Olympics

[chuck]

sweet as. unknown nz guy wins gold in board-sailing. brilliant!

unknown nz bmx rider in with chance at winning medal. vaguely well known nz kayakers also in with chance to win medals.

[cured]

I'm pretty stoked the Afghan guy won his medal. In some events, athletes are disappointed with anything but gold. For some, though, any medal will give them the greatest sporting moment of their lives. It's always fun to see the underdogs win (unless it's in basketball).

Hey Miguel, what do you think the chances are of Spain vs. USA in the gold medal basketball game?

[dubman]

Originally Posted by cured

In some events, athletes are disappointed with anything but gold.

haha how about that swedish guy who threw down his bronze in disgust...

boy there was a lot of talk about "the honor and ideals of the sport" on that one.

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better still is seeing that the aussies are taking it all with their usual good grace and sportsmanship!

[dubman]

almost made a seperate thread for this, but, well, it's all part of the olympics innit

INNIT

look at this because it's fun and exciting and we might forget one day that Nike are a bunch of shits.

[cured]

I have a sneaking suspicion the crowd at the gold medal basketball game will be squarely behind the americans. One more game against a very good spaniard team but I don't think this game will be closer than 30 points when the final sore is posted. Kobe will probably use the stage to increase his reputation as one of the best players on the planet, which I don't think will actually help the team very much. This tournament has been a real re-coming out for Dwayne Wade. LeBron is goig to use this experience as a tool to get the most outrageous contract in basketball because of the attention he's been giving to the idea of playing in Europe.

[Troy McClure]

I just get a bad feeling that Spain will win a close one. The US clearly has every advantage, and has played way beyond that I thought they would. But in a close game, Kobe Bryant and LeBronze James and the rest of them will start chucking up bad shots, like they always do in a NBA game. Spain will probably try and beat up the US unlike anything they seen this tournament. It's Spain's best shot, to me.

Jason

[IsiliRunite]

Look for LeBron to take over. He has looked more and more... focused and annoyed as the tournament has gone on. Spain has about a 10% chance of winning, but I think USA might be getting more cohesive; maybe too cohesive to beat.

[Troy McClure]

Originally Posted by IsiliRunite

Look for LeBron to take over. He has looked more and more... focused and annoyed as the tournament has gone on. Spain has about a 10% chance of winning, but I think USA might be getting more cohesive; maybe too cohesive to beat.

You're right, it's probably only 10%, but the US has all of the pressure to win.


J

[cured]

Spain played out of their minds but, in the end, they found out why Kobe Bryant is the best clutch player on the planet.

We got our medals back!

W0000000000000000000000000000000T!!!!!11!!11!!1