More Olympic News

Oh, great, they did show Olympic synchronized swimming in primetime after all - the team competition, as if it mattered. I don't know if Tracie Ruiz-Conforto is still smiling; she was off-screen all the time. :-p (By the way, typing "stupid" and "synchronized swimming" in Google yields 1,890 results.)

Meanwhile, the International Federation of Gymnastics has written to Paul Hamm saying that, even though the all-around scoring error wasn't his fault, they'd really, really, really, really appreciate it he gave his gold medal to South Korean competitor Yang Tae Young. The Americans have been pointing out that a mistake can't be corrected after the competition is over, and Paul Hamm insists he followed the rules, but it doesn't look like the controversy is going away.

Another U.S. men's team sports embarrassment: The U.S. men's basketball team lost to Argentina, 89-81, and lost their chance for a gold medal as well. Meanwhile, the U.S. baseball team could only watch from home as the Cubans won the gold medal. But surely, there's always 2008 for our boys to prove themselves again, right? Maybe not; rumor has it that baseball might be eliminated as an Olympic event before then.

Though, I'm sure, both the Americans and the Cubans will object. The U.S. and Cuba can't get along at all, but if there's one thing they agree on, it's baseball.