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Comparing beam D-scores in the current code vs the upcoming code: https://balancebeamsituation.com/2016/09/07/2017-versus-2016-a-beam-comparison/

Jrue Holiday will miss the start of the Pelicans' season as his wife Lauren has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2661696-jrue-holiday-to-miss-start-of-season-to-care-for-wife-lauren-after-brain-surgery?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-league

So one interesting fact I found out today- That infamous 1972 gold medal game with the time shenanigans that the commentators re-played footage of? Apparently the timekeeper for that game was disgraced FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Which would explain a lot.

So the US wins both the first gold medal of the games and the last. When was the last time one country did that?

Sigh. And once again we wait for another WR from that era to be erased.

Two Canadians won 3 T&F medals each in 1932.

You know the executives at NBC will sell their souls if it meant having Phelps and Bolt in Tokyo. But even though they won't be, someone else will come along to steal all the airtime.

They don't even need to fire her outright. There are ways of removing a player from the team that are perfectly legal without running the risk of legal action from Solo. And this might even be a moot point, because there are rumors that she is going to step away at the end of the year.

Buchanan is always that reckless. I don't get why the journos slobber over her, because she's highly overrated.

Hope Danell knocks Sam out.

She never got her medal back, unfortunately.

Now I wish I were watching this instead of Brazil-Sweden. That game has been a total snoozefest. These finals sound like fun.

You owe me a new TV screen. I just spit my drink out.

They keep propping up Sam as the Golden Boy, so of course the final with him is going to be shown.

Ugh! Why does this final have to be at the same time as the Brazil-Sweden semifinal?

Yeah, they did. The program had stuck with a core group between Barcelona and Atlanta, with the main objective of winning team gold, almost ignoring most of the next generation of talent. Once the 96ers stepped away, there was a lack of experienced gymnasts who could easily step in, and the program floundered a bit. But the system that Martha and USA Gym has set up makes that unlikely to happen again.

The program was in a much worse place back then. There was no real sense of team, and it was everyone for themselves most of the time. I've also had some apprehension about what's going to happen once Martha is gone, but I highly doubt there will be a repeat of the post-Atlanta fall.

Guys, did you know Sydney McLaughlin is only 17? I would never have guessed without the 10,000 times they brought up her age.

There have been rumors that he's suffering from Alzheimer's.

It's not just this final. The slowness of this particular apparatus has been a problem for a good while now.

Is the slowness of the beam judges lately more fuckery from Nellie Kim? Because MAH GAWD! I could finish a 7 course meal before they get some of these scores out.

Inquiry was put in on Laurie's score, but rejected.

Laurie's D score in prelims was .2 lower than Sanne's in finals.

LOVE watching the Netherlands on beam! It's so damn beautiful! Not the cookie cutter crap that most countries are resorting to these days.

It's a .5 deduction. Netherlands.