Fantasy Basketball now on ESPN

I'm sorta busy right now with school and whatnot but I'll still be posting. (Not nearly as often) Just want to tell you that Fantasy Basketball is starting up again on ESPN. It's real fun. Okay, I'll write again later. See ya.

Men's Volleyball: Tragedy to Triumph

Hugh McCutcheon's Olympic experience was rare.  These 2 weeks were the worst, and the best, of his life.  

McCuthcheon's Olympic experience began with the brutal stabbing of his in-laws while they were site-seeing in Beijing.  The attack by a deranged Chinese national killed his father-in-law died; his mother-in-law survived, but was seriously injured and remained in the hospital throughout the Olympics.  To make the attack even more crazy, the attacker took his own life by jumping off the tower on which McCuthcheon's in-laws had stood.  

This senseless attack would have ended many people's quest for gold, but McCutheon knew that his in-laws would have wanted him to compete.  So, McCutcheon continued to coach the Olympic men's volleyball team.  

McCutheon and his players banded together to play in the memory of the coach's father-in-law.  Two weeks after the brutal attack, McCutcheon and his players won a gold medal and heard the roar of a Chinese crowd that saluted the team's victory, but also tried in some way to apologize for an attack by one of their countrymen.  This must have made the cheers of "U-S-A!" even more special to McCutcheon. 

He will remember these two weeks for the rest of his life as memories... both GOOD and bad.

Redemption!

  Redemption is Great.

Preview for the Gold Medal Game

It's Spain vs. USA. Pau vs. Kobe. Europe vs. North America. Old World vs. New World.  

Spain came into the Olympic Games as a legitimate contender for the gold medal, but so far they--and everyone else--have just been pretenders.  The US is close to avenging a series of losses in world games, but redemption depends on winning the gold medal game, so the Americans haven't really avenged anything yet.  

The games are becoming tougher for the US as they get deeper into the medal round, despite final scores that suggest blowouts.  The Argentines pushed the US, and the game was a lot closer than the Americans would have liked.  The question is... Will Spain use the same tactics Argentina used? Spain can win only if Pau Gasol has a huge game and Spain avoids a lot of turnovers.  

More important than that... THEY GOT TO GUARD US! If they let us roam around behind the three point line, we'll first shoot wide open threes and then penetrate the middle when Spain contests the long ball.  

Spain has a chance to compete for the gold if they do those two things but in my mind, it just isn't gonna' happen. The Americans will be wearing gold necklaces come tomorrow.

Usain Bolt

When Usain Bolt goes on the track Lighting strikes. We all pretty much expect Usain Bolt to win gold. I watch it for the hype, the excitement, and his dance. People are saying he's a showboater... That's Bogus. Outright BOGUS. If you can do what Usain Bolt does.... why not dance?

Surprise Rookie Last Year?

Kevin Durant was the ROY last season, but not the most surprising. Rodney Stuckey has my vote for the surprise rookie of the year. No one had heard of him and he didn't play much at all. He showed his stripes in the games that mattered most, also known as... The Playoffs! His stats don't show much at all but he showed his stripes. Commentators were saying that Stuckey has the potential to be the next D-Wade. Back to my point... I don't follow College Basketball much except for my favorite team UCLA. I never even heard of him before! Although he didn't win the ROY award, he had a much bigger season than Durant.