Category: OLYMPICS

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 8 – AUGUST 11TH – PHELPS v LOCTE, WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 8 – AUGUST 11TH – PHELPS v LOCTE, WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    Men’s Golf

    *Starts at 6:30AM ET, GOLF Channel
    *Since this isn’t the finals I’m only predicting who will finish 1st in the 1st round, not the Gold, Silver, Bronze.

    Round 1
    The Pick:  Rickie Fowler (United States)

    Men’s Rugby

    *4:30PM ET, NBCSN

    Final and Bronze Medal Game

    Gold:  Fiji
    Silver:  South Africa
    Bronze:  Great Britain

    Women’s Archery

    *2PM ET, NBCSN

    Individual Final
    Gold: Ki Bo-bae (South Korea)
    Silver: Choi Mi-sun (South Korea)
    Bronze:  Kim Yun-hee (South Korea)

    Beach Volleyball

    *Starts at 2PM ET, NBC

    Women’s Group Stage (A) – Fendrick/Sweat (0-2) (United States) v  Birlova/Ukolova (0-2) (Russia)
    The Pick: Fendrick/Sweat (United States)

    Men’s Group Stage (C) –  Dalhausser/Lucena (2-0) (United States) v  Lupo/Nicolai (1-1) (Italy)
    The Pick:  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

    Women’s Gymnastics

    *Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

    Individual All-Around Final
    Gold:  Simone Biles (United States)
    Silver:  Aly Raisman (United States)
    Bronze:  Aliya Mustafina (Russia)

    Women’s Judo

    *Starts at 3:40PM ET, NBCSN

    78 Kg Final
    Gold:  Kayla Harrison (United States)
    Silver:  Mayra Aguiar (Brazil)
    Bronze:  Anamari Velenšek (Slovenia)/  Audrey Tcheuméo (France)

    Swimming

    *Starts at 9PM ET, NBC
    *In the semifinals I will only pick who I think will finish 1st in the qualifying, for the finals I will predict gold/silver/bronze

     Men’s 50m freestyle semifinals
    The Pick: Florent Manaudou (France)

    Men’s 100m butterfly semifinals
    The Pick: Michael Phelps (United States)

    Men’s 200m individual medley final
    Gold: Michael Phelps (United States)
    Silver: Kosuke Hagino (Japan)
    Bronze: Ryan Lochte (United States)

    Women’s 100m freestyle final
    Gold: Cate Campbell (Australia)
    Silver: Sarah Sjöström (Sweden)
    Bronze: Bronte Campbell (Australia)

    Men’s Volleyball

    Group Stage (A) – Brazil (2-0) v United States (0-2)
    The Pick: Brazil

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 7 – AUGUST 10TH – US FACES TOUGH TEST IN BASKETBALL, MEN’S GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL FINAL, MUCH MORE!

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 7 – AUGUST 10TH – US FACES TOUGH TEST IN BASKETBALL, MEN’S GYMNASTICS INDIVIDUAL FINAL, MUCH MORE!

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    Women’s Cycling

    *Starts at 7:30AM ET, NBCSN

    Road Time Trial
    Gold:  Linda Villumsen (New Zealand)
    Silver:  Lisa Brennauer (Germany)
    Bronze:  Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)

    Men’s Cycling

    *Starts at 9AM ET, NBCSN

    Road Time Trial
    Gold: Belarus Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)
    Silver:  Tony Martin (Germany)
    Bronze: Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands)

    Men’s Rugby

    *Starts at 12:30PM ET, Live Stream

    Group Stage (A) –  Fiji (2-0) v  United States (1-1)
    The Pick:  Fiji

    Women’s Basketball

    *Starts at 2:30PM ET, NBCSN

    Group Stage (B) –  United States (2-0) v  Serbia (0-2)
    The Pick:  United States

