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It took a little while but America’s initial golden girl — Shawn Johnson — finally got that gold medal she was desperately seeking. Johnson’s gold came in the balance beam exercise and she outpointed overall gold medal winner and teammate Nastia Liukin to win. The beam victory salvaged what could have been [...]

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Allow me to use one of the most understated statements I’ve read concerning NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, from USA Today’s Michael Hiestand:
Yes, the rule of Olympic TV is saving the marquee stuff — no matter when it happened in real time — for late in prime time to keep viewers hanging around. But [...]

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Apparently, Merkin Sports isn’t being blocked by the Chinese government because what else would explain the offensive explosion put forth by Jason Kidd? Last week, there were questions about whether or not Kidd would even take a shot in these Olympics and apparently, the starting point guard for the Redeem Team heard these [...]

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While stories like this would never be confirmed on the record, something occurred to me while I was watching Team USA dismantle Spain Saturday morning — were the Redeemers punishing Spain for their ridiculous insensitivity when they took that infamous photo?
You know, this one:

Considering Jason Kidd’s comments about the amazingly-stupid photo, it’s [...]

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I think it’s safe to say the 2008 version of Team USA’s Men’s Basketball has found themselves as a team and aren’t afraid to flex their rapidly growing muscles against their opponents. After a feeling out process that began during exhibition games in China and continued for the first couple of games of [...]

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While most of us were basking in the glow of Michael Phelps and his magnificent six — myself included — Rebecca Soni was winning an Olympic gold of her own in the 200-meter breaststroke, doing so in stellar fashion. In a surprising upset, Soni smashed Australian Leisel Jones, breaking the world record in [...]