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Lavabe wrote:Dan Patrick reported that the Canadians were warned in advance not to delay the game. Ive seen no confirmation of that. Julie Foudy of ESPN reported that the world feed showed that the ref may have warned the Canadian goalkeep in advance of the call. Having said that, Foufy has never seen the call made in a game.

But otherwise, the Canadian and American press are really going at it. Colchar summed up the Canadian view. American bloggers are pissed at Canada's Tancredi stomping on Carli Lloyd's head (I've seen that headline). The video is searchable on nbc's olympic site. The stomp occurred at the 55th minute mark. And there are other claims floating around the blogosphere.

Bad calls all around. Canadians should be pissed. Likewise, The Tancredi no-red was really bad. A red card would have expelled her. For the game, Tancredi received a yellow, to go with her 7 fouls.

According to the Toronto Sun, The bigger immediate issue may be that FIFA is looking at Canadian player comments about the ref after the game. The fear is that soccer's governing body may penalize players for their comments.

ArkieDukie wrote:From ESPN's write-up of the men's basketball game, it appears that Chris Paul has been up to his old antics.

Lavabe wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:From ESPN's write-up of the men's basketball game, it appears that Chris Paul has been up to his old antics.

In all fairness, K was upset when Argentina hit someone (Melo?) in the junk. I'm sure that K told Paul that Julius Hodge was on the floor.

ArkieDukie wrote:

Lavabe wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:From ESPN's write-up of the men's basketball game, it appears that Chris Paul has been up to his old antics.

In all fairness, K was upset when Argentina hit someone (Melo?) in the junk. I'm sure that K told Paul that Julius Hodge was on the floor.

Apparently, the hit on Melo was retaliation. The person that hit Melo was the person that allegedly got ChrisPauled. Given the past record of the accused, I tend to believe the player from Argentina. Not that I endorse the retaliation, of course.

Lavabe wrote:Dan Patrick reported that the Canadians were warned in advance not to delay the game. Ive seen no confirmation of that. Julie Foudy of ESPN reported that the world feed showed that the ref may have warned the Canadian goalkeep in advance of the call. Having said that, Foufy has never seen the call made in a game.

Colchar summed up the Canadian view.

According to the Toronto Sun, The bigger immediate issue may be that FIFA is looking at Canadian player comments about the ref after the game. The fear is that soccer's governing body may penalize players for their comments.

ArkieDukie wrote:From ESPN's write-up of the men's basketball game, it appears that Chris Paul has been up to his old antics.

ArkieDukie wrote:From ESPN's write-up of the men's basketball game, it appears that Chris Paul has been up to his old antics.

colchar wrote:

ArkieDukie wrote:From ESPN's write-up of the men's basketball game, it appears that Chris Paul has been up to his old antics.

I cannot watch Olympic basketball. What fun is there in watching the US kick the crap out of damned near every team in the tournament? Nobody can compete with them - it is as bad as women's hockey in which Canada and the US beat the everloving shit out of every country they play and then face each other for the gold medal in every single tournament. The sport shouldn't even be included because no other countries are even close to being competitive. Things are a little closer in basketball, but not by much.

IowaDevil wrote:Sure bet USA will bring home Gold AND Silver in Women's Beach VB! YES!!!!

bluebutton wrote: Even my husband watched the 2nd set after he got in from mowing the lawn.

CameronBornAndBred wrote:

bluebutton wrote: Even my husband watched the 2nd set after he got in from mowing the lawn.

I can't imagine why. ;)

Lavabe wrote:That theme they play at the beach volleyball (followed by the OLE!!) is annoying as all hell.