Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson
Didn't know the Women's 8 was "The Man" in Rowing! Looking good so far!
7:11 PM - 2 Aug 12
Chip Miller @UKBIGBLUENATION
YES, I want the USA to win every Gold Medal, but that world record by Great Britian in cycling was absolutely amazing. Retweeted by The Heath Post
11:43 PM - 2 Aug 12
Sanya Richards-Ross @SanyaRichiRoss
Headed to the track!!!! Been patiently waiting for this time to come, can't believe it's finally here! #OperationGold
2:36 AM - 3 Aug 12
Didn't know the Women's 8 was "The Man" in Rowing! Looking good so far!
7:11 PM - 2 Aug 12
Chip Miller @UKBIGBLUENATION
YES, I want the USA to win every Gold Medal, but that world record by Great Britian in cycling was absolutely amazing. Retweeted by The Heath Post
11:43 PM - 2 Aug 12
Sanya Richards-Ross @SanyaRichiRoss
Headed to the track!!!! Been patiently waiting for this time to come, can't believe it's finally here! #OperationGold
2:36 AM - 3 Aug 12
Pat Forde @YahooForde
Both American medley relays -- using all B swimmers -- qualify in good order for tomorrow night. Men seeded first, women fourth.
7:22 AM - 3 Aug 12
Vaughts' Views @vaughtsviews
Carmelo Anthony says Anthony Davis fits in perfectly with Olympic team: http://wp.me/pt93y-5ME
8:18 AM - 3 Aug 12
US Olympic Team @USOlympic
Major props to @Bryanbros and @BryanBrothers on making it to the FINALS of men's double #tennis at #Wimbledon. Go for the gold, boys!
8:30 AM - 3 Aug 12
Claire Donahue @DonahueFans
Claire Donahue Turns in Personal-Best Time to Advance to Finals at 2012 ... http://sns.mx/bDVIy2
9:01 AM - 3 Aug 12
AOC @AUSOlympicTeam
45 mins minutes until the @AussieStingers are in the water in their top of the table women's water polo clash with Russia #goaussies
8:45 AM - 3 Aug 12
대한체육회 @Korea_Olympic
#양궁 남자 개인 8강전 결과 #오진혁 선수가 준결승에 진출했습니다. 11:05 예정인 준결승에서 중국 선수를 상대로 멋진 모습 기대합니다! 화이팅!! #올림픽
8:59 AM - 3 Aug 12
Both American medley relays -- using all B swimmers -- qualify in good order for tomorrow night. Men seeded first, women fourth.
7:22 AM - 3 Aug 12
Vaughts' Views @vaughtsviews
Carmelo Anthony says Anthony Davis fits in perfectly with Olympic team: http://wp.me/pt93y-5ME
8:18 AM - 3 Aug 12
US Olympic Team @USOlympic
Major props to @Bryanbros and @BryanBrothers on making it to the FINALS of men's double #tennis at #Wimbledon. Go for the gold, boys!
8:30 AM - 3 Aug 12
Claire Donahue @DonahueFans
Claire Donahue Turns in Personal-Best Time to Advance to Finals at 2012 ... http://sns.mx/bDVIy2
9:01 AM - 3 Aug 12
AOC @AUSOlympicTeam
45 mins minutes until the @AussieStingers are in the water in their top of the table women's water polo clash with Russia #goaussies
8:45 AM - 3 Aug 12
대한체육회 @Korea_Olympic
#양궁 남자 개인 8강전 결과 #오진혁 선수가 준결승에 진출했습니다. 11:05 예정인 준결승에서 중국 선수를 상대로 멋진 모습 기대합니다! 화이팅!! #올림픽
8:59 AM - 3 Aug 12
Previous reports:
-- watching opening day and the opening ceremony (July 27)
-- watching Day 1 and the men's cycling road race (July 28)
-- watching Day 4, a men's basketball update, badminton jive, "culture war" jive, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (July 31)
-- watching Day 6, men's basketball update, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (Aug. 2)
There simply is no more interesting-looking sport in the Olympics than team-pursuit cycling. The men's final is being contested now.
ReplyDelete"Brilliant ride by the Kiwis," says the commentator on NBC's live feed, as New Zealand beats Russia for bronze.
DeleteAnd now Australia and Great Britain race for gold ...
DeleteI loved Speed Racer. Absolutely loved it.
Delete"Great Britain extends the lead to 0.9 seconds. They're going to defend the gold medal. It's going to be pandemonium at the velodrome! ... Two seconds now ahead on Australia! ... They've broken the green-and-gold's heart! ..."
DeleteNEW WORLD RECORD!
Delete"IT'S A PARTY IN THE VELODROME!"
DeleteI feel cooler for simply having watched this race.
DeleteMen's team-pursuit cycling medals: Great Britain gold, Australia silver, New Zealand bronze.
DeleteBritain now has 20 medals (and 7 golds), while Australia has 14 medals (and only 1 gold). The Brits are very happy about this.
