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https://twitter.com/louiseradnofsky/status/937785889606029312
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Too bad. They cheated their rough ridin' faces off, though.
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/938114056262770689
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I think this could be Mericas best year for winter Olympics in a while.
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chum, any chance these could be shitty olympics?
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No chance. Everything will be awesome and amazing.
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Damn. The rio shitty olympics were my favorite olympics.
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I've been watching the hell out of The Olympic Channel lately and my new favorite thing is this pre curling match warm up exercise where they kneel glide down the ice one right after the other. This video here gives you the idea, but is not a very good example of this poetry in motion.
https://youtu.be/eDphqUxG9z4
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https://youtu.be/eDphqUxG9z4
CurlingBabes
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https://youtu.be/eDphqUxG9z4
CurlingBabes
I'd noticed that a majority of the related recommended titles seem to be of the form Jane Doe ASS, where Jane Doe is some curler.
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:lol:
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So for anyone not following the news, the vast majority of Russian athletes will be permitted to compete - at least 200 - but only as "Olympic Athletes From Russia." :lol: Which basically means we'll get to hear the John Williams Olympic Anthem if they win, and some seriously detailed rules about no Russian flags and clothes and such.
Here are the rules from the "Olympic Athlete from Russian Implementation Group" (this is not the Onion):
1. Athletes' uniforms (Ceremonies, competition, training and casual), accessories and equipment can only have two types of wordmarks: "OAR" and/or "Olympic Athlete from Russia".
2. Officials' uniforms (Ceremonies, competition, training and casual) and accessories can only have one type of wordmark: "OAR."
3. Print size for words "Olympic Athlete from" should be equivalent to the word "Russia" and above the word "Russia." The size of these words should be proportional to the area in which they are placed and will require individual approvals from the IOC.
4. Wordmark fonts should be in English and as generic as possible.
5. Only single or dual color elements are permitted on uniforms.
6. Separate items of clothing cannot create a tricolor.
7. The colors used in uniforms, accessories and equipment may not be in exactly the same range as those used in the Russian Federation flag. It is suggested that these are darker in color.
8. Country coat of arms, NOC emblem and national emblem must be replaced with the distinct OAR logo.
9. The proposed OAR logo consists of the words "Olympic Athlete from Russia" written in red and creating a circle.
10. The OAR logo must not include a third color.
11. No national identifications design elements should be featured on the uniforms.
12. These guidelines are applicable to all athletes and team officials/coaches uniforms (ceremonies, competition, training and casual), accessories and equipment.
13. All revised uniform, accessories and equipment designs and production samples need approval from the IOC.
And here is the final logo...
(https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/12/20/oar-logo_sq-160ea72ee7fbeae918d1ba900840464d4ea609f9-s300-c85.jpg)
:lol: Oh Russia....
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chum, any chance these could be shitty olympics?
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South Korea’s KT, an official telecommunications partner for the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games, announced Wednesday that its ultra-fast 5G network is fully deployed and ready for use during the international sporting event.
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180131000835
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Thanks to real-time 5G video links to bobsled cameras, viewers at home will be able to experience Olympic bobsledding from “an extraordinary bullet’s eye view” at the front of any sled picked by TV producers. According to Olympic video producers, the multiple “real-time links are only possible with the low latency (almost zero delay) of 5G,”
Intel will offer “time-sliced views of skaters in motion,” letting viewers switch between different angles of figure skating performances at any given moment, as well as “Omni-View,” a multi-view, real-time presentation of every cross country skiing competitor.
IBC also reports that the Winter Games will host “the largest ever live 8K UHD production,” featuring high dynamic range (HDR), “a world first on this scale.” 8K is the successor to 4K television, offering four times as much detail
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As 8K HDR TVs are not yet commercially available, OBS is working with Japan’s NHK television network to capture 90 hours of 8K content including figure skating, ski jumping, and snowboarding that will be displayed on special screens.
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Thanks to real-time 5G video links to bobsled cameras, viewers at home will be able to experience Olympic bobsledding from “an extraordinary bullet’s eye view” at the front of any sled picked by TV producers. According to Olympic video producers, the multiple “real-time links are only possible with the low latency (almost zero delay) of 5G,”
Intel will offer “time-sliced views of skaters in motion,” letting viewers switch between different angles of figure skating performances at any given moment, as well as “Omni-View,” a multi-view, real-time presentation of every cross country skiing competitor.
