4 Years in the Making

8/25/08 – 8/31/08

There is one thing form these past summer games, that has stand out in my mind. But to the casual sports fan it will not and that is the four years in the making, Four years is what London will now have, that is to get ready for their hosting of the summer games in 2012. As these past summer games for the country of china, came to end Sunday night. Threw out the games China has had tough criticisms, in which the country of China did not want to begin with neither did the international Olympic committee.

It was four years ago, in which all of the outcry about how china might host the games was about to start showing up in the media and to the world. The biggest question was on how China was going to deal with the freedom of the press, for countries such as the United States.

In which the media in the United States, has the freedom to discuss certain issues without the fear of government interaction. Another fear was how china security would hold up against the terrorist acts of actions of threats to those respective nations in play during the summer games. Well, china spotlight in the world came out pretty bad, when just two days in the summer games. An American coach, father in law and mother were attack and sadly for his father in law he would die from the attack.

But that was not the only dint for the country of china as that other fear would start to come to light. In days reports of media censorship came out and about. The media was not allowed to visit sites on the internet or talking about the current conflict that was going on in china, between Taiwan, Tibet and Darfur. As their currently is a human rights and democracy movement going on there.



But for the rest of the games sports wise, it was a great year for the team USA swim team, as they helped Michael Phelps win eight gold medals and it was also the story of these Olympics games.


The good part for China is that their hosting of the summer games has ended and that the Olympic flame will be hand over to London.

As the city of London and the country of England will have four years now to prepare for this world event, and as the China games has showed, London better be ready for the outcry of critics that such a world class event, brings with it. London you will now be the center of the world attention that is, in four years in the making.


RJINTAMPAWSA@AOL.COM

Amazing along with thrill

8/18/08 - 8/24/08



That’s right it had been amazing and along with thrill to see what Michael Phelps did in these 2008 Olympic Games. Incase you have been living under a rock this past weekend or really don’t carry about the Olympics, shame on you, as you missed the opportunity to witness something that had never been done before.

Of course on Friday night, Phelps did something that has not been done in 35 years. He won his 7th gold medal, and by doing so he had tied Mark Spitz record in which mark had set during the Munich summer games of 1972.

But that alone was just soon to be the beginning of these games. If you thought that was an amazing accomplishment, which it is, all you had to do was to just wait for the next night. As Phelps would be trying to be break a record, in which is 12 years older then him as Phelps was born in the year of 1985.

Michael Phelps would become “the major story of these 2008 summer games” on Saturday night at 11: 05 pm, Eastern Standard Time. As Phelps along with the help of his team, would win the 4x100 medal relay, there by giving Phelps along with the rest of team USA a gold medal, which would their by give Phelps his eighth gold medal and the instant status of the greatest Olympian ever.

What made it a thrill was how all of those medals in which Michael Phelps had won. As it is a safe bet that this record of eight medals, during the Olympics, either winter or summer games will never be shatter. And that is why Michael Phelps made these summer games of 2008 amazing and along with thrill that will last a forever of a mount of memories.

RJINTAMPAWSA@AOL.COM

Is the Olympic Basketball play better then NBA play?

08/11/08 - 08/17/08

That is the question that I was asking myself in my mind during the recent Olympic basketball game, in which the United States was playing against the host country of China. Now it could just be that I have become a little sick of the play in the NBA, or it could be from what I saw was a different attitude and style in play that is from those members of the United States basketball team, who for the most part are all from the NBA.

Although the NBA has decline in my mind in the last 10 years, I have still continued to watch it mainly because of my love, for the Orlando Magic and also from the recent success that they had this past season.

But the reasons on why I think it has decline in my mind is from the recent scandals, the brawls with fans and of course the one sided marketing along with no traveling calls anymore as well as the lack of 100% play from some of the players. With that said let me now tell you why I think Olympic basketball play is more exciting then the NBA play.

For one which is the most obvious one, is the fact that you have all these players from all around the world that are playing for one main goal and that is to bring home the gold medal back to their respective country.

Which brings us to reason number two and that is from the players’ outlook and meaning of the games it self, in knowing that the players are now truly on a world stage to perform.

This in turn will bring back that old attitude and style that most of these players from the NBA had lost when they were giving those big contracts.

So as you can probably tell my position on this would be yes, the Olympic play is better then the NBA play, it’s just too bad we have to wait four years to see how basketball is meant to be played. Now I want to know if you agree with me or not. Send me an email at the address below.

RJINTAMPAWSA@AOL.COM

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

8/4/08 – 8/10/08


This coming Friday at 8:08 pm, the world one - hundred and ninety five countries will forget about all of their differences and turn on to watch the 2008 Olympics Summer Games that is being hosted by the country of China in Beijing. The games will last for a total of 16 days follow by the closing ceremony on 8/24/08.

Their will be over three hundred – two events covering over twenty eight different sports. In which, will be played in over thirty seven different venues with the main venue being The Beijing National Stadium. This stadium is also known as the bird nest because of its bird nest like stadium design. “The Bird Nest” will be the site of both the opening and the closing ceremonies of this year summer games.

The categories of sports being played in this year summer games for an example, ranges from basketball all the way to table tennis. At one point during the Olympics, tug of war was also one of the competitions in the games as well as cricket. But both cricket and tug of war has not been played in the Olympics, since the early 1900s.

Out of the one - hundred and ninety five counties that are competing in the Olympics eighty three, of those counties have never before won either the gold, silver, or bronze medals coming into this year summer games. That fact Alone differentiates the glory of these Olympic Games from other sporting events. As its the only, true sporting event in which brings the world and its citizens together as one.

So if you want to see drama in sports at its best, watch The Olympics summer games on Friday and let The Games Begin!

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