DeleteMeanwhile, here's how Australia feels about New Zealand.
DeleteTaylor Phinney (USA) won the individual pursuit gold in both the 2009 and 2010 world championships. He was injured last year and didn't compete. Sad to say that was cut from this Olympics and so he had no opportunity to win that gold.
DeleteThat is unfortunate.
DeleteIn the semi-final of men's tennis, Roger Federer (SUI) beat Juan Del Potro (ARG) 3-6, 7-6, 19-17. It was quite a match.
ReplyDeleteHere are today's scores so far from women's basketball. The big news is that Turkey blew out China:
ReplyDeleteAngola 56 - 75 Croatia
Russia 66 - 70 Australia
Brazil 73 - 79 Canada
Turkey 82 - 55 China
The U.S. plays the Czech Republic later today.
In women's soccer, the United States beat New Zealand 2-0 to reach the semi-finals.
ReplyDeleteMen's 25m rapid-fire pistol medals: Cuba gold, India silver, China bronze.
ReplyDeleteMixed-doubles badminton: China gold, China silver, Denmark bronze.
China came out on fire this morning. By noon EDT, they had captured seven more medals, while the U.S. has done nothing. China now leads the medal count 41-37.
ReplyDeleteTiger Woods is not going to win the Bridgestone Invitational. With one hole left in the second round, he is two over for the day and the tournament -- and 13 strokes behind Jim Furyk, who is in the lead.
ReplyDeleteThe "Brady Bunch" remake has made the Drudge Report.
ReplyDeleteDoes the Drudge Report still exist? And, to be clear, it's really a Brady Bunch update, not a remake, as I understand it.
DeleteI prefer to think of it as a remake, because the thought of a divorced Bobby Brady is just too horrible to contemplate.
DeleteItaly and Russia battling for the men's team-sabre fencing gold. Italy is the all-time leader in medals in the sport, and they lead this match, 42-37. First to 45 wins ...
ReplyDeleteItaly wins, and the Italian fencer who clinches it rips off his mask to reveal the following shaved into the back of his hair:
DeleteGOD SAW
THE
Something. I can't make out the bottom.
This was the bronze-medal match--sorry. South Korea gold, Romania silver, Italy bronze.
DeleteI wonder if it said, "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN." That would make some sense.
DeleteMen's individual archery: South Korea gold, Japan silver, China bronze.
ReplyDeleteMen's heavyweight judo: France gold, Russia silver, Germany and Brazil bronze.
Women's heavyweight judo: Cuba gold, Japan silver, Great Britain and China bronze.
Women's 165-pound weightlifting: Kazakhstan gold, Russia silver, Belarus bronze.
Men's 50m prone shooting: Belarus gold, Belgium silver, Slovenia bronze.
Referring to that TV show "Revolution" that NBC keeps promoting -- about what happens if there's no more electricity -- my advice is that if you find yourself in such a world, sign onto the nearest warlord. By pledging fealty to a warlord, you can get your share of the plunder. Otherwise, you're liable to be plundered.
ReplyDeleteOne possibility would be to join the Manning clan. I think Archie, Peyton, and Eli would make great warlords -- in fact, I would predict them to become the dominant clan in the South.
Also, be realistic about your abilities. Not everyone is cut out for pre-modern warfare. And the clans will need other people anyway. You may want to be a scribe, for example. Or a priest. (Although the Manning Clan would probably just have "preachers," not priests.)
DeleteBut try to become as useful as possible -- that way, if your clan is defeated, the conquering clan may employ you instead of simply killing you.
DeleteI'm going to try to get in with whatever clan John Calipari aligns himself with.
DeleteI thought about that. I see him and Pitino as distinctly urban types -- they would dominate politics from behind the scenes in whatever is left of Louisville and Lexington.
DeleteIn fact, you could write a fabulous post-apocalyptic novel about a war between Louisville (and its colonies) and Lexington (and its colonies).
Other women's soccer quarter-finals:
ReplyDeleteSweden 1 - 2 France
Japan 2 - 0 Brazil
France will play Japan, while the United States will take on the winner of Great Britain and Canada. That means that Our Girls will probably face a very hostile crowd in their semi-final match.
Well, Our Girls may not play Great Britain after all. After 12 minutes, Canada bangs home a goal to take a 1-0 lead over the host team.
ReplyDeleteAnd now Canada leads 2-0 after 25 minutes as they score on a lovely free kick (that, in my opinion, the goalkeeper should have caught).
ReplyDeleteCanada leads 2-0 at the half.
ReplyDeleteThe men's single sculls rowing medalists look like a product-marketing team for a software startup: New Zealand gold, Czech Republic silver, Great Britain bronze.
ReplyDeleteMen's quadruple sculls: Germany gold, Croatia silver, Australia bronze. First medal for Croatia!
ReplyDeleteMake all the fun you want of New Zealand, but at least their PR people got it together when it came time to submit photos for NBCOlympics.com. Men's pair rowing: New Zealand gold, France silver, Great Britain bronze.
