blazersedge.com - 8/19/2008
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Watching the ongoing Olympics I was struck by two stories which led to broader observations.
The first story was the seventh gold medal won by Michael Phelps. This was the 100-meter butterfly in which he edged out Milorad Cavic by one one-hundredth of a second. The thing that struck me was that watching live, and even in the replay, it didn't look like Phelps won! You ...
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... Every sports fan should be forced to read this post by Dave at BlazersEdge about arguing doggedly for your team. When you do so, the simple truth is you may be wrong: "The thing that struck me was that watching live, and even in the replay, it didn't look like Phelps won! You could have sworn he was second until, apparently, they slowed down the replay to frame 1/10000th of a second apart. This got me thinking about what we observe in NBA games. How many times have we sworn we have seen something happen on the court but an official calls it ...
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