August 23, 2008 7:45 PM
USA-Spain, Now Live
The USA-Spain men's basketball final will actually air live in Denver at 12:30 am Mountain time. Forget about the TiVo; you might want to watch this one live.Three notes before the Game starts: here's the new Nike spot for Team USA that's airing here in China. Aside from the LeBron-Yao Coke ad, it's the only TV ad airing in China right now that features non-Chinese athletes:
>Now, to briefly put this game in perspective, consider the cover of Spanish sports daily Marca today. "If we win or we lose, we do it for you all," it says. It's referring to Spain's greatest men's basketball achievement: the team's silver medal in the 1984 Olympics.
They've played in 10 Games, and that's their only medal. Meanwhile, the U.S. has played in 16 Olympics and won 15 medals.
>As for the Chinese: you can be sure that they'll be tuning into this game. Baseball may be our national pastime, but in two months here, I've learned that there is nothing the Chinese consider more American than basketball. They're the current leaders in total gold medals, but this is the one that every Jordan-wearing Beijinger really wanted to win.
August 23, 2008
10:43 PM
raphael writes:
I love the olympics games