Tossing batting practice….while being thankful that Usain Bolt now takes me off the hook as the world’s fastest man...though an ex gf or two of mine might disagree…

I know its been a while since the last post, but a combination of factors precluded another one.
First, I was busier this week than I was the previous week. Second, track was the dominant sport of week two, and its just a lot harder to follow. None of the events were live, and it was difficult to avoid finding out the result. Also, unlike swimming where the likes of Michael Phelps and crew swim multiple events, only precious few like Bolt actually run multiple events.
There are so many track athletes, so many events they literally come in and out of our lives in the blink of an eye.


Whoever was Tom Hammond’s analyst needs to stop talking about the track athletes as if they’re horses in time for London

The steeplechase is an interesting concept, but really I just want someone to fall, or for their to be a carnivorous animal in the water.


Until today Kenya had never won an Olympic gold medal in the Marathon, that’s ridiculous.

I am going to miss table tennis, tonight we even got a couple long range Forest Gump style rallies.

Carlos Boozer is a two-time Olympian? Really?

I refrained from speaking of this earlier, but its been a nice harkening back to the old days for NBC with the Roundball Rock theme being played coming in and out of commercials.

Trivia Time, who actually wrote that song?

As an American every non-Celtics fan should thank Paul Pierce for motivating Lebron in these Olympics.
Wow, Gasol with a quick three point play, even taking some contact, I don’t even have a joke there, I’m just that surprised.

“They don’t know it’s a damn show, they think it’s a damn fight!”
And the US is a bit sluggish to start, as they now face their largest deficit of the tournament, which lasted as long as it took you to read that before Chris Paul beat the defense down the floor for a layup.

Memo to the Nuggets, if you want Carmelo to reach his potential, somehow find a way to lure Jim Boeheim to Denver.

And in the blink of an eye the US has gone on a big run to take a 13 point lead

Spain has made a terrific game of this, but with a tenuous five point lead Kobe comes up with a huge three and a foul, for an 8 point lead.
Somewhere Laker fans are wondering where that was two months ago.

Spain comes right back and cuts it to four again, but Wade drills an open three, to go back up seven. He’s been absolutely huge tonight with 27 points in very limited minutes.

And Kobe with what looks like the clincher, a runner in the lane, followed by a great defensive stand.

While I rooted for Spain to keep it a game at least, in the end it was great for a US victory and return basketball to its rightful place.
They played as a team and actually defended when they needed to which was a nice diversion from previous Dream Teams.

I miss the Olympics already, and look forward to 2012 for more badminton, team handball and 1meter kayaking on a daily basis.

Trivia Answer – John Tesh