tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post3662036642557968613..comments2024-02-29T23:31:03.341-05:00Comments on Out Of Left Field: Olympic Basketball, the World vs the NBA...sorry, USAsagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-6948009700997589942008-08-06T13:17:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:17:00.000-04:00The official Olympic site is God awful, yes. To ge...The official Olympic site is God awful, yes. To get the line-ups you have to go to "schedule and results" on the left column, then click on the sport you are interested in, then click on the country's team that you want to see.<BR/><BR/>I actually contemplated a full post on this subject, but the Olympics have really dropped the ball on the Internet end of things. Not just in China, but the last couple cycles as well.<BR/><BR/>Thing is, at the time the 2000 Games were widely praised as having some of the best Internet coverage available. The problem is that the IOC took the template they used in Australia and are pretty much still using it eight years later. It was a little noticeable in Athens, more so in Turin and it's just embarrassing now. Hopefully, they will take a look at things in time for Vancouver.Duane Rollinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512076277116230020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-73605077809104409372008-08-06T13:05:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:05:00.000-04:00Isn't that always the way in Canada ... you can't ...Isn't that always the way in Canada ... you can't have a conversation about basketball without someone swinging the subject around to soccer.<BR/><BR/>Fiasco, Bucholtz!sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-79788223098225822772008-08-06T13:01:00.000-04:002008-08-06T13:01:00.000-04:00I'd cheer for Spain, but I'm still mad that they b...I'd cheer for Spain, but I'm still mad that they beat my beloved Germany in Euro 2008...Andrew Bucholtzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156615450275929751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-23482628900606658152008-08-06T12:48:00.000-04:002008-08-06T12:48:00.000-04:00I'll actually be cheering for Spain myself, mainly...I'll actually be cheering for Spain myself, mainly yes because of Calderon but it's hard to cheer against a guy like that, and the Spaniards really do have a quality team they've put together. It'll be interesting to see what happens with this tournament...Mike Radoslavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00186979931088512463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-52234311491320375182008-08-06T12:39:00.000-04:002008-08-06T12:39:00.000-04:00No word of a lie: FIBA.com lists José Calderón's c...No word of a lie: <A HREF="http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/men/teamPlay/team/p/eventid//fixeddate//langlc//roundid/4004/teamnumber/362/fe_teamPlay_teamRost.html" REL="nofollow">FIBA.com</A> lists José Calderón's current club as Toronto Raptors, NBA (USA).sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16538424.post-32648107096939094042008-08-06T12:34:00.000-04:002008-08-06T12:34:00.000-04:00Someone else said it first, but if the USA had bee...Someone else said it first, but if the USA had been playing Spain yesterday, they lose by 20.<BR/><BR/>Should we adopt Spain as our official basketball nation for the games?<BR/><BR/>Btw, the <A HREF="http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/basketball/" REL="nofollow">official website</A> for the Olympic basketball tournament is worse than useless ... it doesn't list the schedule or the rosters, that I can see. You have to go somewhere else to find it.sagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757652892056684490noreply@blogger.com