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2016 Olympics-Rio

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Security issues and terrorist threats. Zika virus. President of the host nation impeached. Financial turmoil. Russian and other cheaters. a venue hotter than two rats in a wool sock. Host nation's national sport-soccer team sucking. Body parts washing ashore by the beach volleyball. And Golf as an Olympic sport.

Let the games begin.

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And the biggest snafu? Summer olympic games being played in winter.

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Good friend of ours cousin made the team swimming a relay.

http://www.sj-r.com/sports/20160630/shg ... ming-relay

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Glad it isn't in Chicago.

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i don't think I am going too far out on a limb when I say this Olympics is destined for tragedy......

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M1IRONMIKE wrote:i don't think I am going too far out on a limb when I say this Olympics is destined for tragedy......
Zika, internal political upheaval, WAY Behind in construction, the whole Russian team about to be banned. Like the Presidental election, the Olympics need a do-over too! I don't think Im going to be watching much at all

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Lot of golfers catching flak for not going. But, I get it. Like one of them said, no golfer grows up dreaming about a gold medal. It's all about the majors and Ryder Cup. Not to say it's cool to diminish the olympics, but I get it. Zika, dangerous, etc. Zika for child producing age people is no joke. [expletive], there are like 10 cases in Arkansas and I wear bug spray like clothes when working outside.

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AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:Lot of golfers catching flak for not going. But, I get it.

Good for them for recognizing that Golf as an Olympic sport is complete & utter [expletive].

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I can understand golfers not wanting to play in Olympics because of a mosquito virus. They spend their whole time outside in the grass and trees and what not around them. I can't understand the basketball players using that same excuse they play their games inside of an arena.

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jim wrote:Good friend of ours cousin made the team swimming a relay.

http://www.sj-r.com/sports/20160630/shg ... ming-relay
I bet you watched the whole meet, start to finish.

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