Voice of feminism Speaks
That would be Becky.
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…
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…
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…
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…