    Men’s Gymnastics

    *Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

    Individual All-Around Final
    Gold:  Kōhei Uchimura (Japan)
    Silver:  Max Whitlock (Great Britain)
    Bronze:  Deng Shudi (China)

    Men’s Basketball

    *Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

    Group Stage (A) –  Australia (2-0) v  United States (2-0)
    The Pick: United States

    Women’s Beach Volleyball

    *Starts at 8PM ET, NBC

    Group Stage (C) –  Ross/Walsh-Jennings (2-0) (United States) v  Forrer/Vergé-Dépré (1-1) (Switzerland)
    The Pick:   Ross/Walsh-Jennings (United States)

    Swimming

    *Starts at 9PM ET, NBC

    *For the semifinals I’m only predicting who will finish 1st in the qualifying, in the finals I predict Gold, Silver, and Bronze.

    Women’s 100m freestyle semifinals
    The Pick:  Sarah Sjöström (Sweeden)

    Men’s 100m freestyle final
    Gold:  Nathan Adrian (United States)
    Silver:  Cameron McEvoy (Australia)
    Bronze:  Marcelo Chierighini (Brazil)

    Men’s 200m individual medley semifinals
    The Pick:  Kosuke Hagino (Japan)

    Women’s 4x200m freestyle final
    Gold: United States
    Silver:  China
    Bronze:  Australia

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 6 – AUGUST 9TH – US LOOK TO TAKE GOLD IN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 6 – AUGUST 9TH – US LOOK TO TAKE GOLD IN WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    Rowing

    *Starts at 8AM ET, Live Stream

    *Since this is only the qualifiers for the finals I will only predict who will finish 1st, check back on the day of the finals for my silver/bronze predictions9

    Women’s Rowing Quarterfinal/Semifinal
    The Pick: Ekaterina Karsten (Belarus)

    Canoe/Kayak

    *Starts at 12PM ET, Live Stream

    Men’s slalom C-1 Final
    Gold:  Casey Eichfeld (United States)
    Silver:  David Florence (Great Britain)
    Bronze:  Benjamin Savšek (Slovenia)

    Women’s Diving

    *Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

    Synchronized 10 meter platform Final
    Gold:  China
    Silver:  Canada
    Bronze:  Mexico

    Women’s Gymnastics

    *Starts at 3PM ET, Live Stream

    Team Final
    Gold: United States
    Silver:  China
    Bronze: Russia

    Men’s Rugby

    *Starts at 5PM ET, CNBC

    Group Stage (A) – United States v  Brazil
    The Pick: United States

    Women’s Soccer

    *Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

    Group Stage (G) –  United States (2-0) v  Colombia (0-2)
    The Pick: United States

    Swimming

    *Starts at 9PM ET, NBC

    *In the Men’s 100m freestyle, since only qualifying is today, I’m only going to pick who I think will finish first in qualifying, check back tomorrow before the finals for my gold, silver, and bronze picks.

    Men’s 100m freestyle semifinal
    The Pick: Nathan Adrian (United States)

    Women’s 200m freestyle final
    Gold: Katie Ledecky (United States)
    Silver: Federica Pellegrini (Italy)
    Bronze: Sarah Sjöström (Sweden)

    Men’s 200m butterfly final
    Gold: Michael Phelps (United States)
    Silver: László Cseh (Hungary)
    Bronze: Chad le Clos (South Africa)

    Men’s 4x200m freestyle final
    Gold: United States
    Silver: Great Britain
    Bronze:  Australia

    Men’s Beach Volleyball

    *Starts at 10PM ET, Live Stream

    Group Stage (C) –  Dalhausser/Lucena (1-0) (United States) v  Ontiveros/Virgen (1-0) (Mexico)
    The Pick  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

    Women’s Beach Volleyball

    *Starts at 11PM ET, Live Stream

    Group Stage (A) –  Fendrick/Sweat (0-1) (United States) v  Larissa/Talita (1-0) (Brazil)
    The Pick:  Larissa/Talita (Brazil)