ReplyDeleteI always like their cycling track outfits.
DeleteThose are great. They look like the bad guys in a Speed Racer.
DeleteWomen's double sculls rowing: Great Britain gold, Australia silver, Poland bronze.
ReplyDeleteMen's trampoline? China gold, Russia silver, China bronze. Yes, trampoline. Men's trampoline.
I saw a little of this. The USA guy literally failed to land on the trampoline.
DeleteI will admit that I am disappointed in the decision to have Bobby divorced.
DeleteMen's 185-pound weightlifting: Poland gold, Russia silver, Iran bronze. Rick Springfield brings home Iran's first medal of the games.
ReplyDeleteWomen's Kieren cycling: Great Britain gold, China silver, Hong Kong bronze. First medal for Hong Kong!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that Team USA is (presumably) getting in some sightseeing in London today.
ReplyDeleteKobe Bryant was at Roger Federer's tennis match today.
DeleteWell, it turned out to be not such a lackluster day for Team ol' U.S. of A., after all.
DeleteWomen's 800m freestyle swimming: United States gold, Spain silver, Great Britain bronze. Congratulations, gold-medal-winning Katie Ledecky of Washington, Md.! At 15, she's the United States' youngest Olympian.
Men's 100m butterfly: United States gold, South Africa and Russia silver. Congratulations, Michael Phelps of Baltimore!
Women's 200m backstroke: United States gold, Russia silver, United States bronze. Congratulations gold-medalist Missy Franklin of Centennial, Colo., and bronze-medalist Elizabeth Beisel of Saunderstown, R.I.!
Men's 50m freestyle: France gold, United States silver, Brazil bronze. Congratulations, Cullen Jones of Irvington, N.J.!
Men's shot put: Poland gold, Germany silver, United States bronze. Congratulations, Reece Hoffa of Evans, Ga.!
Canada eliminates Great Britain from women's soccer with a 2-0 win. This sets up the following semi-finals:
ReplyDeleteUnited States v. Canada
Japan v. France
With 7 minutes to go in the first half, the U.S. women's basketball team leads the Czech Republic 31-30.
ReplyDeleteEarlier today in women's basketball, France beat Great Britain 80-77 in overtime.
ReplyDeleteWith 2:32 left in the first half, the U.S. has pulled out to a 46-36 lead over the Czech Republic.
ReplyDeleteAt halftime, the United States leads the Czech Republic 48-38 in women's basketball.
ReplyDeleteHIP-HIP-HOORAY FOR THE OLYMPICS!
ReplyDeleteWomen's 10,000 meters: Ethiopia gold, Kenya silver, Kenya bronze. First medals for both Ethiopia and Kenya!
ReplyDeleteMedals table:
ReplyDelete1. United States (21 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze)
2. China (20, 13, 9)
3. South Korea (9, 2, 5)
4. Great Britain (8, 6, 8)
5. France (8, 5, 6)
6. Germany (5, 9, 6)
7. Italy (4, 5, 3)
8. North Korea (4, 0, 1)
9. Kazakhstan (4, 0, 0)
10. Russia (3, 12, 8)
11. South Africa (3, 1, 0)
12. New Zealand (3, 0, 3)
13. Japan (2, 8, 11)
14. Cuba (2, 2, 1)
15. Netherlands (2, 1, 3)
16. Hungary (2, 1, 2)
17. Poland (2, 1, 1)
18. Ukraine (2, 0, 4)
19. Australia (1, 9, 4)
20. Romania (1, 4, 2)
21. Brazil (1, 1, 4)
22. Belarus (1, 1, 2)
23. Slovenia (1, 0, 2)
24. Georgia (1, 0, 0)
24. Lithuania (1, 0, 0)
24. Venezuela (1, 0, 0)
24. Ethiopia (1, 0, 0)
28. Mexico (0, 3, 1)
29. Canada (0, 2, 5)
30. Colombia (0, 2, 1)
30. Spain (0, 2, 1)
32. Sweden (0, 2, 0)
32. Czech Republic (0, 2, 0)
34. Denmark (0, 1, 2)
35. Indonesia (0, 1, 1)
35. Norway (0, 1, 1)
35. India (0, 1, 1)
35. Belgium (0, 1, 1)
35. Kenya (0, 1, 1)
35. Mongolia (0, 1, 1)
41. Chinese Taipei (0, 1, 0)
41. Thailand (0, 1, 0)
41. Egypt (0, 1, 0)
41. Croatia (0, 1, 0)
45. Slovakia (0, 0, 3)
46. Serbia (0, 0, 1)
46. Azerbaijan (0, 0, 1)
46. Moldova (0, 0, 1)
46. Uzbekistan (0, 0, 1)
46. Qatar (0, 0, 1)
46. Singapore (0, 0, 1)
46. Greece (0, 0, 1)
46. Iran (0, 0, 1)
46. Hong Kong (0, 0, 1)