Bela Karolyi Needs More NBC Olympics TV Time With Bob Costas

Sports Media Watch found this 8/15/2008 on FanIQ.com [flag]

Bela final by bsap11 Aside from dramatic footage of Alicia Sacramone, the highlight of NBC's Olympic coverage last night was Bela Karolyi joining Bob Costas. Thanks to AA for getting this video up for a few hours before it's taken down by the Commies NBC. If you missed it, imagine Dick Vitale's passion for Duke hoops, but then not letting Dick go a game against UNC and ... [link]

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Reviews for week one of Olympics.
Published 8/15/2008 by Paulsen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Media Watch
One week in, reviews of NBC's Olympics coverage are a mixed bag. The network's tape delayed broadcasts on the West Coast continue to be a source of criticism, while features by Mary Carillo and Cris Collinsworth are alternatively praised and derided. Gymnastics analyst Bela Karolyi has been blasted for his conflicts of interest, while less high-profile personalities like Dan Hicks and Mike Breen have been generally well-regarded. Tape Delay . One of the biggest stories continues to be the tape delayed broadcasts on NBC in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. The San Francisco Chronicle 's Gwen Knapp asks, " why do we have to wait an entire three hours? Why not scramble the ...

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Forget Phelps, I'm Watching The Olympics For Bela!

FanIQ Blog found this 8/13/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com

I really thought there were going to be more "Friends of Bob" for the Olympics, but it turns out there's only two. There's the roving reporter, Cris Collinsworth, who is spending most nights with Michael Phelps' Mom. And then there's the ever-awesome ...

Your Olympic Video Du Jour: More Bela!

Pure Point found this 8/15/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com

There was no way that NBC was passing up on a "Bela Freakout Moment" on the night of the Women's All Round, and neither was I. Here's your Karolyi clip from last night's awesome one-two finish from the American ladies.... That is just too much ...

Become A "Friend Of Bob" Today!

FirstCuts found this 8/8/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com

I've mentioned a few times in radio appearances and on this site about the phenomenon that is the "FOB".... Friends of Bob. The basic concept is that Bob Costas will have go to individuals when talking in-studio about certain Olympic Sports and ...

Olympic Boxing: Still Controversial

The Victoria Times found this 8/16/2008 on thebiglead.com

The best numbers blogger in the business, Max Wasserman, is enjoying the Olympics. Except the boxing system. It has been terrible forever - ask Roy Jones - and remains so. To nobody’s surprise, I’ve been spending most of this week watching the ...

Olympic Athletes Are Even More Fascinating Than You Thought [Emeritus]

With Leather - Sports news and gossip to ... found this 8/5/2008 on deadspin.com

As you might have heard, the Olympics begin on Friday, and, as Bob Costas and NBC will be eager to relentlessly pound into your brain, these are American Olympic Heroes we'll be watching on 12-hour time delays. These are not the run-of-the-mill ...

Olympic Links

seanramblings posted 8/9/2008 from seanramblings.blogspot.com

If you saw the parade of nations during the opening ceremonies, you may have noticed Ricardo Blas Jr., the flag-bearer for Guam. He is representing Guam in judo, and according to Bob Costas, may be the heaviest athlete in Olympics history. Blas also has a MySpace page with some fun pictures (judo and otherwise).

Michael Phelps Eats Entire Menu for Breakfast

SI.com - Extra Mustard found this 8/12/2008 on simononsports.blogspot.com

If you watched the little special NBC had on Phelps this evening (probably one of hundreds they run) you learned that Michael Phelps is not only a swimming machine but an eating machine. By order he is supposed to consume between 8000 and 10,000 ...

Phelps gets number eight

Dejuiced! Sports News with No Boundaries found this 8/17/2008 on www.dejuiced.com

The story of the 2008 Olympic games has been American swimmer Michael Phelps . The 23-year old Baltimore, Maryland native was the third swimmer for the U.S. in the 4×100m medley relay . Phelps helped the Americans to a gold medal in the ...

Phelps' Sitdown With Bob Costas

T O N Y B L O G ... found this 8/17/2008 on awfulannouncing.blogspot.com

It's rare that I ever have a glowing statement for Bob Cosats, but tonight I think he handled the moment perfectly. Sure the Facebook stuff was a little cheesy, but it was still a great interview....

