But, did you see this interview featuring the Jamaican sprinter and his play-by-play of the race. He must have been moving pretty fast, because I didn’t see any of this happening.

And is it just me or does the other Jamaican runner look 12?

Anyways, thanks to Denny for sending this spoof video.

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Not since the great Carl Lewis has a sprinter dominated the two events in record form. Bolt, who was criticized by some, while in awe by others for pulling up early in his 100 meter performance, ran hard for this entire race, finishing in 19.30 seconds.

He breaks the former world record in the 200 meters formerly held by the US’ Michael Johnson at 19.32 seconds.

The endorsement money is sure to be piling in soon for Bolt. He’s most likely due a huge bonus for his performance in the 100 meters and this most likely means he’ll be getting another bonus check.

The scary part is, he’s only going to get faster.

Source: SI

If you didn’t catch the race for the fastest man on earth, then you missed one of the greatest sprints in history.

But as great and fast as it was, it could have been faster.

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt literally blew away the competition. He did it with such ease that he pulled up 20 meters early and still broke his own world record to finish the 100 meters at 9.69 seconds. Could he have done it under 9.6 if he gave his full effort? Maybe next time.

There is a theory out there that Bolt didn’t run at full speed because he can earn more money later on by beating the world record again, with incentive bonuses.

Back in May when Bolt broke the world record, his sponsor Digicell gave him a $1.8 million dollar bonus. Could there be more of these bonuses for every time he breaks the record? It sure appears that way.

No one will no until there is official confirmation, but that is where the conspiracy theory now stands.

Source: CNBC

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I wish I had a video of this to show, but YouTube took them all down. Sometimes having a visual presentation is more informational to see how rude a person can be.

Yes, I know it’s a reporter’s job to ask the hard questions, but to ask someone who just got done balling because she pretty much had lost the gold for her team some obvious questions, is just unnecessary. You know the girl is fragile. They got the silver, talk about that.

NBC’s Andrea Joyce caught up with Alicia Sacramone on Wednesday, apparently to just make her cry.

The questioning went something like this:

• “Take us through what was swirling through your head …”

• “Do you blame yourself? …”

• “You’re the emotional leader and team captain. Did your mistakes rattle the rest of your team? …”

• “What was going through your head when you fell off the beam? …”

• “You worked a long time to get here; what were you thinking? …”

Good job Andrea. Why don’t you strap her to a chair and replay her falling off the beam, over and over and over again. I’m sure that’ll break her more.

Source: Deadspin

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The Cubs swept the White Sox & the Angels swept the Phillies.  K-Rod made a new record for the most saves in 76 games. Vlad hit 3 homers in the series, two in one game.  I was getting a little worried about Vlad for a second to be honest.  Phew!      

Spain will go to the Euro 2008 semi-finals after defeating Italy in a penalty shootout.  They will face off against Russia June 26th.

The roster is set for the USA Olympic basketball team!  Check out if your favorite NBA star made the cut at NBA.com.

Candace Parker dunks this weekend and becomes the 2nd women to dunk in the WNBA. 

Watch the video here.

Source: AngelsBaseball.com, ESPN.com, NBA.com

I think this is pretty cool because we don’t always get to see full coverage of the random yet interesting sports like the trampoline competition & table tennis in the summer, or curling in the winter. I hadn’t really tried to find out where to see this coverage, but now that I know it’s easily accessible online I’ll probably watch just for fun.

You can watch some of the trails for the 2008 Olympics this Thursday & Friday at UniversalSports.com.  I hope eventually “Universal Sports” will have extensive coverage because they were able to use NBC’s name to boost their audience.  

Source: Zimbio.com & Reuters.com

Protesters in Paris, France forced authorities to extinguish the Olympic torch five times throughout the day, cancelling the final leg of the Olympic torch run. The reason for the activists strong protest and their attempts to extinguish the Olympic flame was to show their anger towards the human rights record in China.

The last time the Olympic torch was put out was when the torch came to Panathinaiko Stadium, the stadium of the 2004 Olympics, and it was blown out by high winds. And before then, the torch was extinguished in Montreal, Canada for the 1976 Summer Olympics after a heavy rainstorm.

Source: Fox Sports, Wikipedia