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Wii Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
If you just can’t wait for the Beijing Olympics, and you have a Wii, I highly recommend Mario and Sonic at the Olympics. We just picked up the game today. It was a “business expense” I played for a...
View ArticleTen U.S. Olympic Athletes to Watch in Beijing
All Olympic athletes are special, but we all know some are more exciting than others (who else was on the Olympic gymnastics team with Mary Lou Retton?). So, here are ten U.S. Olympic athletes that...
View ArticleHow will the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team fare without the Hamms?
First, the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team lost Paul Hamm to an injury. Then yesterday brother Morgan had to bow out as well because of an injury to his ankle that had not healed in time to compete. So,...
View ArticleSPOILER– U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team Struggles
Bela Karolyi said the U.S. Women didn’t want to finish first in the preliminaries. Well, they didn’t. They did make the final cut but struggled. The team is suffering from some injuries, which is...
View ArticleWhat can you watch tomorrow? Monday, August 11
Late night on NBC you can watch women’s volleyball and women’s 100m breaststroke semifinals. During the day tomorrow, it’s women’s water polo, men’s beach volleyball and more qualifying rounds for...
View Article33 year old gymnast competing in Beijing Summer Olympics
Yes, this year there is a women’s gymnastics competitor who is competing in her FIFTH Olympics. She competed in her first Olympics long before some of these girls were born. Who is she? Oksana...
View ArticleRemember the good old days of the perfect 10?
If you follow gymnastics regularly, last night’s scores probably made perfect sense to you. If you just watch gymnastics during the Olympics, then you were probably thinking, “A 15? What happened to...
View ArticleU.S. Men have a great showing in Olympic Gymnastics
The U.S. men actually led the Chinese in the gymnastics team competition for several rotations tonight. Winning gold was almost an impossibility, but few thought the team could win an Olympic medal,...
View ArticleU.S. Olympic Men’s Gymnastics Team Interview
Thought you might enjoy seeing the men’s gymnastics team interviewed on the Today show after winning the bronze medal.
View ArticleU.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team Falls Short of Olympic Gold
What a difference a night and expectations make. Last night the U.S. men’s gymnastics team was thrilled to take bronze in the Olympic team competition. Since some thought they wouldn’t even make the...
View ArticleChellsie Memmel’s ankle is broken
Before she even attended the Opening Ceremony at the Beijing Olympics, Chellsie Memmel was taken out of contention for the women’s gymnastics all around competition. An injury to her ankle limited her...
View ArticleMen’s gymnastics all around gives China another Olympic gold
Gymnastics is a big sport in China, which is why the Chinese chose Li Ning, who excelled at the Los Angeles Olympics, to light the Olympic torch. So, when Yang Wei won the all around gold last night,...
View ArticleNastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson win Olympic medals in gymnastics
The American women’s gymnastics team was disappointed with a silver medal in the team competition, but the all around competition was another story, altogether. Teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn...
View ArticleI finally got to watch trampoline!
Every Olympics I get somewhat obssessed with some less popular Olympic event. This year I’ve been really interested in trampoline. I wasn’t sure I would even get to see it, as the only place that I...
View ArticleAlicia Sacramone’s score is just another example of why the new gymnastics...
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If you fall down, you shouldn’t medal. When Alicia Sacramone fell off the beam and then had another fall on the floor, I could totally accept that she got...
View ArticleWhy gymnastics scoring sucks– let me count the ways
Well, this is becoming the theme of my Summer Olympics blog— gymnastics scoring sucks! So, here are the reasons I can come up with (feel free to add your own in the comments). 1. Tie breakers— Really?...
View ArticleNastia Liukin victim of weird tie breaking system
As I alluded to in my last post, the new tie breaker system is ridiculous (and I don’t mean in the good sense of the word “ridiculous”). She tied for gold, but received the silver. What was wrong with...
View ArticleA MUCH Better Night for Gymnastics!
There were definitely still areas to quibble about, but tonight the end result was satisfactory. Shawn Johnson finally gets her gold— yea, Shawn! Nastia Liukin adds to her collection with another...
View ArticleHilarious Rhythmic Gymnastics Video
Matt Lauer and Al Roker performing men’s tandem rhythmic gymnastics.
View ArticleNastia Liukin’s Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medal Creates Golden Opportunities
Nastia Liukin’s gold medal in the all around competition in Women’s gymnastics is marketing gold for her. It has opened up all kinds of doors for her. I still expect her teammate Shawn Johnson to make...
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