Shanoff's Wake-Up Call: Bolt As Olympic Ideal

Dan Shanoff found this 8/19/2008 on www.sportingnews.com

Today's Calls: Usain Bolt vs. Bob Costas, B.J. Upton vs. Greg Maddux, Rex Grossman vs. Kyle Orton, Nastia Liukin vs. Michael Phelps, Will Leitch vs. Boston fans and More. The Opening Pitch: Let me defend Usain Bolt from prudes like Bob Costas, who ...

Bela Karolyi Wants to Train Your Babies [Think Of The Children]

Rover found this 8/10/2008 on deadspin.com

Famed U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi is not a fan of little girls. At least not ones who can beat his team in the Olymics. Karolyi is raising a fuss about the ages of the Chinese gymnast, claiming that they do not appear to be the competition legal age of 16. Clearly the world's most famous gymnastics coach is forgetting that NONE OF THE GYMNASTS LOOK 16. "They are using ...

More Accusations of Chinese Cheating

The World of Isaac found this 8/11/2008 on www.sportingnews.com

Those Saturday suggestions that secret Chinese swimmers avoided drug tests over the past year turned out to be for naught: the Chinese women's relay team in specific question finished fourth and out of the medals in Sunday morning's final. ...

Bela Karolyi is NBCs answer to Charles Barkley.

SI.com - Extra Mustard found this 8/13/2008 on www.clubhousecancer.com

Who else would call out the Chinese…in China , no less…for using underage girls on the women’s gymnastics team? “They are using half-people,” Karolyi said. “One of the biggest frustrations is, what arrogance. These people think we ...

Well, Duh: Underage Chinese Gymnast Revealed

Sportaphile found this 8/15/2008 on www.sportsbybrooks.com

Hey, China. How’s it going? Good? Good. Little advice here: When you’re trying to cheat at women’s gymnastics by using athletes that can not, in any sense of the word, be called “women”, you would do well not to ...

Alicia Sacramone Was Robbed

brien posted 8/18/2008 from www.east-coast-bias.com

Or, as Bela Karolyi said, it was a "leep-ov" (rip-off). In last night's women's vault finals, Alicia Sacramone had a chance at redemption. After falling twice in the team competition and possibly costing the US a gold medal, Sacramone had an opportunity to win individual gold on the vault. She had the bad luck to draw the first slot, meaning that she had to vault before all the other ...

Bela Karolyi REEEALLY enjoyed Nastia Lukin's performance

Loser with Socks found this 8/22/2008 on www.on205th.com

Bela Karolyi expressed pretty much what every red-blooded male did whilst watching Nastia Lukin do her floor exercise, only he did it on camera. That or he was watching me lift weights. One of those two things.

Frat Star Jonathan Horton Leads USA Men's Gymnastics To Surprising Gold

Rover found this 8/12/2008 on FanIQ.com

Three out of every four years you couldn't pay me enough money to watch Gymnastics -- if Alicia Sacramone isn't competing -- but once the Olympics rolls around, I'm ashamedly hooked. The same acrobatic feats are accomplished in every other gymnastics event, but I seem only impressed during the Games. I know I'm not alone here. So there I am last night, rooting on frat star Jonathan ...

Alicia Sacramone Is Hot

Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies found this 8/13/2008 on larrybrownsports.com

Apparently the Olympics are good for something, contrary to my previous beliefs . Generally I like to avoid gymnasts because their hormones are suppressed to slow their physical development, making them look like little kids (if they aren’t ...

Andrea Joyce Makes Tiny Gymnast Cry; Enjoys It [Beijing Olympics]

Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football found this 8/14/2008 on deadspin.com

Problem: We want captured terrorist suspects to talk, but conventional torture methods are morally troublesome and politically dangerous. Solution: Andrea Joyce! Judging from the way that the NBC correspondent interrogated emotionally brittle gymnast ...

Alicia Sacramone Vault Ends Like The Rest Of Her Beijing 2008 Olympics Experience

Rover found this 8/18/2008 on FanIQ.com

Alicia Sacramone had, shall we say, the necessary "skill set" to become a mega star during these Beijing Olympic games. She's still become incredibly popular, she is hot after all, but the attention has come for all the wrong reasons. Falling twice during the Women's Gymnastic team final left Sacramone devastated on national television with a camera following her every tear. ...

