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I didn't watch the Twins yesterday. It doesn't seem like I missed anything.

I am watching some of the Olympic events. It's weird, as a kid, there was ONE channel (ABC) that broadcast the Olympics games. And it showed USA athletes almost exclusively. Lots of boxing, weightlifting, wrestling, track, gymnastics and swimming.

Now? Half a dozen channels are showing the Olympics. But what are they showing? Air rifle, long outdoor bicycle rides, Norway vs. Brazil in women's team handball, and endless, all-day tennis.

Very little of the coverage is showing U.S. athletes except in primetime on NBC.

They were actually bragging about the upcoming badminton coverage, and women's rugby.

I used to like the Olympics. Now most of the sports seem made-up. And hardly any of the coverage shows U.S. athletes. Isn't the idea of all that coverage on all of those channels to give us great American athletes pursuing the GOLD?

I hate that they don't show massive athletes competing in weightlifting as a big deal. I hate it that the don't show women's and men's shot putting live. We've become such a mamby-pamby country of viewers that I guess they think we'll watch anything.

The worst part? Even if they did broadcast some of the stuff I like, I don't know when and where they are showing it. The program guides are worthless. They might show you what they say they are going to show eventually, but not before you have to sit through 3 or 4 hours of tiddly winks to get there.

One channel showing everything they could cram in 16 hours a day was far superior to 6 channels showing you lots of stupid stuff all day long. Worse? Not all of their channels are showing it all day long. So all of the sudden you check MSNBC and they aren't broadcasting it any more. It's now on USA network interspersed with a Law and Order: SVU marathon.

At least it's better than 6 channels broadcasting curling all day long. The winter Olympics were even worse.