Saturday, August 16, 2008

8/16: Olympics, MLB, Ben Gordon....

To Beijing....
  • I've never seen anything like what happened in Michael Phelps' 7th gold medal.....dude was in SEVENTH place at the half-way point...and well-behind very late when he somehow made up like 3 feet in the last instant....it was ridiculous...that said, his 8th gold medal looks even more likely now because the final event is the 4x100 medley relay that the US completely owns in the past....check please! lol....
  • Tyson Gay of the US, considered to be their only shot at 100m gold in track, didn't make it out of the quarters while favoring an injury....NBC isn't happy...track is the highlight event of the 2nd half of the games (once swimming and gymnastics are over) and they need US storylines....
  • How crazy is it that somebody's entire life's work can be over in 10 seconds? 20 seconds? If you are a 50m swimmer or a 100m track runner....that's all it is...and it's done...crazy
Elsewhere.....
  • Ben Gordon makes the strong statement that he's "played his last game in a Bulls' uniform"....wow, Ben...do you really wanna go to Europe that bad? lol....They might deal him, but I'm really not sure there's a big market for him at the asking price he has set for himself...he's a pretty one-dimensional player that almost has to be a 6th-man spark off the bench due to the fact that he can't play PG and is about 6'2.....
  • Speaking of shoot-first small guards.....Jannero Pargo, coming off his career year in New Orleans, is headed to Moscow....nobody could sign this guy? This one is weirder than Josh Childress even to me....Childress just took an out-of-this-world offer and ran with it...it's like nobody even came after Pargo....
  • MLB Roundup: Both Cy Young front-runners notched wins....Brandon Webb with number 18 for Arizona...and Cliff Lee with a complete-game 17th victory (against TWO losses) for Cleveland....Cliff Lee is an amazing story...that team is 55-66 and he's 17-2 with an under 2.5 ERA....imagine how bad they'd be without his career resurrection...
  • USA Hoops tips off in under an hour in what I think is their toughest game in the whole tournament....Argentina disagrees....but Spain is the most talented team in the world without a doubt....and I can't wait to see Ricky Rubio....especially if he's being guarded by Kobe Bean Bryant....talk about a test....

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