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Who Dey!

Epic match. Glad it went long enough to see the finish when I woke up this morning. Vamos Rafa! 21 slams!!

Wow, I was actually at the Millrose Games today! That's disappointing about Crouser, thought we saw a piece of history there

Sources: U.S. Olympic bobsled team dealing with COVID-19 'nightmare' Affects the skeleton team as well. Multiple positives involved. Which makes it very fortunate the bobsleigh competition doesn't start until the 2nd half of the games

What an age we live in that Canadians are talking about getting a VPN to watch American coverage rather than the other way around! Worth noting that cable-authenticated users will be able to get coverage through the NBC Sports App and through nbcolympics.com as they have in the past. The addition of Peacock is a major game-changer for cord-cutters, especially after the mess they made of Tokyo. And to @NearPup's point.. I subscribed as of a couple of weeks ago and have been watching a lot of biathlon. We'll see if I keep it after the Paralympics. @Triplecast My best guess is that anything airing on cable in the US will be the NBC announcers and the rest (think all the curling and hockey not on TV) will be the OBS feed, but likely with announcers. I have my spreadsheet (linked in my signature) to keep track. Stay connected either here or on Twitter to help me stay updated

Team USA en route to Beijing..

Given all the COVID restrictions, probably not a smart idea for a large mass of people to gather together, Last thing China needs is to knock a bunch of athletes out of commission because if 1 person with COVID shows up without a strong enough mask, it could infect many other athletes

Just trying to bump up that team size!

Seen plenty of football stadiums for them like that as well. That's why it's next to impossible to build a suitable large scale athletics venue in the United States. None of these billion dollar NFL stadiums would every leave that much room between the stands and the playing field

U.S. gets another Olympic ski jumping spot Most notably, they're up to 4 men's jumpers, so they'll get to compete in the men's team event

Hockey has a much larger footprint than many sports including basketball and volleyball. Yes, most arenas in North America are versatile enough that they work for both hockey and basketball. And then in the rare instances they need more floor space, such as for a concert, they can make that work too

The problem with Barclays was that it was too small to fit a hockey rink, so it never worked there. This is the opposite problem.. too much space. That's tough to get when we're talking about a hockey ice surface. And you're right, this looks extremely ugly

What the Fukuoka?

And I'm sure Brittany Bowe knew that when she gave her spot after the trials to Erin Jackson knowing there would be a good chance the US would get a 3rd skater entered. Looking forward to that final. It'll be the morning of the Super Bowl here and a very reasonable 9am ET.

Did someone turn down a quota to get a 3rd USA spot in the women's 500m? That obviously would have changed the landscape of the trials when Erin Jackson finished 3rd and Brittany Bowe give up her spot for Jackson to be 1 of the 2 skaters

That was the most insane weekend of playoff football I can remember. Saved the best for last with Bills-Chiefs. That was a new level of insane

They stream everything and now they're making it all available on Peacock, as opposed to what they've done the past few Olympics where you can only access streaming if you're a cable or satellite subscriber. NBC cut way back on hockey as opposed to last time where every men's game and nearly every women's game was televised live. Not the case here, although the good thing about that is that there are a lot more events from other sports being shown, especially gold medal finals. Which is great to see

And both #1 seeds have now been eliminated as the 2nd game of the night ends in the same fashion as the first.. 49ers with a field goal to win it. Perhaps we've seen the last of Aaron Rodgers as a Green Bay Packer

Who Dey!

Likewise, NBC has the streams listed for 6:30am ET each day, so that should match up to 7:30pm local time in Beijing

Google doc of Team USA.. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K0iM-5DhTGr4Hr4b7E6InpRJU2JRrNRXgTKBIPGKtYQ/edit#gid=523776772 From that list, 222 total athletes

USA Team named...

More than a mild surprise on Flores. Reports already killed the notion they did this to try and get Harbaugh. Strange move that a rift with upper management means they'd fire a coach that won 8 of his last 9 games and had the Dolphins barely missing the playoffs.

Yea, this had nothing to do with sponsorships or her overall profile. She did this to help out a friend and to help the US speedskating team. They probably have a better chance at winning more medals with Jackson in the 500 and Bowe in only 2 races than if Bowe tried to compete in all 3.