break simply weren't prepared to help the British team pull it together for a bunch sprint. The rough rule is that you can pull back a minute over that distance if there's a concerted attempt to keep the pace up, but the breakaway had a lot of good time-triallers putting in shifts.
It all broke apart at the front when Cancellara got done in by a Richmond Park corner. Nasty crash, might affect him for (or put him out of) the time trial, where he was one of the favourites.
posted by etagloh at 02:19 PM on July 28, 2012
Are NBC really tape-delaying the 400m IM swimming final?
I'm on NBC itself which claims to be showing swimming, but through the 2.30 time for Lochte-Phelps they showed tape-delayed heats and then switched to volleyball.
This is weird.
*Edit
Checking local listings on NBC.com it suggests they were showing swimming until 2.30, which is when the 400m IM started, at which point they switch to rowing and then volleyball.
There's an "Olympic Primetime" on at 8pm, so it appears the very earliest you can see Lochte-Phelps part I for this Olympics is on a five and a half hour delay.
I live in a household of swimmers and they're ready to flat out murder someone. I know the result and I'm not sure if I'm going to be tortured until I tell or shot to ensure my silence.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:24 PM on July 28, 2012
posted by Mr Bismarck at 03:54 PM on July 28, 2012
Shrink wrapped...that's an even better way to fly than first class
posted by kokaku at 04:09 PM on July 28, 2012
Are NBC really tape-delaying the 400m IM swimming final?
Yep. And presumably will do so with all the other swimming finals, because they haven't got the morning/evening switcheroo that they finagled out of Beijing last time to get them in US prime time. I imagine the gymnastics will be "embargoed" and delayed as well.
I wondered whether the changing of the guard at NBC would put an end to this idiocy. Apparently not.
posted by etagloh at 04:56 PM on July 28, 2012
I know the result and I'm not sure if I'm going to be tortured until I tell or shot to ensure my silence.
2m freestyle.
posted by yerfatma at 05:10 PM on July 28, 2012
NBC is really doing a terrible job so far. This is ridiculous.
posted by insomnyuk at 07:05 PM on July 28, 2012
Just tuned into the USA v Colombia women's football match. Initially thought the US team was representing the federal women's penitentiary system.
I was shocked when I first saw those unis.
Unsupervised fashion choices like that obviously can't be allowed in the future.
Where's the Devil in Prada when you really need her?
But I have to say, you'll never see a more vibrant and fit bunch of Hamburglars anywhere.
posted by beaverboard at 07:49 PM on July 28, 2012
Are NBC really tape-delaying the 400m IM swimming final?
Here they are, finally about to show it, seven hours later.
The whole thing, with a lead in and wrap up, would have taken them about 15 minutes to show, which wouldn't have even meant missing an entire set of the volleyball.
Just really, really poor.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:31 PM on July 28, 2012
Just watched the replay of the Men's Team archery final. Went down to the final arrow. Great stuff.
Luckily it's not an endurance sport because I think the Italian guys might have lost a foot race to the Septics, unless it was a race to a taverna for a plate of pasta and a chianti.
posted by owlhouse at 10:01 PM on July 28, 2012
Are NBC really tape-delaying the 400m IM swimming final?
Here they are, finally about to show it, seven hours later.
Is there anyone who was wanting to watch that race that doesn't know the result already?
Here in Canada, it's a ridiculous set of choices.
TSN, SportsNet, CTV, and NBC all had something different and live this morning/afternoon.
Interestingly, I could only watch the American tennis players on the Canadian channel.
posted by grum@work at 11:12 PM on July 28, 2012
It all broke apart at the front when Cancellara got done in by a Richmond Park corner.
That was a nasty gash on his elbow and I think he's having xrays on the collarbone he broke earlier this year.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:27 PM on July 28, 2012
Yeah, I was surprised he got up from that and was definitely favoring his right collarbone. Really tough to watch for a guy who was potentially a two event medalist.
posted by dfleming at 09:19 AM on July 29, 2012
With a rotation of Weaver, Wilson, Haren, and now Greinke, the Angels should make things interesting in the AL West.