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if it makes you feel any better the Hughes girls seem to be interchangable in NBC's eyes...
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Those Hughes girls all look the same to me too - so let's cut NBC some slack
if it makes you feel any better the Hughes girls seem to be interchangable in NBC's eyes...
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That's true, actually. Kim Yuna is so dominant that you sometimes forget this is actually her first Olympics. After the Olympics more people will know her name. But Janetfan is right to say she is not well known. Believe me, most of the people I know only tune into figure skating during the Olympic year and they don't have a clue who Kim Yuna is.
The one exception to all of this might be Michelle and Tara. Most Americans probably knew who they were before their first Olympics in 1998. But that was in the years after the Tonya-Nancy saga when interest in the sport was at its peak. And of course, having two young Americans be the headliners at the Olympics will obviously always be more interesting to Americans than a South Korean being the runwaway favorite. How well known Kim Yuna is in the rest of the world outside Asia, I haven't a clue.
Those Hughes girls all look the same to me too - so let's cut NBC some slack
I think we'll get a clearer picture after the Olympics. Like I said, you're comparing a skater who has yet to compete at the Olympics to ones who became well known after they've medalled. There's a difference between a only number of avid skating fans following yearly competitions to the Olympics where billions of people watch.
Heh, it is rather uncanny. I wish I had the link, but I recently read anInternet article about Sasha Hughes accompanied by a picture of EMILY. It was driving me mad.
Sasha Hughes? :scratch:
I think we know what they're thinking about!
Another reason why combinative gene research should be discouraged.For some reason this name is making me try to come up with a mental picture of what such a hybrid would look like....and skate like!
you know for someone who is unknown to the media because of her race ( :sheesh: ), Kristi Yamaguchi sure does a lot of top brand commercials... they just showed a TurboTax commercial with her in it
After watching SP's again this afternoon on NBC I am convinced Mirai deserved 1st - and by more than a couple of points.
Must be because TurboTax got her mixed up with Michelle Kwan.
Dick Button, on the other hand, said he hopes Sasha makes the Olympic team rather than one of the teenyboppers.
Must be because TurboTax got her mixed up with Michelle Kwan.
Dick Button, on the other hand, said he hopes Sasha makes the Olympic team rather than one of the teenyboppers.
They are all in their teens and are rising above the rest and obtain inspiration to their peers and competitors. I think Teeny-boppers fits and is very respectful. Terms can be very relative, I think the term that he used was different. I am not trying to say you are wrong, rather it is easy to have a different interpretation of what he said.Not cool, Dick Button. Plus Rachael, Mirai, and Ashley are hardly "teenyboppers", they are in their late teens and are mature, responsible, and honorable girls :agree:. Calling them "teenyboppers" is a bit disrespectful and rude, IMO :scowl:
I think it is because of her winning Dancing With the Stars.
Mirai just gave the most frank (hah), hilarious, and entertaining answers in her press conference. She's so candid!