IBC also reports that the Winter Games will host “the largest ever live 8K UHD production,” featuring high dynamic range (HDR), “a world first on this scale.” 8K is the successor to 4K television, offering four times as much detail
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As 8K HDR TVs are not yet commercially available, OBS is working with Japan’s NHK television network to capture 90 hours of 8K content including figure skating, ski jumping, and snowboarding that will be displayed on special screens.
Off topic to the olympics but on topic to this post, the whole going to these many pixels is laughable unless you are looking at it from like 2 ft away or you are blowing it up to like 1000 inches. Your eye can't tell the rough ridin' difference. HDR and color reproduction are the real improvements in TVs in the future.
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I'm more excited for the Olympics for the super bowl
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I'm more excited for the Olympics for the super bowl
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As you should be, Greg. The Olympics are great.
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We all know what Greg meant but I just have to :D that Wacky was the one who responded as if nothing was wrong.
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We all know what Greg meant but I just have to :D that Wacky was the one who responded as if nothing was wrong.
Than. Jeez guys I'm so sorry for that grammar crime.
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41 guards suffered sudden diarrhea and vomiting due to the highly contagious disease, prompting the prophylactic evacuation of the security staffers.
https://twitter.com/Deadspin/status/960875468261117954
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Bioterrorism? :dunno:
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Shitty olympics?!?!?!
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Flag-bearer drama!
http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22366181/tweet-speedskater-shani-davis-account-rips-flag-bearer-coin-toss
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:excited:
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Flag-bearer drama!
http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22366181/tweet-speedskater-shani-davis-account-rips-flag-bearer-coin-toss
This guy seems to get into a lot of stuff for a speedskater.
http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/22385517/shani-davis-skips-opening-ceremony-losing-coin-toss
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Any Olympic Super fans in here? What events should I be watching for?
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The snow boarding thing is pretty ridiculous. I also like the downhill slalom. Watching the group speed skating is always interesting to see what nobody is gonna eff over a medal contender. Most of the Winter Olympics is kinda bleh though. Figure skating is impressive but ice dancing can GTFOOMF.
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Also, I am loving the new Diet Coke ad campaign they’ve rolled out for the Super Bowl and the Olympics. “Sure, it’s probably not the best thing you can drink, but it tastes good. So if you like it, drink it.”
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Watching our freestyle ice skaters, we won I think
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I enjoy how weird and inaccessible nearly all of the winter sports are. I love the winter Olympics and much prefer it to summer.
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The IOC needs to put an end to country-jumping. I don’t think South Korea has a single figure skater that was born or raised in SK. One of them is a white American who got his “dual citizenship” in 2015.
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When I see a Japanese athlete disappointed after their event, I think of this SNL sketch where they're cutting off their fingers.
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/japanese-game-show/n10632
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If there is one thing that is important to the Olympics, it's closed borders.
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I like the pageantry of representing one’s country at the Olympics. That’s the big draw of the Olympics for a lot of viewers. Athletes and countries are making a mockery of that. And if they don’t clamp down on it, and it continues to get worse, viewership is going to suffer.
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Lol really? That's not what drives down viewership but your hyper-nationalistic view of how the "games" should work is pretty lol'ry. I also like how you altered your comment about it. From, "I like the pageantry and it's makes mockery of it" to "It'll hurt viewership" It does neither.
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If there is one thing that is important to the Olympics, it's closed borders.
And strangling off any competition.
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If you don’t think the biggest draw for Olympic viewership is patriotism, you are deluding yourselves. And this isn’t just my concern - the former head of the IOC agrees.
The International Olympic Committee has long wrestled with the issue of athletes changing nationalities.
The practice dates to the 1920s and '30s when England and the U.S. stocked their ice hockey teams with Canadian players. Passport swapping grew steadily more popular over the years.
Most recently, oil-rich emirates such as Qatar and Bahrain – eager to boost their national prestige – have recruited world-class runners from Africa.
"From a moral standpoint, we should avoid this transfer market in athletes," former IOC president Jacques Rogge said in the early 2000s.
