Blogcritics Category: Sports: Olympic

Music Review - Various - 100 Greatest

Eric Whelchel — Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:44:52 EDT

Shout Factory's exhaustive audio box set explores the triumphs and tragedies of modern history.
An ambitious release from the Shout Factory label, 100 Greatest is a collection of, um, 500 audio clips of some of the most memorable and culturally-impacting speeches, events, pop culture figures, sports moments, and sleazy scandals of the last 100-plus years. With a primary focus on Western (i.e., American) history, and featuring an impressive...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Swimming, Basketball, and Ducks

David Bowling — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:31:11 EDT

Some more odds and ends from the world of sports.
This latest edition of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly features some more under the radar stories from the world of sports. The Good! Being abandoned as a baby in Russia, adopted from an orphanage at one year old and having your legs amputated at age 18 months due to severe birth defects may seem an odd way to begin the good section of this article...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: From Bulgarian Hockey To Killer Kowalski

David Bowling — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:11:10 EDT

Some odd stories from the world of sports.
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly will be a recurring column that will explore some of the more unusual stories from the world of sports. These stories will be presented three at a time with one bad, one good and one ugly sports story appearing together. The purpose of the column is to introduce the reader to some under the radar sporting events and...

BC Sports Treehouse Fort Headlines For September 14

Matthew T. Sussman — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:14:44 EDT

USC destroys OSU ... K-Rod breaks save record ... Phelps on SNL ... and Doherty's WWTT poll.
The following is a partial transcript of the Sunday, September 14, 2008 episode of the BC Sports Treehouse Fort.Last night Ohio State fell to top ranked USC 35-3 in the most anticipated game of the year so far. By the second half for the ticketholders it was the most anticipated stadium exit of the year.Notre Dame beat Michigan 35-17 in a game...

What Did We Learn From These Olympics?

Casey Michel — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:32:25 EDT

Now that the 2008 Games have come and gone, let's see how much we actually discovered.
With the closing ceremonies last weekend, the Beijing Olympics have officially come to an end. These Games featured their share of exhilarating victories, devastating defeats, and questionable antics, just like the Olympiads of yore. So, barring any unforeseen Russian invasions of Georgian locker rooms, let’s see what we’ve learned: --...

Beijing Olympics: The Definitive Retrospective

Dr Dreadful — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:42:50 EDT

The second and final part of Dr Dreadful's Olympics wrap-up, live from the Beijing Kitchen Chinese Restaurant.
Dr Dreadful reports once again from China on the second week of the stupendous Games of the XXIXth Olympiad. (OK, not actually from China, but from a cosy table in a Chinese restaurant in rural California, which is the next best thing as the wait staff have all been watching the Olympics 24/7 on a crappy little portable TV in the corner. Oh, come...

London 2012 Puts Me In Mind Of The Fall Of Rome

Mark Edward Manning — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:47:02 EDT

Sports, consumerism, corporations and celebrities all conspire to become the ultimate opiate of the masses via the Olympics.
I went to the medieval English city of Lincoln yesterday afternoon, and it was a pretty nice day, except for when I decided to visit the Lloyds Bar pub in town. The drinks and food were good and so were the surroundings, but on the TV they were showing the closing ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics and the start of the celebrations for the...

Monday Morning Roundup: Olympics, Politics, and the Upcoming TV Season

Josh Lasser — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:58:41 EDT

It's kind of a smorgasbord today, little bit of Olympics, little bit of politics, some TV, and a lot of consternation.
Happy days are here again… almost. The Olympics are finished, and, as you know, that pleases me to no end. No longer will I have to deal with watching athletes see their "lifelong" dreams shattered due to an inglorious fall. No longer will I have to hear people complain loudly -- and do nothing -- about China's human rights...

Beijing Olympics: Grand Theatre Despite Human Rights Problems

Baritone — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:22:09 EDT

Human rights issues and the limits on the press in China placed a cloud over the Beijing Olympic Games. Regardless, they were wonderful to behold.
I'm a sap. I admit it. I watched much of the Beijing Olympics and loved it - starting with the utterly amazing opening ceremonies through this evening's closing which had its own flabbergasting moments. In between were several fantastic competitions; incredible team and individual performances. Dave Nalle's recent article about the...

Bloggers Arrested and Protesters Suppressed in Beijing

Dave Nalle — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:37:58 EDT

The suppression of protests and arrests of journalists and bloggers show that China is not ready to join the civilized world.
As a follow-up to the highly publicized arrest last week of ITV journalist John Ray by Chinese police, it appears that on Thursday, at least six video and photo bloggers were arrested and are still being held by Chinese authorities in a jail in Beijing. Like Ray, these bloggers were attempting to provide coverage of pro-Tibet protests which have...