Hoops Gold

The United States Men’s Basketball team who went undefeated finally achieved its goal when they bagged the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics that eluded them in international competition for eight long years.

The NBA- backed powerhouse team led by league MVP Kobe Bryant steamrolled over their opponents by beating their opponents by an average of 30 points in the early goings of the tournament but had to put an extra effort to subdue a game and tough Spanish team 118- 107 for the coveted championship.

Thus, USA Basketball regained its rightful status and to quote Carmelo Anthony, “on top of the world!”

Golden Girls

As the saying goes, “when it rains, it pours.”

And in Beijing the rain turns out golden for the dynamic duo of Misty May- Treanor and Kerri Walsh as they notched their 108th consecutive victory and once again bagged their second consecutive Olympics gold medal in beach volleyball against the game Tian Jia and Wang Jie of host China.

They played and engaged the Chinese duo fueled by cheers from the home crowd into a hard- fought and tactical dogfight in the rain.

In the end the Americans’ superior tactics and vast experience proved to be the catalyst as they beat the host with identical scores of 21- 18, two sets to none.