Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics thread

Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

Somebody should have told the ladies that, even though the Opening Ceremony is Friday, today's match was not a friendly.

 

Not with the next two games against Japan and NZ and i believe 8 of the 12 teams making it to the QF.

 

After an Olympic lull, Beijing makes Games interesting again

ESPN.com senior writer Jim Caple makes some decent points, but he lost me here:

Seriously? Perhaps someone should e-mail Caple a link to Jones' thread. Better wait until he gets back to the States, though, since he'll presumably be needing Internet access while he's over there ...

 

Just a random thought, but given how much they're trying to manage the press, crowds, foreigners, etc., is there any chance China pulls some shenanigans with the actual competition?
Say a U.S. hurdler beats their stud (can't recall his name, but I think he won gold in '04) or a Paul Hamm comes from nowhere to win a medal in gymnastics. Does a positive doping test mysteriously surface? Could we see a boxing decision along the lines of Roy Jones Jr. in 1988?
I wouldn't put anything past the Chinese at this point.

 

Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

I don't think China has that much clout with the IOC officials.

 

I was thinking more along the espionage/conspiracy theories line. I'm just interested to see if a few high-profile athletes suddenly test positive.

 

Yeah, this isn't a complete disaster for the U.S. women. Now if the men go down a little over five hours from now, that's going to be a tough one to bounce back from.

 

Re: Beautiful gold, so-so silver and shameful bronze: The running Olympics threa

I've got the alarm set!

 

With the way I am right now, I may just stay up.

 

I'm up late to watch at least part of this match. Hopefully, it'll kick my sleep schedule back to where it belongs.

 

Uh, Novak, what's Jozy Altidore doing on the bench?

Oh, and why the hell is Balboa the analyst? NBC's team selection fails as well.

 

You know I think Adu and Altidore might be the only names I recognize on the U.S. squad.I am fail!