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CHEERS FOR THE BADMINTON BAN (10:51 ET): "Some might say they were only being smart, trying to ensure they would face a weaker opponent in the next round. They would say, correctly, that the eight women broke no rules, only the spirit of the rules. But that alone is enough to banish them. The spirit of the Games is to rise to the occasion, to test yourself, to beat the best. Lazily batting serves into a net is what a 5-year-old might do, not an Olympian." (USA TODAY Sports' Christine Brennan -- read the full column here.)
MMM, THAT'S GOOD TROLLING (10:38 ET): "Proud 2 watch the 'Fab Five' perform & bring home the gold! Who would have thought that the 'Fab Five' could it get it done." (Bobby Hurley, via Twitter)
THAT'S THE SPIRIT (10:03 ET): The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, got stuck on a zipline. This is a hilarious visual. (via ITV, h/t National Post's Bruce Arthur)
NO SURPRISE: TONS OF PEOPLE WATCHED THE OLYMPICS LAST NIGHT (9:54 ET): "Putting last night's Olympic 24.0 NBC overnight rating in context: Game 5 of the NBA Finals this year, got a 12.6 overnight rating?.
"Last night's Olympics overnight rating: 24.0. Overnight rating for Tim Tebow & the Broncos Wildcard victory over Pitt: 25.9?
"NBC's overnight rating for last night's Olympic coverage was 6X bigger than the overnight rating for Game 6 of the 2012 Stanley Cup Finals." (ESPN's Darren Rovell, via Twitter)
BADMINTON JOKES, CONT'D (9:50 ET): "Oh my God athletes tanking to gain a competitive advantage, screamed the NBA fan." (Wall Street Journal's Jason Gay, via Twitter)
BADMINTON JOKES, CONT'D (9:45 ET): "Americans will NOT TOLERATE match throwing in a sport we play at barbecues unless you are facing your 7-year-old niece." (NJ.com's Steve Politi, via Twitter)
BADMINTON JOKES, CONT'D (9:44 ET): "Did not see that Badminton grift coming?.then again, you never do." (NBC Sports Network's Ron Wechsler, via Twitter)
CYCLING MOM FTW (9:43 ET): "Kristin Armstrong won gold in the women's time trial 22 months after giving birth to her son Lucas. She told me last month that her dream was to bring Lucas onto the podium with her if she won gold. Per Bonnie Ford of ESPN, who is there: 'She held him on the podium after the anthem, then he toddled after her as she got off. Off the charts on adorable scale.'" (USA TODAY Sports' Nicole Auerbach)
BADMINTON JOKES, CONT'D (9:40 ET): "Tanking so you can be better prepared for the elimination rounds? Bill Polian sees nothing wrong with it." (Deadspin's Drew Magary, via Twitter)
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