US Beats Spain To Win Gold Medal in Men’s Basketball
The United States men’s basketball team “the reedeem team” redeemed themselves with a win over Spain winning 118-107 in the gold-medal game. The US who were heavy favorites, faced a tough challenge from Spain, but prevailed in the end. Dwyane Wade lead the team with 27 points, Kobe Bryant added 20 points, Lebron James scored [...]
US Women’s Basketball Team Wins Gold In Beijing
The United States women’s basketball team won their fourth straight gold medal in the Olympics. The US beat Australia 92-65 in a very lopsided game (guess the next sport the IOC will want to remove is basketball). The Russian women’s basketball team won the bronze medal by beating China 94-81.
An interesting note on the game [...]
Brazil Wins Gold Medal In Women’s Volleyball
Brazil beat the US 3-1 to take the gold medal in Women’s volleyball. The US team takes home the silver and China beat Cuba 3-1 for the women’s bronze medal.
For the US team it was a very hard earned silver medal, considering the stabbing incident that they went through when they first arrived in Beijing. [...]
Misty May-Treanor to dance on Dancing With the Stars
There is a leaked list of next season’s competitors that came out this morning. Misty May-Treanor is listed as one of them. So, if you just can’t get enough of Misty May on the volleyball court, look for her in sequins and heels this fall.
US Men’s Basketball Team Reaches Gold Medal Final
The United States men’s basketball team defeated Argentina (gold medalists in the 2004 Athens Olympics) 101-81. The US team will battle with Spain for the gold medal on Sunday. The US is looking really good, but Spain does have a good team lead by NBA superstar Pau Gasol.
If the US team let’s it guard down [...]
Interview With Women’s US Soccer Team After Their Gold Medal Win
Here is a cool interview with the US Women’s Soccer Team:
Dalhausser And Rogers Win Men’s Beach Volleyball Gold Medal
Philip Dalhausser and Todd Rogers of the United States won the men’s beach volleyball gold medal in a great 3 set match with Brazil. Marcio Araujo and Fabio Magalhaes of Brazil won the silver medal and Brazil also came away with the Bronze medal, when the Brazillian team of Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego defeated [...]
Interview With Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh winners of the Gold in Beach volleyball, did a terrific interview on the Today show this morning. You can check it out below.
US Women’s Soccer Team Wins Gold
The US Women’s soccer team beat Brazil 1-0 today to win the Gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carli Lloyd scored in over time (extra time in soccer) to lead the United States to victory over Brazil. This was the US Women’s soccer team’s third gold in four Olympics. US goalkeeper Hope Solo, was [...]
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh win Gold Again
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball. I watched the end of the match and as usual Misty and Kerri looked unbeatable. Playing in the rain, they beat China’s team in straight sets, which extended their beach volleyball winning streak to 108 matches in a row. Not only [...]
U.S. Women’s Olympic Volleyball team advances
I watched some of the U.S. women’s Olympic volleyball team’s match against China today before I turned it off because it was stressing me out. After watching the women’s gymnastics last night and biting my nails through the commentary of Michael Phelps’ races (that’s the only really tense part— listening to the commentators make [...]
Olympic Table Tennis 101
How would a basement ping pong player fare against a real table tennis player? Watch the following video to see.
What is going on with tennis in the Olympics?
Okay, earlier today I posted that James Blake beat Roger Federer, and I was happy with that news. But today has just gotten crazier by the second. After Federer’s loss BOTH Williams sisters were defeated in their matches. Venus Williams lost to China’s Li Na, and Serena lost to Elena Dementieva of [...]
James Blake tops Roger Federer to advance in Beijing Olympics tennis
If you’re going to pick a time to win a match against someone you’ve never beaten before, the Olympics is as good a time as any. In their previous eight meetings, James Blake had only taken a single set from Roger Federer before beating him in straight sets in the Beijing quarterfinals.
James Blake is [...]
U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Falls to Nigeria in the Olympics
There will be no medal for the U.S. men’s soccer team, as they were eliminated from the Olympic tournament after a 2-1 loss to Nigeria. The U.S. played a man down for most of the game after Michael Orozco was ejected for elbowing a Nigerian player while they were going for the ball.
Frankly, from [...]
US Beats Angola In Second Round Basketball Action
The US Men’s basketball team beat Angola 97-76 in their second round match up. In the third round of the Olympics basketball the US will face Greece who upset them two years ago in the World Championships.
Olympic Badminton
I watched badminton today. I don’t know, it just kind of makes me laugh. They were talking about how Southern California was where some of the best badminton in the United States was being played, and I just found that amusing.
I’m not taking anything away from the skill required to play badminton, but [...]