I watched a couple of events but I'm not watching anymore. I really can't stand the China vs USA story line.

More news:

Turns out the little girl who sang in the opening, wasn't really the singer! The 7 year old girl who was the real singer "didn't have the right face" according to the chinese official, who went on to say "we had the perfect voice, and the perfect performance, there is nothing wrong with that"

The fakery continues....

Call me a sappy, idealistic, old-fashioned traditionalist, but I love the Olympics and the pride I feel for my country when our own athletes excel. I can't remember ever not watching them. However, since I work and have to spend some time being a wife and mother, how much I watch is limited, so with the help of my wonderful DVR, I can choose what I want to see the most. I was as excited watching the U.S. men's swim team win the relay and set a new world record as my husband was last Saturday when he watched the rerun of the 1999 Alabama/Florida football game (Alabama won). I was proud of the team as they stood on the podium, hands on hearts, and listened respectfully to the National Anthem. I was even prouder when Michael Phelps walked over and congratulated the French team. I loved every minute I spent watching the U.S. Men's Gymnastics team overcome losing 2 of its stars to win the bronze medal. I'm rooting for Phelps to break Mark Spitz' record (who I recall watching when I was a teenager). I remember watching the 1972 U.S. Men's basketball team get robbed, the tragedy of the massacre of the Israeli athletes in Munich, Mary Lou Retton's incredible vault, the Miracle on Ice, etc. I was living in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics and got to see the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team (a/k/a the Magnificent Seven) perform in the semi-finals. So far this year I've seen a little volleyball, water polo and canoeing and a lot of gymnastics, swimming and diving, and this is just the first week. I even like the personal interest stories up to a point (again, my DVR allows me to edit). I know I sound like I'm really into sports, but I'm not. I haven't got an athletic bone in my body. Throughout a normal year, I watch SEC college football, college basketball only once the play-offs start and usually a game or two of the World Series. I go to our local high school football games. The best sports events I ever saw were when my son played Little League and intramural basketball when he was young. But when I see the culmination of hard work and sacrifice translate into the performance of a lifetime, I can't help but feel almost as proud of these young men and women as I did when my son hit his first grand slam at the tender age of 8. After the game, he looked up at us with stars in his eyes and said, "Dad, I've waited for this my whole life." I think our athletes know just how he felt, and I feel like a proud mother all over again.

I love to watch the Olympics but the commercials are killing any pleasure. If you have DVR then that is the way to go.

I haven't watched the Olympics since 1984.

I wish for once we could get LIVE coverage here on the West Coast - NBC can convince the Olympic organizers to schedule events earlier than usual (in the morning) so that they can show them live - but only to the East Coast. Once the majority of other competitions get underway in China, it's Prime Time on the West Coast, but all we get is time delayed coverage. At the time of writing this - Phelps is winning the 200 Free with a WR time, but I already knew the outcome a few hours ago - you can't avoid not knowing - I wish NBC (and others) would realize that all they do is &@## people off when they do this.

Am I watching? Kinda - I've put my 13" tv in the corner, tuned to NBC while I watch other stuff and only switch over when something good gets shown. Am I watching the ads? (take note Wall Street) -- NO!! -- you're wasting your money on the West Coast, and don't be fooled by the Nielsen Ratings - those come from the East Coast's LIVE broadcasts - not the same program!!

I can't stand to watch NBC. All they show is Michael Phelps,women's gymnastics, and beach Volleyball. They repeat this over and over. I watch CBC or MSNBC. MSNBC went last night from 2a.m. until 2p.m. today. They showed Tennis,Handball,Archery,Badmintion,etc.

I'm a sports fan. Always been, always will. I hate NBC.

NBC's coverage of the olympics on the network channel is absolutely horrible.

It's as if the Olympics only exists to serve as a platform for finding the "emotional center" on every single event they're covering. I don't really give a flying f*** about Phelps' mom. Yet, there she is, on every goddamn broadcast getting interviewed about how difficult it was for them when little Michael was small.

What a field day did NBC have with Dana Torres. My God. Yes. She's old. We get it.

I know NBC has to cater for the non-sports fans to get their money back, but enough is enough. It's a friggin' sports event, for God's sake!

I'd like to take this opportunity to also thank Verizon for screwing up our FIOS TV installation so that I'm now stuck with just OTA broadcasts for the entire duration of the Olympics, so I can't tune into the cable Olympics coverage that have much more interesting events coverage without all that half-assed story telling. And they also occasionally even cover other countries' athletes unlike NBC.

I've really been enjoying this year's Olympics quite a bit. The "sad stories" have been greatly reduced from the soap opera that was Athens. I've also been really surprised at how many Live events we've been getting to see after all the whining about tape delays.

I don't get into sports that much, but I like getting to see the huge variety of things out there that people pour their lives into. Its a nice change of pace from the usual drivel on television.

These are clearly the comments of someone not watching, because they're the same criticisms people shared about 12 years ago. And in that vein, it's totally unfair. I've been watching all weekend, the sappy personal stories have been at a minimum, the live coverage has been extensive, the HD picture is glorious, and it's pretty fun to watch. So, you're wrong. :-)