Talking Stuff

When they’re not playing basketball and practicing, the U.S. Mens basketball team, aka The Redeem Team, are busy checking out their fellow athletes at the Beijing Olympics.

Redeem Team Fans Out
U.S. Men’s Basketball Players Making Most of Olympic Experience
By Michael Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, August 14, 2008
BEIJING, Aug. 13 — LeBron James embarrassed them with a menacing blocked [...]

You know, I thought I was the only person who’s suffering from Michael Phelps fatigue. But after reading this Salon.com article I know I’m not alone.
Phelps, Phelps, Phelps
The American phenom has been annoyingly omnipresent. That’s too bad, because there are other things happening, and because he’s not annoying.
King Kaufman
Aug. 14, 2008 | Michael Phelps, Michael Phelps, Michael [...]

Wow, I was shocked when I read that James Blake defeated Roger Federer earlier today in the Olympic Mens tennis competition. 

BEIJING — More than just another upset victim on a rain-slogged night filled with them, Roger Federer walked off Center Court at the Olympic Green Tennis Center to a quick burst of applause and a [...]