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Olympics

The Olympics have new life

August 17, 2008

Mark Cuban blogged today (someone shoot me for using that word as a verb) that this may be the Olympics that reinvigorated TV. His thinking: Folks with HD TVs really can enjoy the Olympics (it's true!). This is all well and good, except that when the Olympics ends TV will go back to the same [...]

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Michael Phelps makes lightning strike

August 16, 2008

I would imagine if Adriana Lima could swim, she would be pretty good. But not even she could match the excitement provided by Michael Phelps in these Beijing Olympcs. To win a seventh gold medal by .001 of a second? Are you kidding me? This internet site shows what can take place in various increments [...]

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Anyone watching the Olympics?

August 12, 2008

I was watching the Olympics last night and noticed they now have synchronized diving. Two folks line up side by side on the board and dive at the same moment and do the same spins and twirls and flips and try to make the same splash in the water. Really now. Is this not the [...]

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LeBron talks about the Olympics

July 24, 2008

If you want to see LeBron James talking about the Olympics, the "Redeem Team," and even politics related to going to China, click here.
"If we can win by 50 every game, we would love to," he said of the U.S. team, adding: "We want to destroy everybody." There's even video of him playing a pretty [...]

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Sports loses a legend with Jim McKay's death

June 7, 2008

Jim McKay’s passing today touches us all. McKay was the ultimate professional, a quiet, understated man who was the voice of ABC Sports, especially Wide World of Sports. The tributes to him will be pouring in, and all will be deserved. ESPN and ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer released a statement that read in [...]

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