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"…
Party time
We went to a huge and really fun party at the Commune by the Great Wall last (Saturday) night. Just what we needed in the midst of working 12 hour days.. party an hour and half away in the mountains until 2 a.m. But aside from assorted celebrities…
Holy moly
So the first day i sdone.I crisscrossed Beijing. Made it home at about 1:30 am, having sweated through two shirts and everything else. My calves are aching like I ran a marathon and I am totally exhilerated, too pumped up to even think about…
Early Olympics pics
I'm on a roll and gonna keep moving with posting photos.Some of these should have been on my NBC blog, but didn't make it for one dumb reason or another.Kathy, David and Jesse drove us in to the Greensbefore heading off to the Summer Palace.Jesse!We…
Random wrap up
I was just on my laptop loading photos to send over for my latest NBC blog post and I realized I had some nice photos from David and Kathy's visit that I never got up..thought I'd so so quickly.. More coming.. Delaware Dave sits in with Woodie…
Basketball mania and more
Spent all day in the IBC today. That's the International Broadcast Center. NBC's setup is pretty wild -- a labyrinthinian mini city. I may gain 20 pounds in the next few weeks too, because the catering is preposterous. burgers, pizzas, ice cream,…