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2016 Summer Olympics |OT| August 5th - August 21st
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AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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VPN didn't work for BBC, but worked for CBC. That's good enough for now.
massivekettle
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One is taxpayer-funded, one isn't. Guess which is which...
BigJonsson
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Wow, Canada was making a charge in this rowing event and one of the guys dropped his oar, ouch
It was bullying 💀
SilentRacoon
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Oh Canada, a rower lost his oar.
What do they do then? Cheer on his teammate? Mime rowing? Go swimming cause YOLO?
Cycling is live right now.
Tony Iron Man Stark
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At least an hour delay I believe, with a bunch of commercials to boot.
BigJonsson
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It didn't sink in the water, fell out of his hand and by the time he picked it up they were well back
TwntyOneTwlv
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NBC is showing too many damn commercials.
Ok, it's a bit late, but just to make things somewhat clear...
It is because he betrayed Dilma by swearing allegiance (or whatever similar you call it in English) to the opposition and he's planning to introduce a series of completely "anti-popular"/neoliberalism-oriented politics by bastardizing the Constitution.
While Dilma is definitely NOT a good president, the impeachment process is not quite 100% legal. In fact, in early June, a leaked audio by then Minister of Planning Romério Juca pretty much confirmed what was suspected: it is basically a conspiracy to overthrow Dilma in order to, uh... suppress the Lava Jato Operation (you guys are calling it "Car Wash", I suppose) led by the Polícia Federal (the brazilian equivalent of the FBI).
In a twist act of irony, it's also highly suspected that Temer himself is envolved with heavy corruption in the Car Wash Operation. Dilma, on the other hand, is not even under any investigation whatsoever. Does it raise you any flags?
Don't really know how to put it, to tell you the truth, since my English sucks. So deal with it. But that's what the whole thing is, in a nutshell.
Actually, it is algo bigger than the above Wikipedia link.
But hey, it borders on off-topic territory, so just enjoy the Olympics.
They are showing every single event live online.
Not sure what's being shown on TV, but I assume it's live too.
The Last Wizard
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Watch the app if you can.
R10Neymarfan
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Fans are going crazy at Fencing. Brazil crowd really shows up like it's a soccer match
ColossalLazy
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In olympic boxing you cant clinch? Fight is way more enjoyable that way.
Empyrean Heaven
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dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
The app or nbcolympics.com They have purposely made it easy to not watch the TV feed. Everything is live with no commercials on the site and the app. If you have a good internet connection and a way to stream to your TV, there is no reason you should be watching it on the NBCTV feed.
obin_gam
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Just realized Swedish broadcaster only showed the first two hours of the épee tournament today and will now only show the quarter/semi/finals later tonight :/
I want to see women stinging each other with the pointy end now!!! :'(
moffattron9000
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You think that NBC is bad? Come down to New Zealand, where you need Sky Sports or you can fuck off.
At least there's VPN's.
DukeLongfellow
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Not super knowledgeable either but I can tell you that, depending on form, Hungary, Croatia, Italy and Serbia usually rotate as the top teams in Europe. Can't say how it factors everywhere else.
Empyrean Heaven
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Can somebody explain to this dumb American how rugby scoring works? Is it 6 points for a Try and then an extra point attempt to make 7?
perfectchaos007
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Team USA is the defending Rugby champion at the olympics
Boxing just finished now. I've been watching the Olympics since 92 in Barcelona when i was a kid and i have to day: being there is crazy. Is a while other experience. I recommend everyone to do this at least one time in your life
Now, off to handball! Juan Nogueira is the hero of forever for now.
I will post some pics later.
Now, off to handball! Juan Nogueira is the hero of forever for now.
I will post some pics later.
Doubtful as it's making its debut at the Olympics.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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It's not as exciting as the men's but it's exciting enough. Akin to women's basketball.
The US has a really poor women's team and had a poor season. I thought they were gonna be relegated this year.
Rugby VIIs is, RUXV was an olympic sport in like 1904 and the US was the champ.
Empyrean Heaven
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DukeLongfellow
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I'll also invite everyone who hasn't seen it or is sceptical to WATCH HANDBALL. The sport is super popular in a lot of parts of Europe and for good goddamn reason. It's fast, it has a degree of contact and it's rare to have a dull game at a high level. It's everything you would imagine in a perfect marriage between basketball and futsal.
ATOMICJORGE
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Seto going strong but Kalisz is close
Edit and he took it!
Edit and he took it!
Empyrean Heaven
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Handball is amazing. If the US actually put effort into it/knew about it we would dominate.
Plexirvones
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ATOMICJORGE
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I stand corrected. Defending a century old title would be quite something.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Kaliz has a cut in his mouth? He looks like the joker.
Handball and Rugby are two very "american" sports that we never hear about, especially the former. As I previously said, good luck watching team handball after the games are over. There's a Mark Cuban backed futsal league supposed to start next year, so maybe it can help people get into handball as well? Hopefully.
Handball and Rugby are two very "american" sports that we never hear about, especially the former. As I previously said, good luck watching team handball after the games are over. There's a Mark Cuban backed futsal league supposed to start next year, so maybe it can help people get into handball as well? Hopefully.
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