Led by Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade, USA Basketball can once again say that it is the best team in the world (Image courtesy of New York Daily News).
However, Spain’s NBA All-Star Pau Gasol, his brother Marc Gasol, future NBA player (one would assume) Ricky Rubio, and Juan Carlos Navarro did not make it easy [...]
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USA Basketball Olympic Redeem Team Wins Gold v. Spain: 118-107
August 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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2008 Olympics Gymnastics: China’s He Kexin 16? Nastia Liukin and U.S. Gymnastics to Get Gold?
August 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Is this the face of a 16 year old Gold Medalist in China’s He Kexin? (image courtesy of the Telegraph)
Still, days after USA’s Nastia Liukin tied scores, but landed a second place finish on the uneven bars through a questionable tiebreaker and the USA Women’s Gymnastics team took second in the team competition to a [...]
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Nastia Liukin Wins Olympic All-Around Gold, Johnson Takes Silver
August 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
And then there were three.
Mary Lou Retton
Carly Patterson
Nastia Liukin
With her Gold medal winning finish in today’s Women’s All-Around Gymnastics competition, Nastia Liukin became the third U.S. woman to ever win All-Around Gold at the summer games.
With her friend, roommate, and teammate Shawn Johnson taking Silver after a dramatic, clutch performance in the floor exercise, the [...]
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