It’s no surprise that NBC selects its prime time coverage based primarily (not exclusively, but primarily) upon events where Americans are competitive. They are showing what American viewers want to see. TV broadcasts in other countries do the same. Patriotism drives interest in the games. The more you dilute that, the more you will dilute viewership.
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You have an amazing ability to pit every thread.
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I pretty much always root for USA in every event. :kstatriot:
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The NBC evening broadcast is perfect for rooting for USA because they pretty much only show USA kicking ass during it. It's basically state propaganda.
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I'm never doing that U-S-A U-S-A chant, though, because nowadays it just reminds me of the S-E-C S-E-C chant. I'll just find other ways to be obnoxious.
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I'd possibly be more into the olympics if it was more about the individuals than countries.
Comcast is doing all they can to get me to be interested in these things. The button you hit on the remote to see sports scores and what games are on now automatically starts with olympics, and every menu screen has extra olympic options to accidentally click on. Hasn't worked yet!
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I keep forgetting they are on, haven't watched a second of it yet
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I'm a big USA fan. They are basically my favorite squad in this thing.
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I'm good.
https://twitter.com/RealMikeT/status/963412466117103616
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I also typically cheer for team USA.
And I don't care at all about country jumping. Athletes should be allowed to represent whatever country they want. If they don't think fondly enough of their birthplace to carry that flag, why should they?
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I also typically cheer for team USA.
And I don't care at all about country jumping. Athletes should be allowed to represent whatever country they want. If they don't think fondly enough of their birthplace to carry that flag, why should they?
By that logic, why even represent a country at all? (Answer: because almost nobody would give a crap about the Olympics without the nationalism.)
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This happens in every sport with a national competition, btw. Not just the Olympics.
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I can barely name five winter olympians, much less a country hopper
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I definitely remember country hoppers winning medals for the USA. Americans* loved them just the same as anyone else winning medals for the USA. Additionally, it wouldn't surprise me if country hoppers won more medals for the USA than for any other country.
* with possible exception of white nationalist, Trump voter types
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I am interested to know k-s-u-w's threshold for legit participant vs country hopper.
how long must one be a citizen? native born only? maybe just looks or name pronunciation?
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Chloe Kim’s medal has been given to the South Koreans preemptively pending further ruling on first generation American status eligibility.
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We kick ass at recruiting
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Chloe Kim’s medal has been given to the South Koreans preemptively pending further ruling on first generation American status eligibility.
USA born and raised, baby.
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I am interested to know k-s-u-w's threshold for legit participant vs country hopper.
how long must one be a citizen? native born only? maybe just looks or name pronunciation?
I’m open to suggestions, but I’m thinking you should have to be born and lived at least half your life in the country you rep.
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All these Olympic anchor babies are going to propel us to the top.
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It’s the American Dream.
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Hockey team blew a 2-0 lead this morning and lost in OT. :facepalm:
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I'd love to know K-S-U Dub's thoughts on the K-State cats recruiting people from out of state.
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Im not so sure these recruits even love the USA half as much as I do :frown:
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https://twitter.com/jamaica/status/963816936063799302
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OMG LOL
https://twitter.com/annafifield/status/963738844779577344
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Well, they didn't have much of a choice. It was either scoff and act unimpressed or be thrown into a prison camp when they get home.
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Well, they didn't have much of a choice. It was either scoff and act unimpressed or be thrown into a prison camp when they get home.
Yeah in all seriousness, people are having lots of fun with those cheerleaders, taking selfies with them, trying to interact with them. I don’t think they realize what a dangerous thing theyre doing for those girls and their families. It’s cruel.
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:frown:
http://www.ladbible.com/news/sport-austrian-snowboarder-breaks-his-neck-in-crash-at-winter-olympics-20180215?c=1518727534596
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Fractured a cervical vertebrae, got up and finished the race, and seems to be doing fine. Pretty great headline though.
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Finishing the race with a fractured vertebrae was really stupid. Glad the guy is ok.
