I liked the skating and team play.
It is improving each olympic game.
Olympic Hockey
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Canadians would also lose the World Annual Laugh Off while the jokes sail right over their heads…eh?
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Canadians would also lose the World Annual Laugh Off while the jokes sail right over their heads…eh?
Don’t pick on the poor Canada… it isn’t their fault that no matter what they do in the olympics, or sports in general, they are still CANADA at the end of the day. :lol:
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Whatever.
An American team will never again be able to win the grey cup.
Canadian teams will always be WORLD CHAMPIONS!
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Canadian teams will always be WORLD CHAMPIONS!
That is such a dumb title for a regional sports championship, which is why I am glad the NHL does not call the Stanley Cup winners “World Champions”.
Calling NFL and MLB champions “World Champions” is a lot conceited and not accurate. Even if they are the best team in the world (because no other country plays the sport), no other country has a team in competition.
There are ways to justify the title, but they are pretty thin.
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Worse… they embarrassed their country instead of bringing home a medal in their last game.
Canada has done that as well.
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Canadian teams will always be WORLD CHAMPIONS!
That is such a dumb title for a regional sports championship, which is why I am glad the NHL does not call the Stanley Cup winners “World Champions”.
Calling NFL and MLB champions “World Champions” is a lot conceited and not accurate. Even if they are the best team in the world (because no other country plays the sport), no other country has a team in competition.
There are ways to justify the title, but they are pretty thin.
I agree. Hence the sarcasm.
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I agree. Hence the sarcasm.
Yeah, I read it that way… just letting my position be known. :roll:
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Canadian teams will always be WORLD CHAMPIONS!
That is such a dumb title for a regional sports championship, which is why I am glad the NHL does not call the Stanley Cup winners “World Champions”.
Calling NFL and MLB champions “World Champions” is a lot conceited and not accurate. Even if they are the best team in the world (because no other country plays the sport), no other country has a team in competition.
There are ways to justify the title, but they are pretty thin.
Plenty of people countries participate in baseball (and basketball as well). It’s not a US-centric sport as much as you would believe.
Also, the US has no need for the CFL, except for dumping our NFL washouts that can still play in a substandard league. 8-)
(In all honesty, I wish I could see more CFL games as I like the rule variations within it)
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Plenty of people countries participate in baseball (and basketball as well). It’s not a US-centric sport as much as you would believe.
Yes, which I mentioned. And it’s why I said you might be able to have a world-baseball tournament. The MLB has at least a little more credibility in calling it the World Series/“World Champions” in that the MLB is the de facto league of the world and all the best players from South/Central America and Japan come to play in it. (You could say the same of the NHL, but there are plenty of other good players and leagues in the world which, I believe, need to be included to vie for some sort of world title.)
American football is essentially non-existent elsewhere in the world. CFL doesn’t count.
Basketball is more popular in Europe and Asia than we normally see, though nothing close to what it is here or the overall talent level of the players. Americans have generally dominated in olympic basketball, but it has been somewhat closer in recent years. (Since pros have been allowed to play in 1992, the USA has won the tournament 5/6 times and won bronze the time they didn’t win gold. Competing at the Olympics would qualify as a “World Championship”. I just don’t understand how you can apply that title within a regional league.
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Calling NFL and MLB champions “World Champions” is a lot conceited and not accurate. Even if they are the best team in the world (because no other country plays the sport), no other country has a team in competition.
True of the NFL but last time I checked the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB play in a different country that the US of A and in fact were World Champions twice. Also much like American NHL champions, they were stocked with foreign players. There is probably a higher % of Americans playing hockey than Canadians playing baseball or basketball, tho in basketballs case that is changing.
In any case……Silly Americans, Hockey is for Canadians… for now!
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True of the NFL but last time I checked the Toronto Blue Jays of MLB play in a different country that the US of A and in fact were World Champions twice. Also much like American NHL champions, they were stocked with foreign players.
Yes, and I was going to issue a disclaimer on that fact (and the Raptors), however, it does not matter in my regional argument. There is little more that is “world”-like about the MLB because they have one team in city 60 miles from the US border. It is still North America and the only example of an MLB team being anywhere but the United States.
Being stocked with foreign players (and arguably the best foreign players) does give some credibility to the MLB and NHL calling their champions “World Champions”, even though the NHL does not. I don’t follow the NBA, but it seems like they draw all the best foreign players too. Football, again, is another story. It is essentially only an American sport. If you look on an NFL roster, I would bet 99.999999% are American born.
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Yes, which I mentioned. And it’s why I said you might be able to have a world-baseball tournament. The MLB has at least a little more credibility in calling it the World Series/“World Champions” in that the MLB is the de facto league of the world and all the best players from South/Central America and Japan come to play in it. (You could say the same of the NHL, but there are plenty of other good players and leagues in the world which, I believe, need to be included to vie for some sort of world title.)
Malachi already addressed this, but I also already mentioned the World Baseball Classic. Take a peak at the history of that, which is a testament to the international play of baseball (hint: US does not dominate it).
Basketball is more popular in Europe and Asia than we normally see, though nothing close to what it is here or the overall talent level of the players. Americans have generally dominated in olympic basketball, but it has been somewhat closer in recent years. (Since pros have been allowed to play in 1992, the USA has won the tournament 5/6 times and won bronze the time they didn’t win gold. Competing at the Olympics would qualify as a “World Championship”. I just don’t understand how you can apply that title within a regional league.
Argentina was the winner in that year USA did not take gold. Manu Ginobili was on that team and plays on my favorite NBA team, the San Antonio Spurs. One third of that team’s roster is international players (i.e. not from the US). Looking over recent drafts are there is a considerable international presence. Even the NBA’s “farm system” (NCAA) is involved.
The US leagues are considered the “Show”, however. Watch Bull Durham to understand what I mean.
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Malachi already addressed this, but I also already mentioned the World Baseball Classic. Take a peak at the history of that, which is a testament to the international play of baseball.
Yes, it is much like the World Cup of Hockey [was].
The purpose of our discussion in a couple paragraphs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Series#International_participation
"Despite its name, the World Series remains solely the championship of the major-league baseball teams in the United States and Canada, although MLB, its players, and North American media sometimes informally refer to World Series winners as “world champions of baseball.”
At this point it is really an issue of semantics, which is pointless to argue about. Obviously the above quote makes my point that, literally, the World Series/“World Champions of Baseball” is not accurate. But I realize that The World Series was around before the Baseball World Cup or the World Baseball classic, and at the time MLB was the best (or only) league in the world. Again… pointless to continue here, but the real issue is with American football and the “World Champs” title.
(hint: US does not dominate it).
Never said they would or did… just saying that being strictly North American based, MLB does not necessarily have a world footprint, depending on your definition.
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Your a true fan Hoff, but I didn’t like that your Red Wings beat my Habs in overtime, oh well… at least we beat the Pens in a shoot out tonight.
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@Young:
Your a true fan Hoff, but I didn’t like that your Red Wings beat my Habs in overtime, oh well… at least we beat the Pens in a shoot out tonight.
Hey, anyone who beats the Pens is a friend of mine. :-D
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@Young:
Your a true fan Hoff, but I didn’t like that your Red Wings beat my Habs in overtime, oh well… at least we beat the Pens in a shoot out tonight.
Hey, anyone who beats the Pens is a friend of mine. :-D
The only good Red Wing is a dead Red Wing.
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The only good Red Wing is a dead Red Wing.
Screw you Mallery! :-P
YA… F**K YOU CHEVEZ, YOU DO IT WITH YOUR HORSE!
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The dread wings.
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