Awesome. More ways than one.

Got up and managed to catch the second half of the US vs CAN men's wc basketball semifinal game start. Incredibly close match with the spread being 5 points at most, lots of back and forth. US keeps the lead for the whole game, but manages to lose it right at the end with a 3 pointer by CAN at 16. left... 2 more traded FGs and the game goes into overtime.
US takes the lead 15 seconds in to the 5min OT, but CAN manages to keep it close- and about halfway through the OT, CAN manages to take the lead for the first time the entire game! Some nice camera work really showed off the anguish of the US team, as their top scorers foul out and Canada rallies the troops... Lots more fouls and missed foul shots for both sides, and we foul CA yet again when we're only up by 1 point, but there's still 11 seconds left on the clock! CA misses one, makes one... the clock winds down as the US misses the shot- and a Canadian player *ALMOST* makes an amazing 3/4 court shot to win, but it *just* misses- and we go into DOUBLE OVERTIME.
2OT begins... more traded FGs, and CA manages a great steal at mid-court, but can't follow through. At this point around two minutes or so in, US is up by two, but... someone got fouled? and...

AND THATS IT. THE UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM WEB FEED DIED. WITH LESS THAN 3 MINUTES LEFT IN A DOUBLE OT GAME.

Sunday morning, 10am... It's bad enough that the only *good* coverage is the live Beijing time streaming feeds, but now even THOSE are untrustworthy? NBCU has HOW many channels on tv and cable, and this is the biggest Paralympics EVER, but... no room for cripples on television, I guess. International spectacle of sport, thousands upon thousands living their dream... boy, I sure am glad there's room for great fare such as 'Greatest American Dog", though.

Seriously. Screw you guys.

Awesome.




EDIT: Just submitted this to the universalsports.com web form, but I doubt it'll go anywhere. [covers some other broader issues, and then little cut n paste action going on, but I'll be damned if I have to write this all out yet again]


The Beijing Paralympic web feed died.
During the Men's Wheelchair Basketball game between USA and Canada.
Two minutes into a double overtime, less than 3 left.
I just wanted to register my incredible displeasure over not just this game, but coverage of the Paralympics overall. Beijing went all-out and is spending close to the same amount on these games as the regular Olympics, and this ONE website [univeralsports.com] is the only way to watch?
And not even in a convenient way; the BIG, popular sports may have individual clips, but MANY sports get little to no coverage at all. And if they *are* lucky enough to have a camera present, the only way to luck into seeing that is through the daily highlight feed- a 4.5 hour solid block of streamed video that CAN'T be saved, downloaded, or skipped through.
It's unbelievable and unconscionable. NBCU has HOW many channels on tv and cable, and this is the biggest Paralympics EVER, but... no room for cripples on television, I guess. International spectacle of sport, thousands upon thousands living their dream... boy, I sure am glad there's room for great fare such as 'Greatest American Dog", though.


Looking for more email addresses. Hm... I've got an idea... More to come, perhaps.