Anyone watching the Olympics this year?

[Glamrock]

I'm not really a sports fan, but I've always loved the Olympics and the spirit behind it. Yeah, I know the spirit has been diluted by advertising, corruption, etc. But that's not been where the athletes have come from, generally speaking. This year though? I'm just not feeling it. Not feeling particularly patriotic with Comrade Combover at the helm. Sucks, cause I look forward to the games.

[Angry Dragon]

1. no interest

[AllaN01Bear]

2. no. i fired comcast last year.:) i do like the olympics though.

[Awsi Dooger]

3. All of it

Taping every hour. I cleared my DVR to accommodate.

I won a mixed doubles curling wager with Canada over United States. Canada could not afford to start 0-2.

[Glamrock]

5. Good.

To be honest, I'd rather be alone in this...for the sake of our athletes.

[old guy]

4. No.

I haven't paid attention to them for a long time. Once they allowed professionals in I checked out.

[underthematrix]

6. Just the Nigerian bobsled team

We usually watch everything but not this go around.

[yallerdawg]

7. Primetime NBC coverage is delayed...

but the 'Opening Ceremony' is tonight!

It's just getting started - and wound up! As usual, you kind of have to avoid news feeds if you want to maintain any suspense each evening, or you can stream live events at various times of day!

More at: http://www.nbcolympics.com/full-schedule

[Dream Girl]

8. Nope. zero interest.

[lunasun]

9. Bummed out by Nathan Chen in last nights NBC tv broadcast -figure skater with big hopes

Team event wondering if he will calm down for singles event where he is a medal favorite
Weird without Russia committee etc . Due to Olympic ban

[Awsi Dooger]

18. Shocking how poorly Chen performed

Doubling the quad was bad enough. But to fall on his ass on a subsequent jump was a disaster.

[lunasun]

21. Being labeled a disaster in the media. He was so good a month or so ago at national compete

and to the same musical arrangement . The worst was all the storylines they built up around him on NBC tv right before his turn and then his fumbles came. Such buildup on tv here
I think they cut out the Israel skater who had a top ranking performance to show the storyline too.

It's called Olympic jitters and has doomed others . This was a team event 1/4 of team count but hope he calms down before the men's single

China did a move where it did not send out its best for the team event keeping them to perform at later more important individual events is my understanding
May prove to be well played for overall exposure medal win but not an extra medal win in numbers but also no one of higher ranking gets injured early on, physically or psychologically
It's their call so can't judge how they want to compete as a nation.

Russian absence one for the books too

[Roland99]

22. Everyone I saw performed like they were halfway thru practice

[a kennedy]

23. I know.....hes never fallen EVEN in practices......

nerves, nerves, nerves I’m sure......he’s 18 right??? and this is his first olympics right??? Hope he’ll do better just for his own sake. Whew.....lotsa pressure.

[pwb]

10. Probably some.

[LisaM]

11. I will be, probably mostly on CBC, though.

Their coverage has always been much better.

I'll probably try to catch Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, though.

[suffragette]

17. Yeah, I prefer their coverage for the most part, too. I like being able to bounce fro theirs to ours

Depending on what they are showing.

[Awsi Dooger]

30. CBC is always superior for Winter and Summer

The curling commentators and analysis are logically better on CBC.

I do give NBC credit for using multiple teams on curling commentary. The analysts are very good -- Kevin Martin, Pete Fenson and Jamie Sinclair.

The other two are famous older curlers but Sinclair is still in the prime of her career and came very, very close to winning the American Olympic Trials. I have been impressed with her commentary so far. NBCSN uses her on some of the more obscure games not involving the American team.

[TlalocW]

12. I never have

I guess it's more summer Olympics related, but I feel sorry for all the little girls who have sacrificed their childhoods (especially now), putting themselves through torture (or being put through torture) all in order to bring a fleeting sense of pride to their country. Seriously, other than a few big names, can anyone name any champions from the previous Olympics? Or the one before, etc? I"m trying to, and all I'm coming up with are my own monikers for them - Marijuana McSwimmerguy, Sourface Gymnastgirl, Shorty O'Attemptedbodyshaming...

