tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post2123801949140446172..comments2024-03-15T17:41:26.645+00:00Comments on Sport Is A TV Show: Advertising sport as a TV showFredorrarcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-14016347204944858952010-02-16T22:38:09.254+00:002010-02-16T22:38:09.254+00:00Christ almighty. I was nowhere near ambitious enou...Christ almighty. I was nowhere near ambitious enough, was I?<br /><br />I seem to remember an even more bombastic opening sequence for Setanta's first live England game (the 4-1 vs. Croatia, perhaps?). Can't find it, though...Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-63214376740921589772010-02-16T18:33:49.631+00:002010-02-16T18:33:49.631+00:00Even your prediction at the end of the post pales ...Even your prediction at the end of the post pales in comparison to the iconography sledgehammer of Setanta's opening for England games.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWKlLkDG3-0<br /><br />It's gone now, but there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about it.NickDunmorehttp://fistedaway.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-81312039081300920122010-02-14T18:58:08.653+00:002010-02-14T18:58:08.653+00:00...I just don't know that there's a Usain ...<i>...I just don't know that there's a Usain Bolt waiting to happen in them.</i><br /><br />I guess not. His next appearance will be on a tortilla somewhere in Mexico, probably.Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-47226939520910270092010-02-14T04:51:34.015+00:002010-02-14T04:51:34.015+00:00I actually really do love the Winter Olympics, but...I actually really do love the Winter Olympics, but I just don't know that there's a Usain Bolt waiting to happen in them. The hockey is always excellent, though. It's as close as one can get to some platonic ideal of the sport.Ted Harwoodhttp://runningdownhill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-84926981477843898812010-02-13T23:52:23.132+00:002010-02-13T23:52:23.132+00:00Such cynicism!
With the time difference, my Winte...Such cynicism!<br /><br />With the time difference, my Winter Olympics will revolve around the BBC highlights package, so it'll probably be whatever the British are doing well in. Obviously, I therefore hope their curling teams kick ass.Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-71328715322516258372010-02-13T20:21:11.301+00:002010-02-13T20:21:11.301+00:00Wait, which event is Usain Bolt doing in the Winte...Wait, which event is Usain Bolt doing in the Winter Olympics? Hockey, right?<br /><br />No?<br /><br />I do love hockey, though, at the Olympics.Ted Harwoodhttp://runningdownhill.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-2518106575875361432010-02-13T15:25:14.528+00:002010-02-13T15:25:14.528+00:00Ha! Almost certainly.
I'd completely forgotte...Ha! Almost certainly.<br /><br />I'd completely forgotten about that 2002 film. Very nice, even if there is too much Links 'n' Hansen 'n' Motty, and altogether too much of Ian Wright.Fredorrarcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660428641031747616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-40032643041116441832010-02-13T11:22:14.806+00:002010-02-13T11:22:14.806+00:00Actually, though, my prediction for the World Cup ...Actually, though, my prediction for the World Cup promo: <br /><br />Ladysmith Black Mambazo and lions. And maybe some smiling African children playing football in bare feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-80849115645871552092010-02-13T11:00:11.146+00:002010-02-13T11:00:11.146+00:00Sorry, I was expecting that to autolinkify.
this ...Sorry, I was expecting that to autolinkify.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrzVAE-caYw" rel="nofollow">this one</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1969424548171959750.post-81138189364950932010-02-13T10:58:55.970+00:002010-02-13T10:58:55.970+00:00This one from the 2002 World Cup was pretty cool:
...This one from the 2002 World Cup was pretty cool:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrzVAE-caYwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com