Video: More Funnies From Bela Karolyi And Bob Costas

Posted 8/15/2008 on Sportaphile

Just in case you didn’t believe me in my last post about Bela Karolyi , this man truly gets hyphy while watching gymnastics. I was unable to watch this as it aired on tv this morning, because the gymnastics final didn’t happen until well after midnight. What human being with a job is going to stay up until 1am watching gymnastics?? NBC is pissing me off so much. Bela Two ...

Bela Karolyi Loves Him Some Humping Turtle

Posted 8/18/2008 on Foul Balls

On Friday night NBC showed footage of Bela Karolyi watching Nastia Liukin's floor routine during the women's gymnastics event. Liukin's routine clinched the gold medal for her, and since he's fucking insane, Karolyi really enjoyed it. Personally, I enjoy this version much better. (Via With Leather)

Women's Chinese Gymnastic's Team

Posted 8/18/2008 on The DC Sports Page

Much has been made of the women's Chinese Gymnastics Team and the age of some of the competitors. Bela Karolyi's comments have been hysterical. Q went as far as to say wouldn't it be great to have a Bela Karolyi channel? With NBC leading the world in coverage of the Olympics, could anyone imagine the possibility of leveraging the investigative reporting team? Maybe it would be more ...

Bela Karolyi’s Enthusiasm is Infectious, Creepy

Posted 8/15/2008 on SPORTSbyBROOKS

One constant in the games thus far — besides China’s willingness to besmirch its athletic reputation in the name of cuteness — has been Bela Karolyi ’s enthusiasm. (And his harsh criticism of the Chinese .) The man really, really loves gymnastics, which you would be able to tell if all you ever saw was his commentary. Fortunately, NBC is giving us more. ...

Bela, Favre, Kidd, Rudy and those slanted Spanish eyes

Posted 8/15/2008 on Playbooks and Profits - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com

P&P; Blog is more spent than Michael Phelps after a 200m butterfly. So it's dumping links about Brett Favre, Bela Karolyi, Alicia Sacramone, Jason Kidd and those insensitive brutes that are Andrea Joyce and Spanish basketball & tennis players.... The...

Bela Karolyi: The REAL Star Of The Beijing Olympics

Posted 8/15/2008 on Sportaphile

The dominant story for the Beijing Olympics has been Michael Phelps and his quest to become the greatest Olympian in history. It’s been great watching him crush the hopes and dreams of his competition every night, but the bulk of my entertainment has come from an unlikely source. Former U.S. women’s gynastics coach Bela Karolyi has been teamed up with Bob Costas in an analyst ...

Bela Karolyi is an enthusiastic fellow

Posted 8/13/2008 on The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.

This video is probably already going to be down by the time I hit publish on this post, but hot damn: look at the enthusiasm dripping off Bela Karolyi during last night’s gymnastics competition. It’s really remarkable this dude agreed to do coverage with Bob Costas and not actually be in Beijing. I suppose this is sort of akin to Bob Villa having to watch someone building a ...

Bela Karolyi is an entertaining analyst, but a biased one

Posted 8/13/2008 on Watchdog

Bela Karolyi is undeniably entertaining as a gymnastics studio analyst - when he can be understood through his still-thick accent. But it's really weird that NBC is using him in that role. Not because of stuff such as him stating as fact - without offering proof - that the Chinese are cheating by using underage athletes. More because his wife runs the U.S. gymnastics team! If NBC is ...

Costas And Karolyi Are BFFs

Posted 8/22/2008 on Awful Announcing

It's no secret that I have been fawning over Bela Karolyi these Olympics. I think he's fun, boisterous and genuinely loves the Sport he covers. He's gotten some criticism for rooting for the Americans too much and he and Costas addressed that in a phone interview with The New York Times.... “I think people are getting a kick out of him,” Costas said by telephone early Sunday. “He’s ...

Daily Dump: Bela Karolyi Turtle Sex Play-By-Play, Argentine Soccer A Little Racist, Disgusting School Lunches, Chuck Barkley Slams Patron And Raiderette Shows More Than Skin

Posted 8/19/2008 on Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football

Amanda helped spice up our night since NBC failed in that department It’s safe to say the Olympics are over for white America. What happened to the live coverage? Last night we get a rerun of the Nastia uneven bar debacle and Bob Costas trying to translate Bela Karolyi for the rest of America. Over on Canadian TV they were busy showing the triathlon. That’s ...