Besides, chances are the majority of them are on some sort of performance enhancements. The science to detect them always lags behind the science that makes them. There's no reason to honor any kind of athlete from Olympic-level on up to Professional in just about any sport.

TlalocW

[Keth]

13. The Opening Ceremony

I saw the live Opening Ceremony this morning and it was pretty amazing.. lot of great visuals.. I will probably watch it again this evening. I also love to watch Curling now that I figured the sport out. Go Team USA!

[jberryhill]

31. I didnt realize the stream was only live

...and then inaccessible as a replay later.

I can’t stand the commentary during an artistic performance and the overwhelming number of commercials.

[Greybnk48]

38. There's a husband and wife curling team

from Wisconsin(our home)this time that we are rooting for! We're watching the opening ceremony right now and it's beautiful and fun!

[bathroommonkey76]

14. I'm a sports fan

but I've always disliked the Winter Olympics.

Ice Dancing, Figure Skating, Luge, and curling shouldn't be consider sports.

[Baclava]

24. I watch the skiers.. they are incredible in the downhill (better than ping pong and badminton, lol)

90 mph sliding down the side of a mountain, that's entertainment

[bathroommonkey76]

25. "The agony of defeat." haha

[Baclava]

26. Ski jumpers are crazy! No doubt n/t

[dembotoz]

15. maybe some hockey

[malaise]

16. I'll watch some of it

for sure

[dawg day]

19. The figure skating hasn't been stellar, but--

It's because they're getting so ambitious. it's hard to imagine that the human body can do these things.

The Israeli team, believe it or not, is doing quite well.

And the US curling team, sigh.

[FSogol]

20. I'll watch. I can ignore the advetising and the corruption. Diverse atheltes from all over the world

competing together is enough of good thing for me to pass up. Heck, just having S Korea and N Korea talking is a huge win.

[SummerSnow]

27. I was watching the figure skating, it was nice

[underpants]

28. Has anyone explained to Pence what the BI-athalon really is?

[marlakay]

29. I am more this time

Tired of negative stuff on tv.

[B2G]

32. I love the Olympics, but

it's way whacked that they delayed the opening ceremony until tonight. WTF.

[Retrograde]

39. Remember the Vancouver Olympics?

Rather than show them live in real time on the West Coast US network execs decided to delay them more than a full day so that viewers on the East Coast could see them in the evening.

[Gothmog]

33. I watch some skating last night

[B2G]

34. The games are not about Trump

They're about the athletes. I fail to understand what's so hard to understand about that.

[Blue_true]

35. Yes, speed skating and alpine. Not a fan of skating

, ski jump and cross-country.

[Greybnk48]

36. We are. My husband and I really enjoy it.

Even the curling and other less exciting sports. I've watched every year that I can remember going back to my teens. I can't imagine not watching and supporting our kids.

[Kirk Lover]

42. I'll watch anything except maybe a whole game of hockey. n/t

[Grammy23]

37. Will watch some events.

I like figure skating, skiing, luge, skeleton and curling. It is a great break from the sh*t storm going on in DC. There is only so much of that crap you can watch and not run screaming into the night! So when the DC mess gets to me, there is the escape route on NBC.

Curling is actually kind of fun once you get a little knowledge about it. Putting microphones on the Hamiltons was a great idea so we can hear them strategizing. It is a bit like chess and pool combined!

[bullwinkle428]

40. Chump being "president" couldn't be any less relevant to me WRT the Olympics,

so I'm planning on watching tons of coverage, as I almost always do.

[Kirk Lover]

41. Yes I love the Olympics...winter or summer and will try to watch as much as humanly

possible these next two weeks. For the second week I'm going to Indiana to visit my Aunt so I'll def. be missing some but what am I'm gonna do? I decided I'll take a day off next week to just watch it all day/night to try to make up for it.

At least when I get back to the hotel we can just watch that (going w/ my sister) because of course I'd put on CNN or msn and my sister is a Republican...so yeah maybe it's all working out for the best.

[GoCubsGo]

43. Yep. I like the Winter Olympics better than the Summer Olympics.

I LOVE hockey And snowboarding is a blast to watch. I also enjoy watching skiing and speed skating, also curling. While I mostly root for the American athletes, I tend to put the nationalism aside, and just enjoy watching the best athletes in the world competing.