The Olympics are here
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I saw Djokovic won the gold in tennis. He is the GOAT. Good for him.
I watched the ceremony when the Ukrainian women won a gold medal in saber the women had their hands over their heart and sang their national anthem. I was truly moved. Things like this are the Olympics at their best.
Everyone in the world knows about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have a large Ukrainian population here in Sacramento whenever I see them I try to tell them pray for Ukraine. There's a large Russian population here as well and they're opposed to the war as well. It makes me happy to know that Russia was barred from competing in the Olympics.
Everyone in the world knows about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have a large Ukrainian population here in Sacramento whenever I see them I try to tell them pray for Ukraine. There's a large Russian population here as well and they're opposed to the war as well. It makes me happy to know that Russia was barred from competing in the Olympics.
The war sucks. It’s stupid. And we provoked it.
Biden is an absolute freaking disaster on the World stage.
Well the USA made an inspired comeback in the 4th quarter and beat Serbia 95/91 played like the legend he is with 36 points including 9/14 from 3 point range. LeBron played like he was one of the all time greatest players which he is. Joel Embiid finally stepped up
Now it's on to the gold medal against France. Playing in Paris there's going to be a lot of emotion in this game. One thing is certain the world has caught up with us in hoops.
Now it's on to the gold medal against France. Playing in Paris there's going to be a lot of emotion in this game. One thing is certain the world has caught up with us in hoops.
A bunch of future Hall of Fame basketball dudes almost got beat by 5 white guys from a war torn nation.
The fastest women in the 200 ran Track at Harvard, but has a masters from Texas in public health. Our longhorn came in 2nd from St Lucia behind her.
😔 😭 I don't care if he's white Nikola Jokic is a bad ass probably the best player in the world just ask LeBron and Steph.
And Jokic only scored 17. Curry had to dump in 36. We have gone from the 80s-90s NBA where we bang it out in the paint and hit the three to keep the D from collapsing, to playing Euro-trash ball where we jack 3 pointers all night and play no D.
And we DAMN NEAR got our asses beat.
We have been playing Serbia alot of late, I think 3 or 4 games in a row. Joker is no joke, but when it comes to euro ball they adapt to it which is not what old school cats want to see.
Great comeback by USA, but Serbia ran out of gas. Jokic didn't play well and was in foul trouble. Of course it would've been an upset, but a mild one. This isn't David and Goliath. Here's some recent Serbia basketball history:
During the 1990s war Yugoslavia was represented by Serbia and Montenegro
During the 1990s war Yugoslavia was represented by Serbia and Montenegro
- Yugoslavia 1996 OLY Silver
- Yugoslavia 1998 FIBA gold
- Yugoslavia 2002 FIBA gold (beat USA)
- Serbia 2010 FIBA 4th place
- Serbia 2014 FIBA silver (crushed by USA)
- Serbia 2016 OLY Silver (lost 94-91 to USA in group stage, 96-66 in title game)
- Serbia 2019 FIBA (beat USA 94-89 in 5th place game)
- Serbia 2023 FIBA Silver (without Jokic)
Indeed. Longhorn Julien Alfred win gold and silver in 100/200.
Longhorn Ryan Crouser with now 3 Olympic golds in the shot put. He broke the shot put WR first in 2021. The old WR record was held since 1990 by Aggie Randy Barnes. Aggies won Olympic shot put gold in 1968 (Randy Matson), 1992 (Mike Stulce) and 1996 (Barnes).
I didn't know she was a Longhorn. That was a mismatch - alot of hype around Jacarri from Dallas, but a total stomping - impressive!
Well, if you ask the self-(all of the above) Bron he will tell you he is the best.
Yugoslavia would wipe the floor with our squad...if they didn't kill each other first
Jokic
Doncic
Vucevic
Saric
That's a pretty salty starting 4....then add in all of their role players??? Over
I'm not sure I understand what your point is. But LeBron has said that Jokic is the best. Hell the 5 best players in the NBA are foreigners.
Sometimes heart overcomes talent. In this case the talent woke up just in time. Steph and Durant were unreal in the last 7 mins.
My point is that Bron is a self-absorbed douche bag and he can't wait for an opportunity to say he is the greatest of all time or how great of a player and human is. I can't believe people like that guy....he is decidedly insufferable.
