July 9, 2008 8:47 PM
Beijing's Pandas Prefer Dirk
I have promised hard-hitting reporting here at The Rocky's Summer Olympics blog. I have promised to delve deeper into the conscience of this country. I have promised to connect faces to the big ideas that are changing this nation and the world. But I never expected to pull off a scoop like this, a Rocky exclusive that even Brian Fantana could be proud of. So prepare yourself:The pandas at the Beijing Zoo support the Dallas Mavericks.
I'll let you take a second to pick your jaw up off the floor.
Yes, it's an unconscionable act of betrayal for the pandas that reside in the Olympic Games Panda House at the Beijing Zoo. Eight of them play in a single habitat, climbing in the trees, gnawing on bamboo and splashing in a small pool. But meanwhile, they kick back with a basketball with a Mavs logo, instead of one from the Houston Rockets, the team of their fellow countryman, Yao Ming.
Maybe things are changing faster here in China than I thought.
Your full size, side-by-side photo:
[Mid-afternoon Beijing/late-night Denver update: China's Wang Zhizhi did play for the Mavs during the 2001-2002 season, when the Mavs' logo changed to its current form. Faith in this country has been restored, and this ends up as even more of a Brian Fantana-type scoop than I ever could have imagined.]
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