If so, where did you see the games and what did you think about the games?\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Games
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Yes, I did I saw them in Venezuela, 1983
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Billards & Bowling? What are you smokin' son?\n\nThe events program for the Beijing 2008 Games is similar to that of the Athens Games.The 2008 Olympics will see the return of 28 sports, and will hold 302 events, one more than in Athens.\n\nNine new events are to be held, including the new cycling discipline of BMX (composed of individual events for men and women). Women will compete in 3000m steeplechase. Marathon swimming events for men and women, over the distance of 10 kilometers, will be added to the swimming discipline. Team events (men and women) in table tennis will replace the doubles events. In fencing, women's team foil and women's team sabre will replace men's team foil and women's team epee.\n\nThat's it considering that PHI's last medal was in '96...If the PI is gonna win a gold, you may wanna see if you can get someone to change their citizenship to Filipino.
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I WAS excited.....until we got knocked out in the last match on sunday...  I went last year and in 2003  we had so much fun!\nGOOD LUCK!!!
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They're not looking great.  The problem is bring a bunch of superstars together doesn't make them a team.  Just ask the US basketball team of the last Olympics.\n\nIt will be interesting to see how the US rebounds after this loss.  Korea is a surprisingly strong team.  I would assume the US can beat Mexico again, but baseball isn't the kind a sport that you can always bring your A game.  That's why championships are usually decided by series not single games.\n\nWillis sure hasn't faired well.  I hope that they keep Bonds a million miles from the team.  He's a low life that doesn't deserve to represent the country.
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How about having the olympics in an African or South American city.  I know the olympics have not taken place in Africa and I am pretty sure about South America too.  Just my two cents.
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I think that they should keep the politics out of the World Baseball Classic and treat it like the Olympics. By not letting the Cuba team play, it will leave the critics too much lead wat to debate the outcome of the VERY FIRST World Baseball Classic. Since it is the 1st one, I believe that it is very important for it to be as successful as possible with as few problems on and off the field as possible. I am very excited about the pride that all the MLB players are taking in this event. \n\nOne more note on Cuba baseball. It is just totally strange to me that the 2 most successful MLB players from Cuba have been involved in Steroid cases leading to me wonder about how great the Cuba baseball organization really is. I am sure that they have good players, but the ones that have made it to the MLB have either been a flop or have been tested for steroids. \n\nI say that the USA team will be more concerned with the DOM REP team than the Cuban Team.....
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Nope. As a fan, I'd love for them to move on to the next round, though. \n\n***(06/23/06 17:00 EST, USA)\nSorry, I was wrong. France has done it de bonne grâce! \nViva les Bleus !
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Unfortunately, an official video was never produced like those available since the '84 games. You can find short clips, and the occasional footage in other videos.\n\nABC owns a great deal of it since they broadcasted the games. Aside from that, a few documentaries have come out, like those from Bud Greenspan's The 1972 Munich Olympic Games: Bud Greenspan Remembers" in (2003); or the ones like "One Day in September" that was oscar nominated in 2000.\n\nBut if they ever produced one, I'd buy it!, Those were the first games I ever watched..
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It depends.  The Olympics aren't something to be won overall.  Each individual part of the Olympics will have its own winner.  They won't all be won by the same country.  But I do hope that the U.S. will win a lot of the events! :)
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It might happen again, but I doubt it.  I think if we're going to see Summer Olympics in the US again anywhere, it'll be in a larger city (perhaps Chicago, New York, possibly Orlando).\n\nThere's certainly a lot of economic benefits when the Olympics come to town, and living in Columbia, MO, I think it'd be fun to see them just up the road a bit. :)
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Wait! When were the Olympics on?? Wait.....isn't that this year? When are they? What?? They've aleady come and gone?? \n\nI see your point. I remember as a kid when the Olympics were bigger than Dallas. (Ok is Dallas really that big?) But my point is that they were uber special. We actually knew the athletes prior to going into the Olympics. We were invested! I think that is what is missing these days. We don't take enough of a personal approach to who we are supporting on our team. We focus on Bad Boy Bodie Miller who is just dumb enough to make all internationalists believe this is the epitome of American sportsmanship. I would love to see NBC take a different approach. Was it CBS that had done such a wonderful job before?? Is that the difference? hmmmmmmmmm
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Really, no wonder people think that the world is heading in the wrong direction! The Winter Olympics are the biggest sporting festival in the world, second only to the Summer Games. How can you be so darn negative?
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no no no. please dont give the greece example. it was one in a lifetime miracles what happend. it was a shame discrace for the europian soccer because that last final game of the europian championship was the most boring game i have ever seen. now having said all that difense is not the winner nor the offense but the combination of both. the offense will keep the ball away from your goal so the team wont be in danger of loosing the game. if you want ta winner for this upcomming summer check out italy, england and a have to include the scaaaary brasil. look for sleepers like germany or argentina too.
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Yes, slight problem with this theory though and that is Softball is on the way out. Yes, it will be done in Beijing 2008, but London 2012 has said "No" to softball. And it's unknown whether or not the bids for the 2016 Games have even got the sport considered.
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As was already mentioned, the IOC decides where the games will be held.\n\nYou also asked about future games.  They are:\n\n2008 Summer Games -- Beijing\n2010 Winter ames -- Vancouver, BC, Canada\n2012 Summer Games -- London, England
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yes check out the olympics web site. the structures are magnificent. i have a friend who help design the soccer stadium
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Haha, honestly I think these Olympics have been pretty boring and "eventless", but here are a few things that happened...\n\nShaun White dominated snowboarding...some ski coach got in a car crash or sumthing...Canadian womens hockey team won gold and allowed like only 2 goals the whole tourny.....gretchen bleiler is mad hott....this lady in luge crashed and blanked out.....that skier Bode guy didnt win a medal yet....and that one Jakobellis girl screwed up on the last jump in the snowboard x and ended up getting silver