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japanese dude figure skating followed by the crowd throwing winnie the pooh dolls onto the court was rough ridin' awesome
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I just watched the rebroadcast. Quite a scene. Raining Poohs everywhere.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/winter-olympics/red-stripe-comes-to-the-rescue-of-jamaican-bobsled-team-at-winter-olympics/ar-BBJcTPJ?li=BBnb7Kz
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Oooboy. https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/how-nbc-flubbed-its-super-g-coverage-reported-the-wron-1823104438 (https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/how-nbc-flubbed-its-super-g-coverage-reported-the-wron-1823104438)
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Oooboy. https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/how-nbc-flubbed-its-super-g-coverage-reported-the-wron-1823104438 (https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/how-nbc-flubbed-its-super-g-coverage-reported-the-wron-1823104438)
I happened to see this broadcast. It was incredible. If anything, the screw up just made it better because it underscored how amazing the upset was. That girl didn't know WTF was going on when she got done and saw the results.
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Finally proof of the fake phony biased media
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Winter Olympics is very :zzz:
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Man ice dancing is so terrible.
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
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Man ice dancing is so terrible.
Glad we get a couple hours of it each night
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There is apparently one move and only one move in ice dancing, and it is called a “twizzle.” These are the people who couldn’t cut it as figure skaters. It is so bad that when a couple fell last night, the commentator basically said “well, they’re done. There’s so little that sets these competitors apart that if you fall that’s devastating.” There’s not that much to set them apart because “twizzling” is not exactly a triple axel.
Every competitor has also evidently been instructed to fall to the ice, flail, and weep (the other maneuver, called a “fleep”) at the end of their routine. Something on the order of “you just discovered cold fusion while simultaneously learning that your mom died.”
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Turn it, man.
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
I respect that chick for gaming the system and making a mockery of the Olympics. The IOC deserves to be mocked.
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our women's two person bobsled team may have the two best in the whole shooting match deal or whatever. enjoyed watching them fly down the ice slide at incredibly scary speeds that would make me pee my pants.
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
That crap had me in tears laughing.
Also I'm pretty sure she works in SF with a friend of mine
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Also I prefer ice dancing to couples figure skating, by quite a bit
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
That crap had me in tears laughing.
Also I'm pretty sure she works in SF with a friend of mine
So my friend doesn't know her but she's the talk of their office. Apparently her friends don't understand why the media is slamming her and he doesn't think she has a sense of humor about it.
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Stayed up past my bedtime to see the US Men’s Hockey team crap the bed.
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There is apparently one move and only one move in ice dancing, and it is called a “twizzle.” These are the people who couldn’t cut it as figure skaters. It is so bad that when a couple fell last night, the commentator basically said “well, they’re done. There’s so little that sets these competitors apart that if you fall that’s devastating.” There’s not that much to set them apart because “twizzling” is not exactly a triple axel.
Every competitor has also evidently been instructed to fall to the ice, flail, and weep (the other maneuver, called a “fleep”) at the end of their routine. Something on the order of “you just discovered cold fusion while simultaneously learning that your mom died.”
https://screengrabber.deadspin.com/ice-dancing-favorite-after-nsfw-wardrobe-malfunction-1823125123
:Jeffy:
The videos are NSFW if you play them, but all of the photos are ok.
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
Thats classic!
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I think our women’s hockey team would beat the men this year. They looked sharp tonight. Worth staying up.
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
Thats classic!
I'm sure you guys are all up to speed on this by now, but here in an interview with her dad
https://deadspin.com/elizabeth-swaneys-dad-is-proud-of-her-1823202904 (https://deadspin.com/elizabeth-swaneys-dad-is-proud-of-her-1823202904)
contains some more bay area rusty tidbits
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@K-S-U-Wildcats!
https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678 (https://deadspin.com/the-winter-olympics-feature-2-951-of-the-world-s-greate-1823138678)
Thats classic!
I'm sure you guys are all up to speed on this by now, but here in an interview with her dad
https://deadspin.com/elizabeth-swaneys-dad-is-proud-of-her-1823202904 (https://deadspin.com/elizabeth-swaneys-dad-is-proud-of-her-1823202904)
contains some more bay area rusty tidbits
Her Instagram is fascinating. She's like incredibly driven to be mediocre at lots of things
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Curling men with a big win this morning!
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Really proud of our male curlers. :tears:
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Can’t wait for the movie. It’s gonna be like the sequel to Miracle.
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Classes at the KC Curling Club are filling up fast!