Interview With Women’s US Soccer Team After Their Gold Medal Win
Here is a cool interview with the US Women’s Soccer Team:
Cool Way To Keep Track Of The Beijing Medal Count
Here is a really cool way to keep track of the medal count in the 2008 Beijing Olympics:
http://live.idashboards.com/beijing2008/?guestuser=guest
The daily updated Olympic medal dashboard provides a summary of the day’s athletic results and an interactive world map highlights participating countries and corresponding medal tallies. The dashboards’ unique hover-and-click capabilities enable fans to drill down through [...]
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 [...]
Maris Strombergs of Latvia Wins Gold In Men’s BMX
World champion Maris Strombergs of Latvia won the men’s gold in BMX today. Just like in the women’s race, there were quite a few crashes (one big one). Mike Day of the US won the silver medal and Donny Robinson of the US won bronze in the men’s final.
All in all it was a fun [...]
Chausson Win’s Gold In Crazy Women’s BMX Race
I just finished watching the first ever Olympic gold medal race in BMX racing. It was for the women’s gold medal. Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won the gold medal, Laetitia Le Corguille won the the silver medal and Jill Kintner of the United States won the bronze medal.
It was quite fun to watch, [...]
US Softball Team Can’t Make It 4 In Row
The US Softball Team lost today… I know it’s SHOCKING news! Especially considering that one of the reasons cited for removing softball from all future Olympics (starting with the 2012 Olympics in London) was that the US Softball team is unbeatable…
GUESS NOT, EH?
Anyway, the US Softball took the silver medal in Olympic softball, after [...]
Nastia Liukin’s Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medal Creates Golden Opportunities
Nastia Liukin’s gold medal in the all around competition in Women’s gymnastics is marketing gold for her. It has opened up all kinds of doors for her. I still expect her teammate Shawn Johnson to make a lot of money in endorsements, but this gold medal may actually provide more opportunities for Nastia. Time will [...]
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 [...]
Underwear A Key Factor In Field Hockey Matches???
How crazy is this?
To quote the article:
Kevin Marr was ordered to watch the must-win match against Germany from the grandstand as punishment for three players wearing black undies beneath white shorts in an earlier match.
Apparently, underwear is taking on a major role in field hockey at the Beijing Olympics. The New Zealand hockey manager was [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/21
USA 27 gold, 31 silver, 29 bronze, 87 total
China 45 gold, 15 silver, 21 bronze, 81 total
Russia 16 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze, 51 total
Great Britain 17 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze, 39 total
Australia 11 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze, 38 total
Germany 11 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze, [...]
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 [...]
Yes, Usain Bolt Won Another Gold – Broke Another WR, but…
Usain Bolt did what everyone knew he would do and added a gold medal for the 200m to his Olympic treasure chest. He also broke a world record while doing it. However, Usain’s victory wasn’t really as interesting to me as the controversy at the end of the race…
At the end of the race, Usain [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/20
China 45 gold, 14 silver, 20 bronze, 79 total
USA 26 gold, 26 silver, 27 bronze, 79 total
Russia 13 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 45 total
Great Britain 16 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze, 36 total
Australia 11 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze, 36 total
France 4 gold, 12 silver, 14 [...]
Hilarious Rhythmic Gymnastics Video
Matt Lauer and Al Roker performing men’s tandem rhythmic gymnastics.
Hey, we set up the protest areas, what more do you want from us?
Out of 77 applications for protests, guess how many were approved? None. Not one. Watch the video and shake your head.
What?!? No Wheaties box for Michael Phelps?
Yep. Michael Phelps is going to be on Corn Flakes, instead. Um, okay. It just doesn’t have that ring, but I guess you have to do what you have to do.