Armchair Coach: America Wins By Showing Passion At The Olympic Games

For the past two weeks many of us have watched the Olympics with great interest. I am sure many of you, like myself, have been paying attention to the race with China in the medal count. The USA finished the games with more medals than China 110-100. Unfortunately the USA was unable to keep up with China in the gold medal count, with China winning 51-36. Continue reading Armchair Coach: America Wins By Showing Passion At The Olympic Games

Wasting Time: An Ode To The Olympics

Since the Olympics are in full swing this week, I figured people might be interested in getting past the hump by watching something Olympics related. Here is an old Monty Python video making fun of the Olympics by coming up with ridiculous events. After watching sports like beach volleyball, it makes me wish that some of these were real. Especially the swimming event for non-swimmers.

After watching this, what crazy events would you like to see in the Olympics? And no, don’t say badminton, because it’s already an Olympic sport. It’s just never televised.

Beijing Messes With Baseball Tradition

Olympics and baseball just don’t jive.

In a story by the Associated Press extra-inning games in Beijing are turning our supposed past-time into a mockery due to time constraints for the viewing audience.

How so? If a game goes to the 11th inning (and beyond) then runners will automatically start at 1st and 2nd base. In addition, teams may start at any point in the batting order.

“For example, a team that opts to lead off with its No. 3 hitter would begin with its No. 1 batter on second base and its No. 2 hitter on first with no outs. The 12th inning and beyond would begin where the previous lineup left off, with the two hitters ahead of the batter scheduled to lead off that inning being placed on first and second bases.”

Baseball and softball have been nixed in the 2012 Olympics. Why bother in Beijing if we are going to clobber the most exciting part of the game?