Openly gay Amaechi finds tension at Olympics : Denver Nuggets 24/7
blogs.rockymountainnews.com 8/18/2008 — BEIJING _ There's a former NBA player who had a 6.2 career scoring average broadcasting from the Olympics. Ordinarily, that wouldn't mean much. But that player's name is John Amaechi, who released the book "Man in the Middle,'' last year, becoming ...

Team USA Thinks Gay People Are Un-American
notqualifiedtocomment.blogspot.com 8/18/2008 — Apparently John Amaechi is in Beijing covering the Olympics, and Team USA hasn't exactly been friendly...

For Pete's sake, Rubio has the look
sfgate.com 8/18/2008 — "My God, he's Pistol," an NBA scribe said after seeing Rubio in person for the first time Saturday night at the U.S.-Spain game. Pistol is Pistol Pete Maravich, the basketball legend who died 20 years ago at age 40. Rubio is a 17-year-old backup point ...

Dates to circle on the Lakers' 2008-09 NBA schedule
examiner.com 8/18/2008 — Watching the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team is making me hungry for the NBA season again.Thankfully the 2008-09 season gets under way Oct. 28 in Los Angeles when the Lakers take on Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers.Makes Thursday

John Amaechi Isn’t Enjoying His Olympic Experiece
slamonline.com 8/18/2008 — by Marcel Mutoni Wait, Amaechi is at the Olympic Games? Well, yes. Why exactly? Hard to tell. But whatever the case, it’s not exactly going as well as he’d hoped. John Amaechi is apparently serving as a ...

Ricky Rubio Is The Next Great European — Bleacher Report - NBA 8/22/2008
He’s been a YouTube legend for years, but after the Beijing Olympics, Americans are now familiar with what Spain’s 17-year-old phenom guard Ricky Rubio brings to the table. He was by no means dominant against NBA All-Stars Chris Paul and ...