Digging for Gold
The United States men’s basketball team just won the gold medal in Beijing. Spain, which was beaten soundly by USA in pool play earlier in the tournament, put forth a tremendous effort to keep the game a sensational one, and it took that to make the accomplishment for Americans magical.
Playing the Favorite
Although being the favorite in a majority of the sports of the Olympics in Beijing is a spot any team would want to be in, it’s made a few difficult losses tragedies for American teams this year.
Olympic Feats Smell Stinky
Something’s not right. After watching American Nastia Liukin earn a silver medal in the Aug. 18 uneven bars event with a gold medal performance, I’m absolutely convinced something fishy was going on, and unfortunately, it seemed aimed at the Americans.





