USA 118, Spain 107

Spain brought its A game to the final, but so did Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade and Team USA prevails in a rather exciting fourth quarter. I maintain that this was LeBron’s team but in the final he was Kevin Garnett to Bryant’s Paul Pierce — the glue, but willing to let the hotter hand [...]

US Hoops, On the Way

The US men’s basketball team thumps Spain and looks like a world-beater. LeBron is on a mission. (Pau Gasol, by the way, is still a wimp.)

Diamond Strategy 101

Could Davey Johnson be any more of a jerk? Yes, it’s unfortunate that one of the US baseball team’s key guys got hurt while executing a bunt in the team’s loss to Cuba. But the Cuban pitcher is in no way at fault. It’s just fundamental that when a guy squares around, the pitcher goes [...]

Chinese Soccer

Just when you thought there wasn’t harder-to-sell crowd out there than the American soccer fan, along come the Chinese. Hi-larious.

U.S. 2, Netherlands 2

The U.S. men’s soccer team ties in group action. Sideline Views has the blow-by-blow. Our guys couldn’t hold off a late push by the Dutch for the equalizer. Freddy Adu is out of the next game on yellows.