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 5 – AUGUST 8TH –  US LOOKS TO IMPROVE TO 2-0 IN MEN’S BASKETBALL AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 5 – AUGUST 8TH – US LOOKS TO IMPROVE TO 2-0 IN MEN’S BASKETBALL AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    Women’s Fencing

    *Starts at 8AM ET, NBCSN

    Individual Sabre
    Gold: Ibtihaj Muhammad​ (United States)
    Silver:  Olha Kharlan (Ukraine)
    Bronze:  Mariel Zagunis (United States)

    Men’s Gymnastics

    *Starts at 3PM ET, Online Live Stream

    Team Final
    Gold:  Japan
    Silver:  China
    Bronze: United States

    Men’s Diving

    *Starts at 3PM ET, Online Live Steam

    Synchronized Platform Finals
    Gold: China
    Silver: Great Britain
    Bronze: United States

    Men’s Beach Volleyball

    *Starts at 3:30PM ET, NBC

    Group Stage (F) – Gibb/Patterson (1-0) (United States) v  Huber/Seidl (0-1) (Austria)
    The Pick: Gibb/Patterson (United States)

    Men’s Basketball

    *Starts at 6PM ET, NBCSN

    Group Stage (Group A) – United States (1-0) v  Venezuela (0-1)
    The Pick: United States

    Women’s Rugby

    *Starts at 6PM ET, CNBC

    Gold: Australia
    Silver: Great Britain
    Bronze: New Zealand

    Swimming

    *Starts at  9PM ET, NBC

    Men’s 200m Freestyle Final
    Gold: Sun Yang (China)
    Silver: Kosuke Hagino (Japan)
    Bronze: James Guy (Great Britain)

    Women’s 100m Backstroke Final
    Gold:  Katinka Hosszú (Hungary)
    Silver:  Emily Seebohm (Australia)
    Bronze: Madison Wilson (Australia)

    Men’s 100m Backstroke Final
    Gold: Mitch Larkin (Australia)
    Silver:  Camille Lacourt (France)
    Bronze:  Ryan Murphy (United States)

    Women’s Beach Volleyball

    *Starts at 11PM ET, NBC

    Group Stage (C) –  Ross/Walsh Jennings (United States) (1-0) v  Wang/Yue (China) (1-0)
    The Pick:  Ross/Walsh Jennings (United States)

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 4 – AUGUST 7TH –  WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS QUALIFYING, KATIE LEDECKY IN ACTION

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 4 – AUGUST 7TH – WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS QUALIFYING, KATIE LEDECKY IN ACTION

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    Women’s Gymnastics

    *Starts 7PM ET, NBC
    *This is Qualifying, I’m not picking everyone that I think will qualify, just who I think will finish #1 in qualifying

    Team Qualifying
    The Pick: United States

    Individual All-Around Qualifying
    The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

    Vault Qualifying
    The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

    Floor Qualifying
    The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

    Uneven Bars Qualifying
    The Pick: Daria Spiridonova (Russia)

    Balance Beam Qualifying
    The Pick: Simone Biles (United States)

    Tennis

    3:45PM ET, Bravo! – Men’s Singles – Round 1 – #2 Andy Murray (Great Britain) v Viktor Troicki(Serbia)
    The Pick: Andy Murray (Great Britain)

    12:45PM ET, Bravo! – Men’s Singles – Round 1 – #1Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina)
    The Pick: Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) [Big Upset]

    Women’s Beach Volleyball

    10AM ET, NBC – Group Stage (A) –  Fendrick / Sweat (United States) v Brzostek / Kołosińska (Poland)
    The Pick:   Fendrick / Sweat (United States)

    Women’s Basketball

    11AM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (B) – United States v Senegal
    The Pick:  United States

    Women’s Rugby

    12:30PM ET, USA – Group Stage (A) –  United States v Australia
    The Pick: Australia

