Okay, we all know that NBC’s refusal to show us any live Olympic coverage is kind of annoying.

    I even had to stay off Twitter while watching the competitions because I didn’t want someone over in London to spoil it for me with an “Abby Wambach with a sick goal past three Colombian defenders!” tweet.

    While people are upset about the lack of live competitions, I really don’t mind it at all.

    Even with the tape-delayed Olympic coverage, I don’t remember a time when I was able to watch as many events as I did this morning. Seriously, I have never seen anything more than a quick “look-in” at some of the smaller, less popular sports before the network quickly returned to swimming, basketball and soccer. Just today I saw fencing, ping pong and archery...and it was awesome.

    With MSNBC, NBCSN, NBC, Bravo, NBC Soccer, CNBC and even Telemundo getting in on the Olympic broadcast action, you seriously don’t have to miss anything.

    I’m surprised “ESPN8 The Ocho” didn’t get involved.

    Don’t tell me it wasn’t riveting when you saw Italy and Team U.S.A. battle for the gold medal in archery. That Italian guy nailed that 10-point shot with all the pressure of the world on his shoulders as he helped his team win by just one point. It was nothing short of exciting and it actually gave the United States its first medal of the games.

    Sure, the Olympics may provide the only time that I care to watch archery (in fact, it is the only time), but it was awesome while it lasted.

    Did you see those guys playing ping pong? A player gets about 15 feet behind the table and hammers that poor little plastic ball like it insulted his grandmother and kicked his dog at the same time. I’m lucky if I can get it over the net a couple of times in a row, much less direct a shot with that kind of power to a certain spot on the table.

    All I’m saying is that the number of channels on which you can find the Olympics means you can see something you don’t normally get to see.

    So stop with the tape-delay complaints.

    I have to mention this: Hope Solo. The U.S. women’s soccer team beat Columbia 3-0 on Saturday and Solo immediately went to Twitter to take a couple of shots at Brandi Chastain for doing her job as a TV analyst.

    Chastain said that defender Rachel Buehler needed “to improve in this tournament.” You know, something that NBC pays her to say as a freaking analyst.

    That’s when Solo did what Hope Solo does. “Lay off commentating about defending and gking until you get more educated @brandichastain the game has changed from a decade ago. #fb,” she tweeted, among other things.

    I love it when someone speaks his/her opinion, but I think Solo is overplaying her role, something she criticized Chastain for doing. Just tend the goal and keep winning until you become a broadcaster or analyst yourself.

    Anyway, these Olympics are sure to be a lot of fun if as much as what happened today happens every day.

    By the way, don’t forget to check out the Journal’s special link to all things Olympics on idahostatejournal.com. You won’t be disappointed.