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France was trying to do something different. Some aspects of it I really liked and appreciated, others were quirky to the point of being odd but I think the French wanted to present a bit of irony in some of the ceremony. I do hope none of the athletes get sick from standing in driving rain like that. That would be a pity.

My main complaint was the commentary, too much chatter while not presenting enough use information. I think the boats down the Seine was interesting, I just wish that the camera could have given us a closer look or even a few interesting bits of trivia. I noticed that some nations had chyrons with the names of the flag bearers while others did not. We used to get the names of all the flag bearers in previous Olympic Games. Did Peacock not get all the names?
 

God bless Kelly Clarkson but she sounded like she was winging it— no preparation whatsoever. And I have no idea what Peyton was talking about, he sounded out of his depth. Savannah and Hota asking if they jumped off the bridge they were standing on, would Rafael Nadal catch them? Huh?!

 If there was a button to turn off the commentary, I would have pressed it for the entire ceremony.

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Honestly, I think I have to call that opening ceremony the Days of our Lives of opening ceremonies; the ideas were good but the execution was where the biggest problems were

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Celine Dion stole the show though. 

And I really hope that there’s a lot of cold medicine on hand at the Olympic Village today

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I enjoyed most of it.  It was pretty cool and unique.  And they pulled it off it the rain!  I liked how they incorporated a lot of the city, from the Seine, the Eiffel Towel, the buildings, the bridges, the Louvre, the Tuileries Garden.  And for Celine to cap it off like that was beautiful. 

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USA vs. Serbia in men's basketball today. LeBron James got beat by Nikola Jokic in the NBA playoffs this past season, their Olympic face off should be good.

No surprise, Kevin Durant and LeBron James dominated. Steph Curry had a nice closing shot though.

Up next for USA is South Sudan on Wednesday and Puerto Rico on Saturday. On paper those games should be cakewalks but South Sudan is the feel good story so far of these Olympics so I wouldn't underestimate them.

The group with Australia, Canada, Greece, Spain is going to be tough. The group with Brazil, France, Germany, Japan seems middle of the pack to me.

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