2014 Winter Olympics (Beware, no spoiler tags)

[jersey cubs fan]

It's a shame about Ray

 

 

truth

[Sammy Sofa]

It's a shame about that maniac and his kill motel, though.

 

Stupid city tore down what would have been it's most amazing tourist attraction.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Speaking of this, has anyone read "The Devil in the White City"? I had heard about it recently but haven't read it, and I was wondering if it is good.

[WrigleyField 22]

Speaking of this, has anyone read "The Devil in the White City"? I had heard about it recently but haven't read it, and I was wondering if it is good.

I liked it a lot.

 

Edit- to expand, it was an easy read while still being pretty informative and enjoyable. If you want to get super into details Larsen uses a lot of footnotes, but it's not necessary reading either.

Edited May 3, 2014 by WrigleyField 22

[Sammy Sofa]

It's good stuff.

[dcvalpo]

"It was clear there was an effort to make sure Rio got this, and the only meaningful threat to Rio would have been Chicago, so all the friends of Rio were urged to try and make sure Chicago didn't get into that position," IOC member Dick Pound of Canada said.

 

"Conspiracy" is kind of a loaded term, but it's naive to think that Chicago wasn't targeted by voting blocs early on. The IOC and US have had a pretty strained relationship, so it's safe to say that few tears were shed.

 

Source: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-10-02-2016-olympics_N.htm

 

Oh c'mon...this is some sort of Onion article right?

[Guest]

Speaking of this, has anyone read "The Devil in the White City"? I had heard about it recently but haven't read it, and I was wondering if it is good.

It's awesome.

[Guest]

Too early to start a 2016 thread, but:

 

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/29/rio-2016-olympics-worst-preparations-ioc

 

i have to laugh, knowing that Chicago was going to win if it made it out of the first round of voting. Rio is like a third world country and there was a conspiracy to keep the Americans out.

 

Oh please do go on.

"It was clear there was an effort to make sure Rio got this, and the only meaningful threat to Rio would have been Chicago, so all the friends of Rio were urged to try and make sure Chicago didn't get into that position," IOC member Dick Pound of Canada said.

 

"Conspiracy" is kind of a loaded term, but it's naive to think that Chicago wasn't targeted by voting blocs early on. The IOC and US have had a pretty strained relationship, so it's safe to say that few tears were shed.

 

Source: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-10-02-2016-olympics_N.htm

 

Well, yeah, that's just the Olympic politics stuff that everyone knew already; I was hoping for a juicy sulley-style conspiracy rant.

Oh yeah sulley was right on that but he's crazy so do go on [expletive] off

[Guest]

And I hate conspiracy theories, hate them. I'm the one that wants gulags you stupid [expletive]

[Sammy Sofa]

3.3

[Guest]

IM SERIOUS

[Guest]

That was my imb impression

[Sammy Sofa]

Sorry, the Russian judge is being a dick.

[Guest]

The Russian judge is cool, it's probably the Ukrainian dick.

[Banedon]

The Russian judge is cool, it's probably the Ukrainian dick.

 

Ukraine...Russia...same same.