    Men’s Beach Volleyball

    3:30PM ET, MSNBC – Group Stage (C) –  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States) v Belhaj / Naceur (Tunisia)
    The Pick:  Dalhausser/Lucena (United States)

    Women’s Diving

    4PM ET – Women’s 3 meter springboard
    The Pick: Wu Minxia (China)

    Swimming

    9PM ET, NBC – Women’s 400 meter freestyle
    The Pick: Katie Ledecky (United States)

    9PM ET, NBC – Men’s 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
    The Pick:  United States

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 3 – AUGUST 6TH – THE OLYMPICS BEGIN!

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 3 – AUGUST 6TH – THE OLYMPICS BEGIN!

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-10 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day, with added emphasis to contests involving the US, as most of this websites viewers are from there.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    How I did yesterday

    *Technically it’s how I did 2 days ago, as there were no events yesterday, just the opening ceremony.

    Men’s Soccer

    Brazil v South Africa – I picked Brazil, it was a tie
    Mexico v Germany – I picked Mexico, it was a tie
    Portugal v Argentina – I picked a tie, Portugal won

    TODAY’S PICKS

    Men’s Cycling

    8:30AM ET, NBC – Men’s Road Race
    The Pick: Michał Kwiatkowski (Poland)

    Men’s Water Polo

    9:20AM ET, NBC – Group Stage (B) – United States v Croatia
    The Pick: Croatia

    Women’s Beach Volleyball

    11PM ET, NBC – Group Stage (C) – Walsh Jennings/Ross (United States) v Artacho Del Solar/Laird (Australia
    The Pick: Walsh Jennings/Ross (United States)

    Men’s Gymnastics

    * I am just predicting who will finish first in the qualifying for each event

    Starts at 8PM ET, NBC

    Team Qualifying
    The Pick: Japan

    Individual All-Around Qualifying
    The Pick:  Kōhei Uchimura (Japan)

    Vault Qualifying
    The Pick: Ri Se-gwang (North Korea)

    Floor Qualifying
    The Pick: Max Whitlock (Great Britain)

    Pommel Horse Qualifying
    The Pick: Max Whitlock (Great Britain)

    Rings Qualifying
    The Pick:  Arthur Zanetti (Brazil)

    Parallel Bars Qualifying
    The Pick: Deng Shundi (China)

    Horizontal Bars Qualifying
    The Pick:  Kōhei Uchimura (Japan)

    Boxing

    *Starting at 9PM ET on NBCSN

    Men’s Lightweight – Round of 32 –  Carlos Balderas (United States) v  Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)
    The Pick:  Berik Abdrakhmanov (Kazakhstan)

    Men’s Light Flyweight – Round of 32 – Nico Hernandez (United States) v Manuel Cappai (Italy)
    The Pick: Nico Hernandez (United States)

    Men’s Basketball

    1PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (Group A) – Australia v  France
    The Pick: France

    6PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (Group A) –  United States v China
    The Pick: United States

    Swimming

    Starts at 10:30AM ET on NBC

    Men’s 400 meter freestyle
    The Pick:  Sun Yang (China)

    Women’s 400 meter individual medly
    The Pick: Katinka Hosszú (Hungary)

    Women’s Soccer

    4PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (G) – United States (1-0) vs  France (1-0)
    The Pick: United States

  • OLYMPIC BASKETBALL PREVIEW

    OLYMPIC BASKETBALL PREVIEW

    GROUP A PREVIEW (Top 4 Advance)


    1. United States
    2. France
    3. Serbia
    4. Australia
    5. China
    6. Venezuela

    GROUP B PREVIEW (Top 4 Advance)

    1. Spain
    2. Lithuania
    3. Argentina
    4. Brazil
    5. Croatia
    6. Nigeria

    THE KNOCKOUT STAGE

    Projected Winners of Gold Medal in Gold, Silver Medal in Silver, and Bronze Medal in Bronze

