2008-olympics Stories - California Golden Blogs
Snapshot of the Day 2: Satoshi Ishii at UFC 92
Spotted during the untelevised Yushin Okami vs. Dean Lister bout. From MMAFighting: In a conversation transcribed by Kamipro ([Dana White's] quotes here are translated from Japanese print), Ishii expressed his desire to train in the US and asked White for recommendations, to which the UFC...
It's not lame, it's the 10 days of Christmas - Beijing Olympics
On BasketballJohn.com last year I had the top ten stories of the year for the Jazz combined with the 12-days of Christmas. I only wanted to do ten, so there you go. It crept up on me fast this year and I'm almost out of time. So today starts the beginning of "It's not lame, it's the 10 days of...
Orlando Magic News for August 28th: Ranking Dwight Howard, "Outing" Oklahoma City, etc.
Erick Blasco of Bleacher Report lists the league's 30 best centers. Our very own Dwight Howard ranks second, behind Yao Ming, in large part due to his lack of offensive moves. Blasco also calls Howard out for poor court awareness on defense. (Hat tip: Canis Hoopus) As you might imagine, Dwight's...
Deron and Locke give us a Chinese history lesson.
via thefansports.com Locke interviews (mp3) a hammered Deron Williams. They go over topics such as the length of the Great Wall, Deron's golfing, and hanging out with LeBron (Coming Summer of 2010 to the Utah Jazz!) and more. These interviews always seem like Deron is...
Olympics Coverage Review
I watched the Closing Ceremonies last night and was struck by how NBC managed to burn me out on the Olympics over the course of less than 17 days. I wasn't a guy who did a lot of watching on NBCOlympics.com (much like 95% percent of America) and I kept scouring the NBC affiliated channels to see...
The United States Wins Gold
Team U.S.A. celebrates defeating Spain for its first Olympic gold medal since 2000. Photo by Chang W. Lee, the New York Times Congratulations to Dwight Howard and everyone involved in U.S.A. Basketball for their gold-medal-winning performance in this Olympics. Howard scored 8 points (3-of-3 from...
Sometimes it takes 7000 miles to get your swagger back
Since the disastrous 2004 games in Athens, the value of gold worldwide has more than doubled. But for members of the USA Men's Basketball team, the gold they earned Sunday was priceless. The 118-107 win will elicit calls of, "It was a lot closer than the score indicates." And it was. But...
Team USA Golden Again
Congratulations to Team USA Basketball for bringing home the gold medal after hanging on to beat Spain today, 118-107. So much for cruising to the gold medal, though. Don't let the double-digit final deficit fool you, this game was tight for much of the second half. Huge head nods to Spain for...
Clip of the Day: Olympic Taekwondo's Finest Moment
Okay, it's not MMA, but this is a martial arts clip worth checking nonetheless. In what will most likely be the most exciting moment of 2008 Olympic taekwondo action, Cuban competitor Angel Matos kicked a referee in the face today after being disqualified for taking too much injury time in his...
The All-Shoulda-Been-Olympians Team
So I've been thinking it over for the last hour, and it comes down to this. Grady Sizemore's team isn't going anywhere — the Indians are long-shots to finish as high as third place in their own division and will fare no better in the Wild Card race. And Grady Sizemore himself isn't going...
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