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HuckleB

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2. "Extreme sports." Meh. Marketing schmarketing. They're new versions of old sports. -EOM-
Thu Feb 13, 2014, 05:02 PM
Feb 2014

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Hockey just got started KamaAina Feb 2014 #1
"Extreme sports." Meh. Marketing schmarketing. They're new versions of old sports. -EOM- HuckleB Feb 2014 #2
wish they would bring slopestyle to the summer games frylock Feb 2014 #3
I agree with the author of this piece, Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2014 #4
Since Shaun White and Lindsey Jacobellis have crapped out rocktivity Feb 2014 #6
Gracie Gold is "unhearalded"? GoCubsGo Feb 2014 #11
NBC sure hasn't been heralding Gracie rocktivity Feb 2014 #12
Gracie Gold probably won't finish on the podium. Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2014 #13
I fear Mother Russia will be screwing over the Olympic women skaters rocktivity Feb 2014 #14
Totally agree. old guy Feb 2014 #5
Poor Netherlands.. Princess Turandot Feb 2014 #7
Yeah but, Moses2SandyKoufax Feb 2014 #8
Nice post Costas! El Supremo Feb 2014 #10
It's become their sport. It's not like speed skating was invented 10 years ago by the Dutch stopbush Feb 2014 #9
At this point, the US has medals in the non-extreme sports of hughee99 Feb 2014 #15
Things have improved a bit for the US since the OP article was written. stopbush Feb 2014 #16
I agree. The point is, the writer was making assertions about the US olympic team hughee99 Feb 2014 #17
But that's just sports reporting. People make lots of speculations over the course of stopbush Feb 2014 #18
I agree, to speculate is what sports reporters do, but to move past that and try to hughee99 Feb 2014 #19
The countries that do well at Olympic sports are the ones that come up with a national program stopbush Feb 2014 #20
The US currently spends far more than other countries on these "bogus" sports, hughee99 Feb 2014 #21
Speed skating, curling and Nordic combined each have their charms. stopbush Feb 2014 #22
Name a sport people watch in the US that highlights endurance and conditioning. hughee99 Feb 2014 #23
But that's why I watch the Olympics - to see sports I don't usually see. stopbush Feb 2014 #24
My point about the US olympic team is that if they don't get young people interested hughee99 Feb 2014 #25
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