I'm not so into the Summer Olympics. I can't get behind swimming, track and field, or softball. And as my friend Sharon said, I used to enjoy gymnastics, but now I'm just too preoccupied with the gymnast's freaky body types.
Besides, I feel like there are more lovable characters involved in the Winter Olympics, like that Apollo Anton Ono and the Flying Tomato guy. The only Summer Olympian I know is Michael Phelps. And his ears bother me.
I remember when I was younger and both the Summer and Winter games were in the same year. Now that was exciting. We used to have to wait four whole years for an Olympics., and there was a sense that the Olympics were awesome because they were so rare. Now that there's an Olympics every other year, it's decidedly less special.
Maybe it's because I am forced to watch Sports Center every morning that I don't have Olympics fever. Perhaps if I watched one of the 17 hours of the Today Show I would feel differently. I'm sure the Today Show is full of athletic stories of hardship and perseverance. Especially the Kathy Lee hour.
Ann Curry covering the top US athletes with grace and disingenuous smiles. Matt Lauer interviewing former medalists who are too old to expect gold a second time. Al Roker forecasting the weather and air quality of Beijing. Now that would inspire me!
But no, I am stuck listening to story after story about Brett Favre. Apparently, Brett Favre is the last remaining athlete on the planet. In addition to leaving Green Bay for the Big Apple, he is also the power forward of the Indiana Fever, and the best spiker on the US Beach Volleyball team.
This NBC Olympics monopoly is really bizarre. The Olympics are arguably the biggest sporting event possible and yet the network dedicated to sports cannot cover it in real-time. It doesn't seem fair. The Disney people really screwed the pooch on that one.
Anyhow, I'm hoping to get introduced to the US Olympic darlings at some point in the next week so I can tune in and root for my country. Because watching under-developed 16 year olds flip around on a bar is much more exciting when you know their morbidly depressing back story.
Besides, I feel like there are more lovable characters involved in the Winter Olympics, like that Apollo Anton Ono and the Flying Tomato guy. The only Summer Olympian I know is Michael Phelps. And his ears bother me.
I remember when I was younger and both the Summer and Winter games were in the same year. Now that was exciting. We used to have to wait four whole years for an Olympics., and there was a sense that the Olympics were awesome because they were so rare. Now that there's an Olympics every other year, it's decidedly less special.
Maybe it's because I am forced to watch Sports Center every morning that I don't have Olympics fever. Perhaps if I watched one of the 17 hours of the Today Show I would feel differently. I'm sure the Today Show is full of athletic stories of hardship and perseverance. Especially the Kathy Lee hour.
Ann Curry covering the top US athletes with grace and disingenuous smiles. Matt Lauer interviewing former medalists who are too old to expect gold a second time. Al Roker forecasting the weather and air quality of Beijing. Now that would inspire me!
But no, I am stuck listening to story after story about Brett Favre. Apparently, Brett Favre is the last remaining athlete on the planet. In addition to leaving Green Bay for the Big Apple, he is also the power forward of the Indiana Fever, and the best spiker on the US Beach Volleyball team.
This NBC Olympics monopoly is really bizarre. The Olympics are arguably the biggest sporting event possible and yet the network dedicated to sports cannot cover it in real-time. It doesn't seem fair. The Disney people really screwed the pooch on that one.
Anyhow, I'm hoping to get introduced to the US Olympic darlings at some point in the next week so I can tune in and root for my country. Because watching under-developed 16 year olds flip around on a bar is much more exciting when you know their morbidly depressing back story.
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