Summer Olympics News

The roster for U.S. Olympic basketball team was announced today. One thing that stands out to me is that the team is on the small side. They are loaded with talent, but I am a little concerned about their size.

Anyway, here is the final 12 man roster for the United States Olympic basketball team:

Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers

LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers

Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat

Carmelo Anthony – Denver Nuggets

Jason Kidd – Dallas Mavericks

Tayshaun Prince – Detroit Pistons

Carlos Boozer – Utah Jazz

Chris Bosh – Toronto Raptors

Dwight Howard – Orlando Magic

Chris Paul – New Orleans Hornets

Michael Redd – Milwaukee Bucks

Deron Williams – Utah Jazz

I just read this article about how the 2008 Summer Olympics are going to be a “High-tech” Olympics. According to the article:

One of the three themes of the Beijing Olympics is to make it a “high-tech Olympics.” According to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), the event will incorporate “the latest domestic and international scientific and technological achievements” and serve as “a window to showcase the city’s high-tech achievements and its innovative strength.” With a published operating budget of US$2 billion, BOCOG has estimated the technology portion of the budget at over $400 million for 449 science and technology projects, although it has not delineated what those projects are.

It’s too bad most of the technology projects aren’t really going to be for the consumers of the Olympics. When I first read the article, I thought the high-tech advances were going to be for visitors of the Olympics and for the fans. Unfortunately, it seems most of the “high-tech” aspects of the Olympics will be used for government surveillance and other government projects.

According to state media, more than 4,000 Chinese babies have been named “Aoyun” or “Olympic Games”. Apparently, Chinese citizens are very excited about the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics.

We just had a new baby two weeks ago, and I can’t imagine naming him after a sporting event. I am not sure that I would even name one of our children “Olympic Games” if we were paid a million dollars. Would you?

During the 2008 Summer Olympics you might want to know answers to questions like:

“Where can I find the most current Olympics medal count?”

“Which country has the most gold medals so far?”

“Who is the current leader in the 2008 Summer Olympics medal count?”

etc.

While we will be providing up to date coverage during the Summer Olympics, there is a new cool way to keep track of the medal count in the 2008 Olympics.

You will now be able to use the Olympics Games dashboard, which will present medal counts and sporting event data in an interactive dashboard display. Available starting August 8, the 2008 the Olympics Games dashboard, powered by iDashboards will serve as a single view of up-to-date Olympics results and medal standings.

Interested in seeing what this dashboard will allow you to do? For a sneak peek, iDashboards has created a comprehensive dashboard incorporating the 2004 Summer Olympic Games results. Check it out by clicking here:

http://live.idashboards.com/beijing2008/?guestuser=guest

It looks pretty cool to me, what do you think about it?