Like him or not LeBron is the best player of his generation. And by that I mean players born in the 80's. Only Steph can compare to him.
Now getting to the gold medal game. This is a home game for the French. And in a game this big the emotions are going to running hot. Victor Wembenyama is certain to be one of the greatest players of all time. 3 of the first 6 picks in the draft are from France.
To be honest European players are just as good as American players and they come in being more mature, more battle tested, and no AAU. I can't wait for this game.
They have a picture online of them too....damn 90s.....
Well, I don’t like him. At all. He’s fake as shit like most millionaire holier than thou liberals.
And he never reads past the first page of a book.
Might be a mental problem if you care this much about the political viewpoints of a basketball player
In spite of all that, his resume speaks for itself. Just because you dont like the guy doesn't take away from his accomplishments. He is arrogant, for sure, most nba players are, and he backs it up. Most folks dont back up their arrogance though.
Nice gold medal for the women soccer team, I mean kickball team.
I swear the US mens team would dominate in soccer too if we gave a crap. Girls they basically have softball (we dominate) and basketball (we dominate) the rest of the best female athletes pretty much play soccer (and they dominate).
on the men's side, we pretty dominate in every sport we care about. Football and basketball. looking at olympics we see the US leads in gold, silver and bronze medals. We have the best athletes on the planet as a whole, when we care.
Well the French hung in there it was only 3 points with 3 minutes to go. But then avalanche started and we won going away. Steph Curry picked the right time to get hot and there's no question we're still the best. Since the United States started to allow NBA players to play in the Olympics this was our best team since the dream team. And did you notice this Steph is 36, Durant is 35, and LeBron is 40. There are other players in their 30's.
USA all the way.
USA all the way.
Nobody would know his political viewpoints if he never opened his mouth about it.
Like Michael Jordan once said "Republicans buy shoes too".
Limited supply of male athletes in any country.
In England- the best male athletes play soccer. The 2nd tier play rugby.
After that it's sports that require minimal talent- cricket- polo- lawn bowling etc.
In Spain the best male athletes play soccer and basketball. After that it's tennis and bullfighting.
Germany- France- Italy- Portugal- Belgium-- all the best athletes play 1 sport (mostly) and then there's a drop off in talent. Ever seen the British men's basketball team?
Know why you haven't?
The BEST male athletes in America play football. Then basketball and baseball are the 2nd runner ups. By the time you get to the leftovers for soccer- you've got 3rd tier athletes. Our women's sports don't have football to steal from the athletic pool-- so they kill in soccer.
If you had Barry Sanders, Randy Moss, Darrell Green, Herschell walker, Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders, Charles Woodson--- dudes like that- playing soccer from 4 years old up until they were grown ass men- just mail us the fvcking world cup and the Olympic Gold medal for the next 100 years.
Sure- Christiano Ronaldo is/was a great player-- but as an athlete- he couldn't hold Randy Moss's jock strap with a ****ing fork lift.
Messi-- all time great- as an athlete- Barry Sanders start/stop speed makes Messi look pedestrian. And who is going to have the balls (literally) to try and foot tackle Bo Jackson? Nobody. Why? Because nobody would catch him.
"But Clob, running while you're dribbling a soccer pelota is harder than just running". Not when it's a dead sprint to a long ball pass/kick.
Can you imagine 5'8 inch Nene trying to foot tackle 6'5 Randy Moss?
Or corner kicks. I've got 6'7 Gronk and 6'5 Moss, 6'5 Megatron, 6'5 TO- all if got to do is float up a jump ball and it's going to catch a head butt into your net. Dudes with 40in + vertical leaping ability. Good luck defending that.
It’s a shame that it took a heroic 4th quarter from Curry to win the gold medal game. France has no business hanging close with us. We should have won by 30. Without Curry, we lose to Serbia and France. And LeBron was named MVP?! Really? Anyone who knows anything about basketball knows Curry was the MVP.
Maybe. Of course one could say the same as you for not just scrolling by and ignoring my post. So welcome to insanity **** face 😂
Did he back it up though? He’s failed more than not. His school is a ****ing disaster and he’s a PED user
Volleyball too.
Many parts of the country care about soccer. Problem is coaching more than the athletes. Athleticism matters of course but IQ and technical ability are much more important
We could dominate handball and rugby too if it was bigger choice for kids. But it’s not.
