
After the long (4 year lol) wait...
THE OLYMPICS ARE FINALLY BACK!!! The Opening ceremonies in Beijing were nothing but amazing!! I think its safe to say that China's fireworks are better than ours lol take a look....


Anywho..on to the games. Because there is so much controversy surrounding the Olympics and participants taking performance enhancers every year, I have lost interest. However, one of the few things I'm actually looking forward to this year is seeing if
Michael Phelps can achieve the record of the most medals in a single Olympic Games. 4 years ago in Athens he tied the record with seven medals. This year, as the favorite in every event hes participating in, if all goes according to plan, he could return home (to Baltimore) with eight. Cool. And it doesn't hurt that he's pretty hot and I just like to look at him lol.

The other thing I'm looking forward to is our so-called
"Redeem Team" which is supposed to get U.S. Men's Basketball out of this horrible downward spiral they are currently in. Take a look at them:

I was on the "Redeem Team" band wagon until I watched the
Russians almost beat them in an exhibition game by simply not rebounding offensively and sending 4 men back to stop the fast break. If its that easy for the Russians to nearly steal a win, how will Team USA hold up against the elite teams of the world such as
Pau Gasol's Spanish team,
Manu Ginobili's Argentenians, and the other medal favorite team: the
Greeks? I don't know, but I'm definitely gonna watch each game to see. Sure, we have the most talented team by far, there are nothing but NBA all-stars onthe team. But I think its safe to say we are the least experienced and least disciplined when it comes to international basketball and FIBA rules. For the sake of all the players on the team who have GUARANTEED a gold medal for the US, I sure hope they were right. I'll be roooting for them either way.You may be wondering why I'm not looking forward to the women's basketball games. That is because, quite frankly, with the exception of a few individual players from other countries, the U.S. is still the mecca forwomen's basketball, and noone else is even close yet, so unless I hear otherwise, I probably won't tune in.
I'm sure there will be other developing stories throughout the games that capture my attention. But for now, Michael Phelps and our "Redeem Team" are all that interest me.