August 12, 200422 yr I'm in Penn right now, and most kids aren't watching it...I always watched the opening ceremonies back in PR, so I'm definitely tuning in. My favorite opening ceremony was in Barcelona 92, when an archer lit the Olympic flame with an arrow...that was so awesome! Who's watching? what's your favorite Olympic moment?
August 12, 200422 yr i watched them in '96, 98, and 02. missed them in 00 but i forgot why though. ill be watching this year. my favorite moment probably would be when the US beat Cuba in baseball for gold in '00.
August 12, 200422 yr Author my favorite moment probably would be when the US beat Cuba in baseball for gold in '00. 507866[/snapback] Priceless.....
August 12, 200422 yr hell yeah. i think that the opening ceremonies might be the only part of the Olympics that i ever watch. -the archer in Barcelona was amazing. great way to open up. -Muhammad Ali lighting the flame in Atlanta was prolly the greatest moment that i can remember.
August 12, 200422 yr The '96 Olympics were awesome. I was in Atlanta at that time and it was amazing.
August 12, 200422 yr Author I get goosebumps when I see USA/Puerto Rico coming in.... oh...can't wait!
August 12, 200422 yr I might be watching, would like to, but I have a hard time getting into the Olympics a lot of the time
August 13, 200422 yr I might take a look...if I can tear myself away from watching the JS2 finale for the 27th time. Never really cared much fot the ceremonies...just get to the events already.
August 13, 200422 yr I'll be watching it if I'm not doing anything. Thanx to Dish Network, I can see what's happening on all the events. 6 Channels on one screen.
August 13, 200422 yr haha I think the opening ceremonies are dumb. In 1996 it was funny when Joe Frazier said he hoped that Ali would fall into the flame.
August 13, 200422 yr I'll definitely catch it if I'm home. I've never been into it before so I wanna see what it's like. Should be fun.
August 13, 200422 yr I love the Opening Ceremonies. Since the pussycane whiped out my plans for the night I'll probably flip back and forth during the Fish game and watch it after. I love seeing the random countries with one or two athletes :lol My two favorite Opening Ceremony moments by far are the Ali and the archer, not sure which is tops though. Both amazing moments. Favorite overall Olympic moment is Ben Sheets locking it down in 00 to take down the revolucion :hat
August 14, 200422 yr Author Awesome opening ceremonies...I was very proud and happy to see how the Greeks welcomed the USA...I was expecting trouble. Iraq's welcome was very nice too. Particularly, the flooding of the field impressed me... The only thing I hated was Bob Costas...when Puerto Rico came in, they focused on Carlos Arroyo, and immediately switched to talk about John Stockton, instead of either talking about PR's delegation, or showing other athletes besides Arroyo.
August 14, 200422 yr Author Ceremonies were nice but it was so long. 511407[/snapback] aren't they always??? the parade of nations is what makes it long....
August 14, 200422 yr Ceremonies were nice but it was so long. 511407[/snapback] aren't they always??? the parade of nations is what makes it long.... 511412[/snapback] What order did they come out in? I know it wasn't alphabetical.
August 14, 200422 yr Ceremonies were nice but it was so long. 511407[/snapback] aren't they always??? the parade of nations is what makes it long.... 511412[/snapback] What order did they come out in? I know it wasn't alphabetical. 511419[/snapback] I heard they were going to do it by the Greek alphabet. But I didn't watch to see.
August 14, 200422 yr These ceremonies were probably one of the best I have ever seen. It was beautiful! The performers were amazing! I was surprised at the ovation the Americans got. It was awesome. One thing that got on my nerves though was when Costas was mentioning Venezuelan baseball players and didn't mention Miguel Cabrera.... who is a World Champion AND an All Star. That pissed me off. Instead he mentioned stupid Abreu from the Phillies. Speaking of best Olympic moments.... mine were the '96 Olympics with Ali lighting the torch and then in 2002 when the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team lit it up together. Awesome stuff. Oh and is it just me or does the torch this year look like a giant joint? :lol
August 14, 200422 yr Author Ceremonies were nice but it was so long. 511407[/snapback] aren't they always??? the parade of nations is what makes it long.... 511412[/snapback] What order did they come out in? I know it wasn't alphabetical. 511419[/snapback] I heard they were going to do it by the Greek alphabet. But I didn't watch to see. 511422[/snapback] greek alphabet...bingo.
August 14, 200422 yr Author One thing that got on my nerves though was when Costas was mentioning Venezuelan baseball players and didn't mention Miguel Cabrera.... who is a World Champion AND an All Star. That pissed me off. Instead he mentioned stupid Abreu from the Phillies. Oh and is it just me or does the torch this year look like a giant joint? :lol 511497[/snapback] I was waiting to see if anyone else noticed....I was pissed too! He mentioned several players...Abreu, Galarraga...but failed to mention Cabs...I was waiting for him to say something, but the comment never came.... :thumbdown
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