Category: The Olympics (Page 19 of 26)

      May-Treanor/Walsh sweep Brazil, will play for gold

      August 19, 2008 /

      You’d think playing for a shot at the gold medal game would be tougher than this.

      Not when you’re Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh and you’re riding a 107-game winning streak.

      The duo dispatched their second Brazilian team in as many matches, ousting Renata and Talita, 21-12 and 21-14, and will move on to face Tian Jia and Wang of China for the gold. The final match will be televised live in the Eastern and Central time zones at 11 PM/10 PM on Wednesday night on NBC. (We lowly Pacific time zoners don’t get the honor of seeing the match live because NBC is too lazy to produce a separate broadcast for us. Hello, McFly! Misty May and Kerri Walsh are from California! People here might want to see the match live, you dig? Grrr.)

      Color commentator Karch Kiraly said during tonight’s broadcast that if the duo is able to win gold in these Olympics, they’ll be hands down the best team – men’s or women’s – ever to play beach volleyball. That’s high praise from the salty dog.

      The Olympics

      Ato Boldon said something stupid today

      August 18, 2008 /

      Ato Boldon answered a question from Bob Costas about Usain Bolt’s terrific 100m world record run at the beginning of NBC’s primetime coverage on Monday night.

      Costas: “How in the world was he able to run 9.69?”

      Boldon: “I haven’t had a chance to really wrap my mind around it yet, but a lot of people are just still awestruck by what he was able to do. We just didn’t think that someone that tall would be able to run that sort of time. And… uh… just a great performance, and so far the performance, by far, of these Games.“

      By far? Mr. Boldon, I’d like to introduce you to Michael Phelps. Not sure if you’ve heard, but he had a pretty good week in the pool.

      Swimming, The Olympics

      Breaking news: Alicia Sacramone is hot

      August 18, 2008 /

      So I’m watching the coverage of the women’s gymnastics from last night, and announcer Al Trautwig comments that Alicia Sacramone (whose struggles during the team competition probably cost the U.S. the gold medal) is the second most searched-for athlete (after Michael Phelps) at nbcolympics.com. He seems surprised by that fact and is oblivious to other… um… facts.

      Sure, her story is interesting, but Al, come on, we both know why she’s the second most searched-for athlete, don’t we?

      Before anyone gets on my case, she’s 20 years old.

      Turns out she throws a mean punch too.

      Humor, The Olympics, Video

      SI breaks down Phelps’ amazing finish frame-by-frame

      August 18, 2008 /

      Maybe the most memorable part of Michael Phelps’ wonderful Olympic run was the finish of the 100m butterfly. He won the race by 0.01 seconds, so the finish was too close to call even in slow motion. SI.com has a cool frame-by-frame breakdown of the last moments of the race.

      Be sure to check out the whole thing, because it’s interesting to see how Phelps’ final half-stroke actually won him the race (when, at the time, he thought it was going to lose him the race). Here’s the final shot for those that still wonder if he was the first to touch the wall. Phelps is on the left.

      Swimming, The Olympics

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