Should darts, domino's, snap, snakes and ladders, conkers and twister be added to the next Olympic games....?
962395
Yup... especially naked twister.\nI'm good at that! ;)
1104311
corn hole, flip cup, beer pong, bad mitten, good mixed Cd's, horseshoes. just get everyone involved in something, my friends and I play pictionary after we've been drinking-- hilarious, every one goes completely nuts! So yeah, I suggest some sort of team activity.
73202
wow... too much stretching of the old memory here...\nthere was something about a game, kind of a ring toss sort of thing, that oblio & arrow were really good at despite oblio's "pointlessness"... am I close?\n\nedit: it was triangle toss... darned obsessive curiosity...
531795
how is this question about darts...?
285684
running, boxing, wrestling, discus, javelin, shotput, long jump, and pentathalon/decatholon combinations of such. \n\nyes, they were played naked and women were not allowed.\n\nthey were also much more viscious. People were beaten to a pulp, had thumbs bit off, etc in the boxing games.
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Of course. If you're talking darts though athelete might not be the best word for darts players, you're allowed to drink alcohol when you're playing! Sportman/Sportswoman would probably be more appropiate. But yes woman are as much atheletes as men, the word doesn't specifiy, it is greek for "to compete"
693380
According to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics website, the answer would be no. Currently they only list:\n\nIndividual Women\nIndividual Men\nPairs Mixed\nIce Dancing Mixed\n\nIt's still 4 years away, never can tell what will happen, but I'd say it would probably have a better shot at 2014 Games in Bulgaria.
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The Games themselves may not be a waste but the pointless tedious cermonies at the beginning and the end are certainly no use to anyone and should be scrapped in favour of a simple parade of all the competitors.\n\nThe construction of new arenas and stadia etc should be justified solely on the basis of the benefit to the local community AFTER the Games.\n\nPersonally I think that one venue should be selected and used for every Olympics ... such as a Greek Island. This will stop all the political squabbling and millions of dollars wasted in competing for the right to host the Games which would be much better spent on just about anything else.
249446
there are already pro atheletes in the Olympics.  such as basketball,  Hockey.
349150
I agree with you. I cannot believe bowling is not in the sports category. Especially since Darts is in the sports section (which dosen't make any sense). Darts is not a sport. All you people that are complaining that bowling isn't a sport (which it isn't) should also complain about Darts being in the sports section. Bowling is far more popular than Darts will ever be and is much more challenging. \n\nAlthough I disagree with bowling being considered a sport I do believe it should be included in the sports section since apparently Darts is (Yahoo! is stupid sometimes).  Mark my Words, Yahoo! either will get rid of Darts in the sports section or add bowling in the near future. If they don't they are stupid.
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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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OK,that made me laugh out loud, but I hope you are prepared for the backlash of angry yahooligans who are animal lovers. But still, that is making me crack up. In answer to your question, Yes it will be an Olympic sport, right after they add dolphin netting and whaling.
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i think the answer is yes; we will see billiards as an olympic event probably in the next 10 years.  \nas the the answer why american football is not played at the olympics is simple.  it is not a world wide sport.  billiards on the other hand is played all across the world.  if they can make curling an olympic sport  (which is probably the worst thing to actually watch on TV) then billiards stands an exceptional chance.\n\nwhen it does get to olympics probably 9-ball, 14.1 and 8-ball will be played with single and team competition
520457
Well if darts can be a sport then ten pin bowling can too. Personally i think sport should involve both skills and physical fitness, not sure ten pin bowling has that.
1066470
sadly not. the reason for not being included is that they could be playing even when the olympics has got over!
509212
Bowling isn't a common enough sport? Come on....pluh-eez. \n\nIf they have a category for curling for crying out loud, they should have a category for bowling. I've always thought that was ridiculous.
153812
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. :)