Glad to see Team USA reclaim the gold in Men's Basketball. Spain gave them a heck of a fight but like true champions, they still prevailed

The US Boxing team won 1 bronze medal. That's it. Has boxing the the USA has become a dead sport; take over by UFC?

I like how they put all the gold medals around the coaches neck.

Why oh why does London have a red bus as its mascot?

It's like something off a kids TV show


Been a great Olympics though.

Phelps and Bolt.....both absolutely awesome and a great show form Great Britain,4th in the medals table!

I'm a very proud chap tonight

Any of our UK alums going to the 2012 Games in London? I REALLY wished New York City would have gotten it

Of all the wonderful landmarks in London, they pick the bus? What about Big Ben, or London Bridge, Buckingham Palace. The bus? it's so.....pedestrian

Taekwondo did not have a good Olympics - first with the Protest controversy and then the article pasted by IM above. Not good news for the sport going forward in terms of Olympic participation...

I would like to go to the Games in 2012 but i imagine tickets,travel and accomadation prices will go through the roof that summer.

How far from London are you Yogi?

300 miles or so Irish,give or take a few!

It's a 4 hour train journey.

Yeah that's kinda long but you could always make your reservations today

Good idea,good idea

I was in Atlanta in '92 when they were preparing for the '96 Games. There were a dozen or so large hotels being built in the surrounding area and they were all booked already for the Olympics...at scandalous rates, I'm sure.

By the way, I thought NBC did an outstanding job covering the Olympics this year. I watched more than I had planned and it was partly due to the excellence in coverage. They provided compelling camera angles and commentary. I don't care for diving, but the instant replays from every conceivable perspective made it interesting.

Watching the close up of Bolt sprinting from the camera that races along the side track with him on hi-def big screen makes you think you're running with him.

[quote=klydon1By the way, I thought NBC did an outstanding job covering the Olympics this year. . [/quote]

Kly, I guess I didn't watch enough, or I watched at the wrong time. All I remember about the Olympics is beach volley ball ad nauseum, indoor volleyball, water polo. It seemed every time I turned on the TV I was watching volleyball. I saw some gymnastics, diving and track. I wish I saw some of the lesser sports. Just show me the highlights, the winners and the USA losers. There were no human interest stories from other countries. I would like to have seen the bronze medal winner from Mauritius or Moldive. I don't need to see slo-mo over and over again of a kill shot in volleyball. All they do is hug after every point. BORING! And Bob Costas, what color contact lenses are you wearing tonight? Sorry, I was turned off.

There were no human interest stories from other countries. [/quote]

I'm not a big fan of the human interest stories. That's why I liked the coverage. And I thought they did a good job limiting the studio time, and focusing on the events. Again, I certainly wasn't glued to the set, but I found myself watching events that I would never watch otherwise just because it was taking place in the Olympics.

It was kind of ironic that the US lost the softball gold in the last softball game. A big reason that the sport was voted out was because the US had been dominating it. In light of Japan's win, I will bet that the sport returns in 2016.

Yes. like literally killed. He was murdered while he was in a store in Columbia. They announced this while the playoff round was on. Now, I'm not going to speculate if it was drug lords who killed him because they lost a bet or just a disgruntled fan. But he was indeed killed.

I have been thinking about posting a a thread of the hottest 2008 olympians. Perhaps I will do it sometime soon. I have done that already in other forums.

DS, I saw what was obviously a rerun of Letterman last night, and he had a bit on about the Olympics with various members of the US team. Steven Lopez was on and I thought of you.

That's cool, SB!

Biff from Letterman with the Olympic hopefuls

Here's the You Tube video of the sketch, DS. Steven Lopez is at 2:25.

That was great. I always enjoy the Biff pieces.