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spooky3

(34,439 posts)
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 07:51 PM Aug 2012

Congratulations to Serena Williams for the singles gold and go tomorrow in the women's doubles final

She just destroyed the competition this year. Great job.

She is the first woman to have won all the slams/majors in both singles and doubles AND won the Olympic gold in both.

When Venus retires - who knows? Serena may go for the golden slam in mixed doubles too!

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spooky3

(34,439 posts)
2. the matches were shown live on TV and ended before I posted it - that's not a spoiler!
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:46 AM
Aug 2012

geez, are we inventing new definitions for spoilers, or are you just having a bad day? You're posting the day AFTER she won the singles gold and doubles semi-final and you think that's a spoiler?

spooky3

(34,439 posts)
4. take a chill pill - watch your damn TV live if it matters so much to you
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 10:49 AM
Aug 2012

otherwise you'll be telling people to wait 2 weeks to post any news

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
7. You posted same day results. Waiting at least 24 hrs is reasonable.Few people are able to watch live
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:47 AM
Aug 2012

To post results almost immediately is, yes, a spoiler.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
6. Not cool. You should've put "spoiler" in your subect line, and not posted results in subject.
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 11:43 AM
Aug 2012

Few people these days watch "live."

The Olympics are on several stations on DirectTV....the sports shown on them are all different. Some are live, some are not. Some people tape them and watch them later.

You know that.

GoCubsGo

(32,079 posts)
8. And, congratulations to Serena for...
Sun Aug 5, 2012, 01:28 PM
Aug 2012

...showing Ms. Sharapova that you CAN win a tennis match without without making annoying noises each time you hit the damn ball. I had to mute it.

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