New Olympic Sport

More thoughts on the Olympics

Both the US men and women relay teams dropped the baton today which means they don't get to advance beyond the first round. No medal for you!

I can only imagine how many times they've practiced and run other races in which they've successfully transfered the baton. And, the one time that it really, really, really counts, they drop the baton.

Nobody that will watch this tonight on the NBC reply will be more disappointed or more upset about this than the athletes themselves. They will probably relive this race in their minds, over and over again, in the years to come; always with a sinking feeling in the pit of their stomachs.

Tomorrow is another day. This, too, shall pass.

Olympics

I've been watching quite a bit of NBC's coverage of the Olympics lately. A few observations...

It's easy for me to shout, "oops" when a gymnast makes a slight wobble, but I know there's no way that I could even lift my own weight up onto an uneven parallel bar, much less flip around one.

Shawn Johnson has a million dollar smile and is as cute as a button. I'm sure we'll see her on a box of Wheaties soon.

Nastia Liukin should not get as many endorsements as Shawn Johnson, even if she is a better gymnast, because she often has a nasty scowl on her face.

It was very sad to watch her father speaking to a judge about the tie-breaker scoring instead of watching her receive her medal.

And, I thought it was sort of creepy that her dad kissed her on the mouth after every performance.


Watching Eli and Peyton Manning play Hungry Hungry Hippo in the NBC football commercials makes it worthwhile to stick around to actually watch the commercials.

I was disgusted by the pompous behavior of Jamaican runner, Usain Bolt -- thumping his chest and declaring himself the winner, before he even crossed the finish line, during the 100 meter dash.

Watching the NBA superstars play basketball at the Olympics is much more exciting than watching a typical game because they play hard. I seem to recall the 2004 Dream Team biting the dust because they took their normal lackadaisical game to the Olympics.

No matter how high the divers score, I can never tell if they're perfectly straight when entering the water.

Dara Torres, the 41 year old female swimmer, gives hope to middle-aged women everywhere. But, somehow I don't think that my semi-weekly 30-minute workouts at Curves will get me anywhere near as in-shape as Dara.

Giants Win Superbowl XLII

Congratulations, Eli and team!

Gotta love those Manning bros.