Gary Russell, who actually had a pretty good shot at a medal I think, was found unconscious and severely dehydrated.
From Yahoo:
More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_box_russell_out
That's disappointing. I wonder why they didn't just let him fight at 125?
Glad I read this thread. I got this in an e-mail this morning:
And now finally understand it. Although it was still funny without knowing the story behind it.
I agree about ESPN. I completely avoided Sportscenter for the last 2 weeks because it was nothing but Favre. All Favre, all the time. He even had his own tab heading on the bottom scroll. "NBA...NFL...MLB...FAVRE..."