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-finals

     

    Gold medal

                         
      17 August          
     
      United States WIN
      19 August
      Brazil ELIMINATED  
      United States WIN
      17 August
        Lithuania BRONZE MEDAL GAME  
      Lithuania WIN
        21 August
      Serbia ELIMINATED  
      United States GOLD MEDAL WINNER
      17 August
        Spain SILVER MEDAL WINNER
      France WIN
      19 August  
      Argentina ELIMINATED  
      France BRONZE MEDAL GAME
      17 August
        Spain WIN  

    Bronze medal

      Spain WIN
        21 August
      Australia  ELIMINATED
     Lithuania  BRONZE MEDAL WINNER
     France  ELIMINATED
  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 2 – AUGUST 4TH – MEN’S SOCCER TAKES CENTER STAGE

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 2 – AUGUST 4TH – MEN’S SOCCER TAKES CENTER STAGE

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-5 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but I will give you times and TV stations of a few events to watch for the day.  Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    How I did yesterday

    Women’s Soccer

    Sweeden v South Africa – I picked Sweeden, Sweeden won
    Brazil v China – I picked Brazil, Brazil won
    United State v New Zealand – I picked United States, United States won

    3/3 correct

    Men’s Soccer

    3PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (A) – Brazil v South Africa
    The Pick: Brazil

    4PM ET, USA – Group Stage (C) – Mexico v Germany
    The Pick: Mexico

    5PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (D) – Portugal v Argentina
    The Pick: Draw

  • OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 1 – AUGUST 3RD – WOMEN’S SOCCER KICKS OFF OLYMPICS

    OLYMPIC PREVIEW DAY 1 – AUGUST 3RD – WOMEN’S SOCCER KICKS OFF OLYMPICS

    Each day I’ll be previewing a few of the biggest events for the day at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now, I won’t preview every event but I’ll pick 3-5 each day and give my quick prediction for who will win. This isn’t supposed to necessarily be an in-depth prediction article, but it should give you a few events to watch for the day. Anyway, without further ado, let’s begin!

    Women’s Soccer

    12PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (E) – Sweeden v South Africa
    The Pick: Sweeden

    3PM ET, USA – Group Stage (E) – Brazil v China
    The Pick: Brazil

    6PM ET, NBCSN – Group Stage (G) – United State v New Zealand
    The Pick: United States

  • OLYMPIC SOCCER PREVIEW

    OLYMPIC SOCCER PREVIEW

    Group A (Top 2 Advance)

    1. Brazil
    2. Denmark
    3. South Africa
    4. Iraq

    Group B (Top 2 Advance)

    1. Colombia
    2. Sweeden
    3. Japan
    4. Nigeria

    Group C (Top 2 Advance)

    1. Mexico
    2. Germany
    3. South Korea
    4. Fiji

    Group D (Top 2 Advance)

    1. Argentina
    2. Portugal
    3. Algeria
    4. Honduras

    KNOCKOUT STAGE

     

    Quarter-finals

    Semi-finals

    Gold medal match

    13 August — São Paulo
    Brazil  ADVANCE
    17 August — Rio de Janeiro
    Sweeden  ELIMINATED
    Brazil  ADVANCE
    13 August — Belo Horizonte
    Mexico  THIRD PLACE GAME
    Mexico  ADVANCE
    20 August — Rio de Janeiro
    Portugal  ELIMINATED
    Brazil  GOLD MEDAL
    13 August — Salvador
    Germany  SILVER MEDAL
    Colombia  ADVANCE
    17 August — São Paulo
    Denmark  ELIMINATED
    Colombia  THIRD PLACE GAME
    13 August — Brasília
    Germany  ADVANCE

    Bronze medal match

    Argentina  ELIMINATED
    20 August — Belo Horizonte
    Germany  ADVANCE
    Mexico  BRONZE MEDAL
    Colombia  ELIMINATED