Entries by AlanPaul
Party band
Well, Princess Anne didn’t show up. But the British Olympics Association party did feature seven or eight Olympians, including a two-tie gold medal winning swimmer and a bunch of other medalists. Most amazingly, we pulled off this gig. It was a black tie type party, in a huge hotel ballroom, with a few hundred people, […]
Party band
Well, Princess Anne didn’t show up. But the British Olympics Association party did feature seven or eight Olympians, including a two-tie gold medal winning swimmer and a bunch of other medalists. Most amazingly, we pulled off this gig. It was a black tie type party, in a huge hotel ballroom, with a few hundred people, […]
CCTV appearance and more
Here is a clip of meappearing on English language CCTV-1 the other night I ran around like crazed monkey to get to this place, stumbled upstairs had some powder thrown on my face, changed my clothes and ran out onto the set about 5 minutes before cameras rolled. I appeared with two TV professionals. I […]
Went to a track meet and news broke out
Yesterday, I wrote this preview about Liu Xiang, the Chinese hurdler widely considered to have the most pressure on him during the Games. He is really ubiquitous here, on countless billboards. This morning, I went to the Bird’s Nest to see his first qualifying run. I will be otherwise occupied when he is supposed to […]
About that lazy day…
I had two stories to write and figured I could write it at tennis as well as anywhere and, as Becky reminded me, I the Olympics aren’t going on forever. So I jumped a cab to the tennis center and watched the Williams sisters obliterate some Spaniards for the doubles gold. They are incredible. Hard […]
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 (Germany would have to beat Team USA to keep China out). The packed arena knew what was on the […]
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 and I never did make it in there. Becky went to a bunch, though, […]
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 a sampling of what I’ve been up to. A mini feature […]