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NBC Friends and family will attest that I spent most of the Olympics hurling profanities at NBC for the Taliban-like control it exercised over TV coverage of the Games. But my profane outrage intensified into righteous indignation every time it previewed (as it did ad nauseam) the coming attraction of its new “reality” TV show,… Read more.
I am not a father; therefore, I cannot relate to the frustration men must feel lying flaccidly by while their pregnant wives (or girlfriends) suffer morning sickness. But I can certainly appreciate how aroused they will become when they hear about scientific research which shows that they can help cure that morning sickness … naturally. Here is how the… Read more.
Political punditry in America has become almost as reactionary and partisan as the dribble that pours out every time a politician opens his mouth these days. You’d think, for example, that nationally respected pundits like Paul Krugman and David Gergen would be offering insight and analysis on Mitt Romney’s choice of Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as… Read more.
I declared on Friday that television coverage of these Olympic Games had jumped the shark. And NBC showed just why last night. For, instead of beginning its tape-delayed, prime-time broadcast by showing the Olympic events it knew people wanted to see, NBC interposed a further delay to air a one-hour documentary on the events of World… Read more.
To be honest, folks, I’m pooped. Watching (or staring at) as much streaming video as I have over the past two weeks is probably not good for my health … to say nothing of my already failing eyesight. Never mind the irony inherent in the cause for this being my addictive interest in watching the healthiest… Read more.
Rhythmic Gymnastics I upset fans of equestrian eventing by declaring in my Day 3 commentary that it should not be an Olympic sport. Well, fans of rhythmic gymnastics should prepare to get their tutus ruffled; because I hereby declare that it is even more underserving of Olympic accreditation. Frankly, as I watched no less a… Read more.
Beach Volleyball It’s no exaggeration to say that Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the USA are to women’s Beach Volleyball what members of the Dream Team are to men’s Basketball. In fact, Misty and Kerri have amassed a better record in Olympic competition than the various Dream Teams. This is why they were… Read more.
Triathlon Truth be told, the most interesting thing about this event was taking in all of the tourist sites along the very scenic route where it was staged – from the Serpentine Lake, around Hyde Park, along Constitution Hill, to the Queen Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace. I felt no affinity with any of the competitors… Read more.
Weightlifting Not since the Montreal Games in 1976, when larger-than-life Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev of the Soviet Union commanded rock-star attention, has there been so much interest in Olympic weightlifting. Unfortunately, the person generating that kind of interest at the London Games is not even competing. Instead, the media have turned NFL player Nick Mangold’s absurd… Read more.
Synchronized Swimming All I can say is that pole dancers have nothing on synchronized swimmers when it comes to displaying remarkable athleticism in titillating fashion. And how thoughtful of NBC to enhance our viewing pleasure by giving us shots of their rhythmic gyrations above and under water, simultaneously. This might be the only sport where… Read more.
