War of Pins
Today saw the end of olympic judoka glory. I must say 75 kilogram women bout much slower than do the bouters of the 56 kilogramers. (A bout, I learned, is one match in Judo language). There's a lot of other language that goes with it but I'll spare you. It was hard enough just getting names like DONGUZASHVILI off the backs of spinning judo-killa jerseys. We were all inspired by an article from The Miami Herald's Dave Barry today as he compared American badminton to olympic badminton. According to Barry, Americans see badminton as something you pull out of the attic on the 4th of July to poke fun at yourself. Alternatively, the guys and gals that play here can turn a plastic shuttlecock into a weapon of mass destruction. Destruction of medal hopes anyway.
Daily Phelps update--The Wonderboy went gold digging again today for his 6th trip to the podium. As far as we're concerned, he could just pitch a tent up there. Other US notables are the women's basketball and beach volleyball. The Women's swim team keeps coming up golden too. And I have just been informed from our field reporter, Aaron "Zeeeeeeeke" Mohr (that sounds good over the intercom) that women's softball has a 42-0 scoring record on opponents!
I finally got involved in the pin craze today. It seems like the favorite media pasttime (other than going over to get our McBurger from the #1 McChampionship Food Service Team) is trading network pins. I've seen guys with more metal on them than the Russian fencers! These are the guys that make you want to start a western brawl at the security detectors as they peel off all their pin-laden layers. At the risk of being branded, I did a little collecting myself, scoring one from the guys at Televisa Mexico. The one that I will cherish forever, though, is from the guys at Al Jazeer. These guys are very discreet, tucked away in a corner of the IBC, but they're covering all Arab athletes and really zeroing in on the hometown Iraqi favorites. It also turned out to be a story op for the guys at CBC Radio (from Canada).
The rest of the day met with good news. According to sources within the Asbury College team, numerous of our AOB workers are running cameras at various venues around the games. One guy even scored an associate producer (in the field) gig. Yes, all seems well in our little paradise.
Daily Phelps update--The Wonderboy went gold digging again today for his 6th trip to the podium. As far as we're concerned, he could just pitch a tent up there. Other US notables are the women's basketball and beach volleyball. The Women's swim team keeps coming up golden too. And I have just been informed from our field reporter, Aaron "Zeeeeeeeke" Mohr (that sounds good over the intercom) that women's softball has a 42-0 scoring record on opponents!
I finally got involved in the pin craze today. It seems like the favorite media pasttime (other than going over to get our McBurger from the #1 McChampionship Food Service Team) is trading network pins. I've seen guys with more metal on them than the Russian fencers! These are the guys that make you want to start a western brawl at the security detectors as they peel off all their pin-laden layers. At the risk of being branded, I did a little collecting myself, scoring one from the guys at Televisa Mexico. The one that I will cherish forever, though, is from the guys at Al Jazeer. These guys are very discreet, tucked away in a corner of the IBC, but they're covering all Arab athletes and really zeroing in on the hometown Iraqi favorites. It also turned out to be a story op for the guys at CBC Radio (from Canada).
The rest of the day met with good news. According to sources within the Asbury College team, numerous of our AOB workers are running cameras at various venues around the games. One guy even scored an associate producer (in the field) gig. Yes, all seems well in our little paradise.
posted by Joel Aaron at 3:38 PM
1 Comments:
Great post, Joel.
Its fun to hear you talk about some of the same olympic stories we've all be talking about over here in the states.
Now isn't it incredible how fast are those McWorkers are moving?
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