[KR...]

SPOILERS

Just highlight the post to read:

Basketball Results:

Group A
China Beats New Zealand 69-62
Serbia and Montenegro Beats Italy 74-72

Group B
Australia Beats Angola 83-59
Lithuania Beats Puerto Rico 98-90

 

[Gariver]

Oh, boy!

Lithuania beats Puerto Rico 98 to 90.

They were incredibly good from 3 point range: 16 of 30 (53%)! That's the key for a gold or silver medal in basketball! Team USA, in contrast, is shooting just 12% from 3 point range.

Lithuania is really good! At the Sydney Olympics, USA beat Lithuania by just 2 points (85 to 83). And, of course, basketball crazy Lithuania was the 2003 European Champion. So that's the team to watch.

Here's the stats for that game...
http://www.nbcolympics.com/results/5040838/detail.html

For Puerto Rico, guards Carlos Arroyo and Elias Ayuso each had 25 points. Not enough! &#@$&

The best place to follow the Olympics is NBC. Here's the link...
http://www.nbcolympics.com

 

[KR...]

Here is a great and funny article about the games:

http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/news;_yl...ters&type=lgns

 

[Gariver]

Weird and unlikely alliances pop up in sports every once in a while. How about this one? Rock-band The Grateful Dead and Lithuania's Olympic Basketball Team! Here's the jist of it: Grateful Dead Merchandizing helped raise money to send Lithuania's B-team to the Barcelona Olympics. They sold tie-dyed T-Shirts to raise money.

http://www.dead.net/almanac/vol3_3/page6/

Puerto Rico's Yao Ming...
Peter John Ramos is just a youngster at the olympics, but he is 7'-3"! He helped Puerto Rico win a Gold Medal at the Under 21 world basketball tournament held in Canada a few months ago! Not bad!

 

[soundboy]

Sarunas Marciulionis was
quite the player when he was playing for the Golden State Warriors. Ahhh....those Run TMC days!!

 

[KR...]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gariver Weird and unlikely alliances pop up in sports every once in a while. How about this one? Rock-band The Grateful Dead and Lithuania's Olympic Basketball Team! Here's the jist of it: Grateful Dead Merchandizing helped raise money to send Lithuania's B-team to the Barcelona Olympics. They sold tie-dyed T-Shirts to raise money. http://www.dead.net/almanac/vol3_3/page6/ Puerto Rico's Yao Ming... Peter John Ramos is just a youngster at the olympics, but he is 7'-3"! He helped Puerto Rico win a Gold Medal at the Under 21 world basketball tournament held in Canada a few months ago! Not bad!

I belive he is only 18 or 19, or about to turn 19 or just turn 19

 

[Gariver]

Boy, KR! You are really sharp! That's right: Peter John Ramos is 18 going on 19!

PR's national basketball team found this poverty-striken youngster in Spanish Harlem (NYC), and they brought him to PR to teach him how to play basketball, etc. So far, so good. He is learning the ropes. Right now, NBA scouts are watching him and making $$$ offers. Good for him!

 

[SBomm]

If the American NBA players are so bad at the Olympics why are other nations, like China, using NBA coaches?

 

[daycart1]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBomm If the American NBA players are so bad at the Olympics why are other nations, like China, using NBA coaches?

The coaches are pretty good; it is some of the players who are lazy bums.

 

[stymie miasma]

For those following the cycling, in particular, the mountain biking:

Belgian mountain bike rider and current world champion Filip Meirhaeghe has quit cycling after he tested postive for epo - the story here.

Quite the upset!

 

[Gariver]

Forget all the other sports! Watch the pretty gymnasts! They are so beautiful!

 

[SBomm]

Women's Beach Volleyball

 

[chan130]

For cycling fans, Tyler Hamilton won the gold medal in the time trial ahead of Viatcheslav Ekimov and Bobby Julich. Ullrich came in 7th.

some links:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004...ts/road_men_tt - men's time trial
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004...ad_men_tt_live - live coverage (cyclingnews)

http://www.tylerhamilton.com/ - tribute to Tugboat, pics of Tyler's back after TDF crash, link to pics of Tyler's TT bike.

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Fri times for men's basketball (Athens time):
Serbia & Montenegro - New Zealand09:00 - 10:45
Italy - Spain11:15 - 13:00
United States - Australia14:30 - 16:15
Puerto Rico - Angola16:45 - 18:30
Argentina - China20:00 - 21:45
Greece - Lithuania22:15 - 00:00

 

[KR...]

or Diving

Basketball for tomorrow:

Olympics: Events for Day 19
2:00 am New Zealand vs. Serbia and Montenegro (Men)
4:15 am Spain vs. Italy (Men)
7:30 am Australia vs. United States (Men)
9:45 am Angola vs. Puerto Rico (Men)
1:00 pm China vs. Argentina (Men)
3:15 pm Lithuania vs. Greece (Men)


Olympics: TV Schedule for Day 19
2-4 am ET Men: Serbia vs. New Zealand MSNBC
7-10 am ET Men: USA vs. Australia (live) USA
1-3 pm ET Men: Argentina vs. China (live) MSNBC
1-8 pm ET Men: Puerto Rico vs. Angola (live) Telemundo
Men: Argentina vs. China (live) Telemundo

 

[SBomm]

Mine is a real Olympics photo.