***2024 Olympics Thread***
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MBB bracket has been drawn:
Tuesday, 8/6
4 a.m. (CT) - #2 Germany (Weiler-Babb) vs #8 Greece
11 a.m. - #3 Canada (Ejim) vs #5 France
7:30 a.m. - #4 Serbia vs #6 Australia
2:30 p.m. - #1 USA (Haliburton) vs #7 Brazil
Thursday, 8/8
TBA - GER/GRE vs CAN/FRA
TBA - SRB/AUS vs USA/BRA
Saturday, 8/10
4 a.m. - Bronze Medal
2:30 p.m. - Gold Medal
Tuesday, 8/6
4 a.m. (CT) - #2 Germany (Weiler-Babb) vs #8 Greece
11 a.m. - #3 Canada (Ejim) vs #5 France
7:30 a.m. - #4 Serbia vs #6 Australia
2:30 p.m. - #1 USA (Haliburton) vs #7 Brazil
Thursday, 8/8
TBA - GER/GRE vs CAN/FRA
TBA - SRB/AUS vs USA/BRA
Saturday, 8/10
4 a.m. - Bronze Medal
2:30 p.m. - Gold Medal
Why does 1 play the 7 and 2 play the 8? Don't love a Serbia rematch. With Jokic anything is possible
Resetting the ISU representatives:
South Sudan MBB (Shayok) - 1-2, 3rd in group, 9th overall
Puerto Rico MBB (Conditt) - 0-3, 4th in group, 12th overall
Australia 3x3 (Mansfield) - 4-3 in pool, lost in first round, 5th overall
Canada WBB (Carleton) - final pool game tomorrow vs Nigeria (6:30 a.m. CT); currently 0-2 in group
Kenya T&F (Kurgat) - Men's 5K first round on Wed 8/7
South Sudan MBB (Shayok) - 1-2, 3rd in group, 9th overall
Puerto Rico MBB (Conditt) - 0-3, 4th in group, 12th overall
Australia 3x3 (Mansfield) - 4-3 in pool, lost in first round, 5th overall
Canada WBB (Carleton) - final pool game tomorrow vs Nigeria (6:30 a.m. CT); currently 0-2 in group
Kenya T&F (Kurgat) - Men's 5K first round on Wed 8/7
Anyone else have to explain to their parents why players like Giannis and Jokic don't play for team USA and when you do they still don't understand?
It doesn't help that his attitude is not very endearing.
I listened to a long NYT interview with him a few weeks ago and came away liking him less. Compare to someone like say Hakeem with a similar journey who just seems like the greatest guy ever in every interview I've ever heard.
I'm not sold on AD as being the lynchpin of a championship franchise, but on a team full of amazing shooters and scorers he's a pretty ideal player to have around the basket. Same for Bam.
I thought Danny Harris snapped Edwin Moses’ winning streak before the 1984 Olympics, but it was June 4, 1987. They did finish 1st and 2nd at the 1984 Olympics.Danny Harris from ISU won silver in the men’s 400 meter hurdles that same year.
Harris was a football recruit. With his initial times as a freshman in the 400 hurdles, it was clear that he might be the one to snap Edwin Moses’ years-long winning streak—which was probably the biggest news in track at that time.
I think he was the one to do it, not long before the 1984 Olympics, but finished 2nd to him there.
Nawal El Moutawakel was petite, but obviously fast. I remember her in the Beyer weight room doing situps on the Universal machines—with the board at the steepest incline—quickly—as if running the hurdles.
Nawal El Moutawakel - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
From the NY Times archives:
So the streak was a decade long.
The picture of Harris beating Moses was on the front page, lower right.
I believe this article link is accessible:
MOSES' STREAK IS ENDED AT 122 (Published 1987)
The only reason I wouldn’t be sold on AD is health. A healthy AD is top 3 players in the league. So good on both ends of the court. But the best ability is availability and boy is that an issue for him.
AD is the second-best big man in the league behind Joker (when healthy). He’s great around the basket, can shoot the 3, and is an above-average post defender. Agreed, his health and passing has held him back from true greatness.
I just watched the mixed 4x400 .. what a finish for NED/Bol. What a race overall.
She was flying. Made up so much ground in the last 150m.
Are they OK? It's not that complicated.
When Brown came out of that first turn after the exchange, I thought it might be over ... but, wow.
The thing I see him do the most is fall down.
He seems to have flashes of being physically dominant but then is on the ground soon after.
