China advances to the medal round
This is the scene right before and after China beat Germany, advancing to the medal round.The Olympics Basketball Arena erupted into pandemonium when China defeated Germany 59-55, virtually guaranteeing their advancement to the medal round…
Spain/US basketball column and more…
I covered the Redeem Team's demolition of Spain and wrote a column about it. This was a lot of fun. Just an overwhelming performance.This Spanish "slant eyed" controversy and lack of controversy has been really interesting.Swimming is now over…
Busy, busy
Having lots of fun and cranking along here. I am going to the Spain/USA basketball game in a few minutes and will be the lead columnist on that tonight. That will be on the NBCOlympics.com home page probably, definitely on the basketball page.Here's…
Anna at gymnastics
Becky steps onto my turf... exploiting our cute kids for journalistic gain.I went to the match with them, but had to cut out early.It was fun to be on the Green with Anna. here are some pictures.
Some love for Becky
Not from me. My love for her is no secret. She got some nice praise from James Fallows.Well deserved, too. This is a great story.
Still going strong
Greece/US grudge match hoops game. But yesterday I was running around to the offbeat events.I did this piece on a shooting competitor who is an 18-year-old from Manhattan,headed to Princeton next month.Yesterday, it was also time to check out…
Still going strong
Greece/US grudge match hoops game. But yesterday I was running around to the offbeat events.I did this piece on a shooting competitor who is an 18-year-old from Manhattan,headed to Princeton next month.Yesterday, it was also time to check out…
Weightlifting, hoops and more
So, we had a pretty funny day yesterday. Becky and I spent all afternoon watching weightlifting together -- and we enjoyed it. The woman Becky wrote about last week was competing and boy did she deliver.What are the odds of us hanging out together…
More reporting
Just a note: the blog index page a lot of you have does not include all of my writing. Now that I am covering lots of actual events, a lot of my stuff will not appear there. They don't consider that stuff to be part of my blog.Yesterday, I covered…
Live blogging Women’s Diving
My view2:18 pm I thought I would try something different here and do a little live blogging. I need to take notes anyhow.I am at first Diving competition of the Games, Women's 3M synchro springboard. I have a prime spot in the press "tribune"…