ballineurope.com - 8/15/2008
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Day 3 of the Olympic Tournament is over and Team USA, Spain as well as Lithuania are still without any loss. Here are the short stories that we heard around the tournament.
It has nothing to do with the Olympics, but the Suns deny that they have signed a deal with Goran Dragic. The summer story continues…
I did not see a lot of action yesterday but everybody told me about this ...
Team USA v Spain : Olympic Pool Match
asternwarning.blogspot.com 8/16/2008 — Today we have the Men's matchup in these Olympic Games that everyone has been waiting for. USA v Greece was merely a taster -- a chance for the Redeem Team to get some form of redemption. However, everyone knows that the real redemption will not come until Team USA silences all doubters and gets on that private jet back to the land of the free with Gold Medals around their necks. Spain ...
Hey Haters, How Does the US Flag Taste? —
Mac Gs World
Team USA crushed both China and Angola but all I heard from the sports pundits was how their poor 3 point shooting would catch up with them against Greece. I was not buying the canned argument, which ignored how three point shooting would not be as important if Team USA kept moving the ball against zone D and kept up their killer pressure defense. Of course I was correct and Team USA beat some ...
Olympic Headlines —
Pure Point
Phelps is a beast: 6 events, 6 golds, 6 world records. Pure domination. But can he swim faster than Chad Ocho Cinco ? Gym-Nastia is Liukin good: Nastia Liukin had a near flawless all-around final to secure gold. Shawn Johnson came up big when it mattered, scoring 15.025 on the floor to nab the silver by a mere 0.075 points. The real question is, are male gymnasts the gayest straight men in ...
Team USA vs. Spain - LIVE —
Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
Here we go - the day every single European and especially Spanish basketball fan has waited for. Well, is it really? There is no doubt, that Team USA wants to win every single game, including the final, to take it all, but how about Spain? Do they really have or want to win this game?
Remember this is still group play, which only determines your next opponent in the Quarterfinals.
Team ...
Team USA Defeats Greece to Advance to the Quarterfinals —
LAKERS4LIFE
In Team USA's first real challenge at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the boys in red, white and blue took out frustration of their 2004 loss to Greece with a convincing win against the Greek on Thursday. It was anybodies game in the first half with Greece looking surprisingly too fast for the Americans as they led LeBron, Kobe and company by as much as 4 points in the first quarter. Although ...
Jason Kidd: Pissed at Spain David Stern —
Basketbawful
I never would have seen this one coming. The person most upset about Team Spain's "slant-eyed" photo is ...Jason Kidd. But don't misunderstand the situation. Kidd's not fighting against the inequities of racism and mindless bigotry; he's whining about a perceived double-standard in the NBA front office. See, he believes that David Stern would have punished the players on Team USA for ...
Revenge is a dish best served...with an @ss kickin —
The Stankoniforous Files
Now all you naysayers can move onto the USA vs. Spain game. The Redeem Team (such a nice trite ring to it) handled bidness against the Greeks, 92-69 . Kobe played great D, and chipped in with 18 points including, a highlight reel lob from a re-energized D Wade. Of course, the Kaing got in on the act. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images) (Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images) The USA ...
Team USA evaluation —
Double Dribble: Dishing Dimes
I'm back from vacation, and after a few days rest back home in SoCal, I am back in NC for the grind of a another school year. The update on the blog is that we will not be able to finish the 'to-do list' of every team because we want to dedicate most of this blog to evaluating moves and news of the NBA and their respective teams. We will pick the remaining 'to-do list' teams based on the majority
The What Day is it, Anyway? Skip Pass (8/13/08) —
World Hoops Blog
:: FIBA: USA Over Angola 97:76 - Carlos Morais lead all scores and hung 24 on Team Ralph Lauren in a losing effort. Dwayne Wade continues to go Magilla Gorllia with 19 (8/11 from the field). Kobe was 0/8 from behind the arc. The Americans put it on coast and let Angola win it's first quarter against them...ever?
:: A Stern Warning: Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Ruuudy (Fernandez) - Mookie exposes a
Europe versus USA: what’s the real difference —
Ball in Europe - European Basketball Blog
With the Gold Medal of Argentina in the 2004 Olympics, the dominance of the United States since the apparition of the NBA players in 1992 has come to an end. I wanted to know how big the difference between Europe and the United States is in reality in the Olympic competition.
So I checked the average results of the United States in the Olympic competitions since 1992. When it comes to ...
Rudy scores 21 in Spain's latest win —
Blazers Blog
The Associated PressI didn't watch last night's (this morning's) game between Spain and China (too busy sawing logs) but it looks like it was a thriller, with Spain outlasting China in overtime to win 85-75. Rudy dropped 21 points in...
Your Olympic TV And Announcing Schedule For Tuesday, Aug 12th —
AwfulAnnouncing
MONDAY, AUGUST 11 – DAY 3 Live Events To Look For: Women's Gymnastics- Team Gold Finals (Primetime), Swimming (Primetime), Men's BBall (USA vs Angola, 8am - China vs Spain, 4:45am - Argentina vs Australia, 10:15am), Women's Soccer (USA vs New Zealand, 7:45am - Nigeria vs Brazil, 5am - China vs Argentina, 7:45pm), Softball (USA vs Venezuela), Boxing (Elim. Bouts, 51/54kg), Men's Beach ...
Little Monday Night Love —
World Hoops Blog
We're going Monday night Skip Pass. Give you some giggles to end the first day of the work week.
:: The Blowtorch: Guide to Wearing Headbands - There are only a few approved ways to wear a swatch of terrycloth around your head. It is now consider verboten to wear a headband around the neck.
:: Guardian UK: Olympics: Spain basketball team pictured in controversial pose - Espania steals your
Redeem Team Debuts With Rout Over China; Spain Impresses In Win Over Greece —
Sharapova's Thigh
Solid start for the USA bball team in the 2008 Olympics, in a 101-70 over Yao Ming and China in what was predicted to be the most watched basketball game in the history of the sport.
China came out on fire from behind the arc and that kept them close in the first half. Very impressive defensive effort by the USA in this one, especially from LeBron and Kobe. LeBron had a couple highlight reel
Olympics: Spain Out Paces Greece in Second Half. —
World Hoops Blog
We had called it the game to watch on match day one, but Spain pulled away from Greece in the second half and coasted into a the win 81:66 (get used to international formatting, kids).
Eduardo Mingas' 24 points was, well nice but 24 from Chris Kaman and 23 from Big Dirk Nowitzki put Germany into beat mode putting a 95:66 beatdown on Angola.
A five point first quarter by Iran put Andrea
2008 Olympic Preview: USA, The Redeem Team —
Mavs Moneyball
This is the 12th in a series of team previews for the 2008 Olympics done by the SBNation sites Green Bandwagon and At the Hive . Already profiled: Greece , China , Russia , Argentina , Australia , Iran , Lithuania , Angola , Croatia , . Germany , and Spain .
Today, it's Team USA's turn to take center stage. I decided to deviate from the normal preview ...
Team China Olympic Basketball Schedule —
Pure Point
I guess the hot thing to do is to list the games for a certain team that your readers might be interested in. Since my main source of traffic is coming from image hits for Team China basketball, I said to myself, "why not?" I'll give a little preview of each match too, so that you can see how wrong I am. A lot of people are writing China off as not being able to make it out of a tough Grou B ...