Bela Karolyi, Nastia Liuksin’s Final Routine, Excited Video

Posted 8/16/2008 on NESW Sports, Sports Videos

Bela Karolyi, Nastia Liuksin’s Final Routine, Excited Video . This is too much. watch as Bela shows actual excitement and emotion. That is something that the Olympic announcers shy away from. I think it is awesome. Nastia Liuksin is performing her final routine and Bela Karolyi can not contain himself, as he knows she is going to win the Gold. Thanks goes to Awful Announcing for ...

BELA FREAKING LOVES GYMNASTICS

Posted 8/15/2008 on The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.

More Bela Karolyi freakout video, courtesy of AA : Bela Two by bsap11 SHE IS OLYMPIC CHAMPION. YES. See, I have no idea what Bela is cheering about — the girl is just dancing, you know? But I have a feeling that my friends/roommates/innocent bystanders feel the same way about me when I’m watching soccer. I’m prone to freakouts, even if the stakes look ...

I need to watch a game with Bela Karolyi

Posted 8/15/2008 on Sports Crackle Pop

Bela Karolyi gets so excited watching womens gymnastics it is quite comical. The pure passion is great. I know that he used to coach for the Americans and his wife now has the same responsibility, so the celebration is warranted. This only makes me wonder if he is this emotional about everything else in life. Anyways, congratulations to Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson for winning gold and ...

Nastia Liukin Wins Gymnastics All-Around Gold, Shawn Johnson Silver, And Bela Karolyi Earns Our Love

Posted 8/15/2008 on FanIQ Blog

This photo says it all, right? Bela Karolyi lost it in the NBC Studios and nearly assualted Bob Costas after watching Nastia Liukin's floor routine that sealed the gold medal. Liukin becomes the third women's gold medalist in the All-Around from the United States, joining Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson. Perhaps the favorite, or just the most marketed before the games, Shawn ...

Hey NBC! Let Bela out of the studio!

Posted 8/13/2008 on Fourth-Place Medal

Did anyone else just catch Bella Karolyi going crazy in the NBC studio, while watching the Americans perform on television? It was killing him not to be able to watch the competition in person, he looked like Dick Vitale trying to broadcast a Duke game. I can't understand why the network chose to keep Karolyi in the studio, when it would much more entertaining for the audience if he ...

Beijing Olympics, and why I like Bela Karolyi

Posted 8/11/2008 on red and black hockey

I'm not gonna lie. I love the Olympics. Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics. It doesn't matter. I try to watch as much as I can, and this summer has been great so far. Everybody has their opinion about former US women's gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi. I think he's great. When he was a coach, he pushed the girls really hard. He may have been verbally abusive. The verbal abuse isn't necessary, but ...

The NHL Olympics

Posted 8/22/2008 on KK Hockey

from Terry Frei at ESPN, But during the 2008 Beijing Games, we’ve figured out that studio gymnastics commentator Bela “Bananas” Karolyi can become just as outraged as Don “Grapes” Cherry. We’ve also enjoyed pondering how hockey players also could have participated in the Summer Olympics: Synchronized diving: Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin, Vancouver ...

NBA Essentials: 'And Now, Eddy Curry of the United States on the Pommel Horse'

Posted 8/22/2008 on FanHouse

NBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. A Stern Warning . Eddy Curry grew up with dreams of being a gymnast. Let your imagination run wild. (Bela Karolyi got nothing on Coach Starbury.) 2. The Sporting Blog . You can take the players [Team USA, in this case] out of the NBA, but you can't take the NBA out of the players. Nor should you want to. 3. New York Times . ...

F. C. King Links

Posted 8/21/2008 on Loser with Socks

The GRANDE SEC Power Poll Motorcycle Break-Up Jessica Simpson, Need I say more? Bela Karolyi REEEALLY enjoyed Nastia Lukin’s performance This Woman Married Neckbeard Kyle Orton Meet your new co-worker…and dorm mate?? 12 Actors Whose Careers Seemed to Take Off After Appearing on Seinfeld Hot Chick + Mac N’ Cheese = Best Weekend Ever Fat Old And Ugly? Nothing To Worry About If [...]

The Hump Day Hump

Posted 8/20/2008 on The Money Shot

Every Wednesday, we here at The Money Shot run down some stories, that aren't "full topic worthy", in a bullet-pointed fashion. The results are delightful. This week, the "Bela Karolyi feels that this blog is getting hosed by those damn, dirty judges" Edition. Yes. Yes! YESSSSS!!!! That man is magic. And I'm sorry to see he and Rowdy Gaines go away. ***Only 8 more and you qualify for a ...