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  1. Braff Zacklin
    France outlawed that sort of stuff in 2016.
  2. Braff Zacklin
    Wow, best Olympic 10K ever. All the top finishers would've broken the Olympic record. Brilliant run from Fisher. He got caught in traffic a bit on the final backstretch, else I think he nabs silver. But still a brilliant run from Grant. He stayed on the rail, never led, and just hung near the front.
  3. Braff Zacklin
    Watch them wind up these last two laps. Gonna see some sub 55s, I reckon.
  4. Braff Zacklin
    Ekwensu Ocha!
  5. Braff Zacklin
    Looks like the Ethiopians are trying to burn out the field. All three are in front and are cranking out 65-second laps.
  6. Braff Zacklin
    Loaded field for the men's 10K: Barega, Cheptegui, Kiplimo, Barega ... even Grant Fisher of the U.S. is top 10 on time. if you miss the start, no worries--it'll still be going more than 25 minutes later. Ugandan (Cheptegei) or Ethiopian (Barega) are the odds-on favorites. But if they run a tactical race, they might FAFO and give Grant Fisher a chance to win. He's got a devastating kick.
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    He's alright. I prefer the Diffey, Boldon and Richards-Ross trio that NBC usually trots out. Diffey is decent at play by play, Ato and Sanya have a nice rapport, and Sanya is a Texas-Ex who is very easy on the eyes. Only knock is they're out of their depth beyond the 400m.
  8. Braff Zacklin
    Nonsense. You've got at least one more Olympic humble brag left in ya. Hint: Sydney 2000.
  9. Braff Zacklin
    Keep in mind that Ramos was the U20 coach from 2011-19, so it's no small thing for him to speak out and against the federation.
  10. Braff Zacklin
    Yeah, Morocco didn't need the help. The US still suffers a lopsided defeat with an objective referee, so why he felt the need to award them two goals is beyond comprehension.
  11. Braff Zacklin
    They weren't cherry picked; you mentioned the jumps and projectiles. I merely tried to make your analogy honest and, in doing so, demonstrate the hole in your counter-argument. It's cool, my man. We don't have to agree. One thing is for certain: the IOC is on your side and will never reduce the swimming events to a single competition for each distance. If anything, the committee will continue to add more and more events and medals, regardless of what a couch potato like me thinks of them. It's why the most-decorated Olympic swimmer of all time, Michael Phelps, has 28 medals and his track counterpart, Allyson Felix, has 11. If only she'd had the 400-meter skip, or the 200-meter carioca!
  12. Braff Zacklin
    Please, make it stop.
  13. Braff Zacklin
    Well, poop. That was a nice goal.
  14. Braff Zacklin
    Nice recovery, Zimm.
  15. Braff Zacklin
    These are spurious arguments, imo. Since races are about point A to point B, and since the distances are the same (100 free, 100 back, 100 butterfly, 100 breast), a better analogy on the projectile-throwing events would be to use the same projectile but different styles of throwing (i.e., overhanded, underhanded, etc.) and then pointlessly split that into multiple events even though one method would emerge superior. Consider the high jump. It's gone through several iterations of form, from the Eastern cut-off and Western roll to the straddle and, now, Fosbury flop. They could've split the event into each method, but instead, they allowed competitors to use whichever technique they wanted and let the results determine the medalists. Short-sighted on their part, I suppose, because just imagine the bloat they could've injected into the sport if it were four times longer.
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    Yeah, celebrate, Morocco. Celebrate something you didn't earn or deserve and were just given through corruption or incompetence. Well done, Olympics.
  17. Braff Zacklin
    First impression is, that's a weak call. EDIT: Yeah, that's a terrible PK call. Just feels like match referees are always out to fuck the US in international events.
  18. Braff Zacklin
    Oh, he'll never leave the Shire, brother.
  19. Braff Zacklin
    Still wish Diego Luna was there.
  20. Braff Zacklin
    That would be difficult. They are small and round--about the size, shape and color of Milk Duds.
  21. Braff Zacklin
    It's basically evolved into jogging with a silly hip wiggle. And they are very very fast at it, at least compared to us common folk. But it ain't walking.
  22. Braff Zacklin
    Your Doom Thread is for all non-US Olympic soccer matches. This one here is for the young men of the US and A! Great success!
  23. Braff Zacklin
    I don't think it's the slightest exaggeration to rate KD the greatest international of all time. I've given him endless shit for his thin-skinned public persona (burner social media accounts, etc.) and his poor choices as a player-GM, but when it comes to the international game, nobody's done it better. I actually could see him lacing it up at 39 because he loves to play so much. He's like that dog wanting to go for a walk the moment he sees you getting ready for one--you can't tell him no. He bleeds for the Red, White & Blue as much as he does Burnt Orange, and he'll play the game until he dies, from a wheelchair, if he has to.
  24. Braff Zacklin
    Raisins? In a smashburger? The hell you say, boy!
  25. Braff Zacklin
    It's been obvious for a loooooooong time, but the rank-and-file need someone to dunk on, so they believe he's sincere and pat each other on the back.

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