The great advantage of the swimming finals at the Olympics was that they were swum in the morning in Beijing, so they were broadcast live back home. But for track, it's tape delayed, and there are spoilers all around me. It's becoming very difficult not to accidentally learn the results before I can watch the races, as I just did with the 200. Bah, bah, bah.
I guess I'll just have to really limit my Internet futzing for the next few days.
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How can news, which is what the results of sporting competitions are, be a "spoiler?" It's like saying "damn it, news about Obama's Veep choice is everywhere! I was waiting until I got home and watch CNN."
True enough. The point isn't that there's something illegitimate about the news networks or ESPN running results from the Olympics, just that their doing so damages my enjoyment of the Games.
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