Wednesday, July 25, 2012

London, Baby!

Just three more days till the Games begin, and I am so excited! Competition in Women's (or should I say, Justin Bieber-loving girls) Gymnastics begins at Zero Dark Thirty Sunday morning London time. I digress, but that is the one thing that completely stinks about these Games being in London. NOTHING will be shown Live.

So, unless you're a loser like me who will watch the live stream online, you will already know the outcome when NBC airs the good stuff in the evening. Anyway, back to gymnastics...
Photo courtesy USA Gymnastics © John Cheng / Brian Freed

Barring any 2008 Alicia Sacramone-type performances, Team USA should win the gold. I do feel bad for Alicia though. Training four more years for redemption and not making the team has got to be disappointing. I guess now she has more time to devote to Brady Quinn, especially since I doubt he will be the starting QB for anyone this fall.  These little chickadees are pretty awesome, despite the fact that some of them come across like they are wanting to star in the next "Mean Girls" movie.

 And, what is with Kobe running off his mouth? Really, Kobe? You could beat the Dream Team? Really? What are you smoking?
Photo: Andrew D. Bernstein/ NBAE/ Getty Images
Michael. Larry. Magic. Sir Charles. (Insert other names here.)
They were the Best. Team. Ever.


Day 1 we have swimming to look forward to with NBC's much-hyped Phelps/Lochte rivalry. I don't know if they can top the edge of your seat excitement in Beijing, but we'll see.
photo from voxxi.com

The Men's Diving Team finally has a guy (David Boudia) with a chance to beat the Chinese.
Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images

Last, but not least, I can't forget to mention Mike's favorite Olympic event...
photo from smosh.com
I'm sure he already has the DVR set. Why spend $350 for tickets to "O" at the Bellagio in Vegas? (Did you know more than a dozen performers in "O" were former synchro Olympians?? Check the website, it's there.) Just curl up on the couch with a bucket of Orville Reddenbacher and enjoy the show from your living room. I know Mike will be :-)
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