More Olympic quick hits: Day 4
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Well, a bronze is better than finishing fourth. See, I believe that finishing fourth in the Olympics is just as good as finishing last. But there have been some unfortunate luck for our guys. The Hamm Brothers got injured. And we flat-out stunk it up in the floor and pommel.
Thank God for Sasha Artemev. He bailed the boys out. The USA would end up with a 275.850, good enough for the bronze. Japan got the silver with a 278.875 thanks to some acrobatics on the high bar (honto ni doitashimashite, Nihon no otoko-jin), and the home fans got to see China get their well-deserved gold medal, with 286.125 points.
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Inside the Water Cube, Michael Phelps does his record-smashing business in the 200-meter freestyle (Peter Vanderkaay got bronze, behind South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan), Natalie Coughlin rolls on in the 100-meter backstroke, and the duo of Aaron Peirsol and Matt Grevers make it a 1-2 deal at the 100-meter backstroke. Leisel Jones played spoiler, though, with her win in the 100-meter breastroke. Rebecca Soni got the silver for the USA.
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Regardless of what happens at these games, I have nothing but scathing remarks for the IOC's decision to drop baseball and softball after these Games. As well as the decision not to add any other sports.
They got a ways to go before they can be compared with Hu Jintao's minions in terms of totalitarianism, and miles to go before they are in Kim JOng-Il's league. But they are getting there, if at a snail's pace. They ARE getting there.
Meanwhile, Venezuela is getting hung out to dry by this USA side.
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The biggest victory of the season for the Galaxy...
Alexi Lalas and Ruud Gullit have resigned. This has to be, if it were to be in the standings, a huge win for the fans who have suffered through match days of pure suckitude.
AEG President and CEO makes "sweeping changes" to Galaxy
Carson, CA (Sports Network) - Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy officially announced on Monday that Ruud Gullit, the team's head coach, has resigned from his position. The Galaxy also announced that team President and General Manager Alexi Lalas has been relieved of his duties, effective immediately.
"Both parties have agreed on mutually-agreeable terms to part company," Timothy J. Leiweke, President and CEO of AEG, the investor/operators of the Galaxy, said of Gullit's resignation. "It is an amicable arrangement and we appreciate and respect the issues that Ruud has highlighted with the club and are very grateful for all the hard work he has contributed while with the organization. Hopefully, he has laid the foundations for future success for the Los Angeles Galaxy."
Gullit, a native of Amsterdam, cited "personal reasons" for leaving the team.
"In truth, it has proved a lot more difficult than I anticipated for my family to settle in the area and the club has been very supportive and understanding of my decision," Gullit said. "I would like to thank the players and the fans for their fantastic support and I wish the L.A. Galaxy much success in the future. I would now like to spend some time with my family before considering any other position in football."
Lalas leaves after he joined the team in April of 2006 after serving in the same capacity with the New York Red Bulls.
"With Ruud moving on, we believe that this is the right time to make more sweeping changes throughout the organization," Leiweke said. "Our commitment continues to be focused on not only winning the MLS Cup this and every season, but to build a club capable of competing at the international level. This decision is the right one for the organization, the right one for the players and the right one for our fans. We thank Alexi for the tremendous hard work and dedication he brought to his job each and every day."
The "sweeping changes" are made necessary because of a seven-game winless streak that has seen the Galaxy drop to fourth in the mediocre Western Conference.
Galaxy assistant coach Cobi Jones will serve as the club's interim head coach. He will be assisted by current Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development Trevor James and Goalkeeper Coach Ian Feuer.
Paul Bravo, L.A.'s Director of Soccer, will continue in the role of overseeing all issues related to the Galaxy's roster while Assistant General Manager Tom Payne will continue to oversee the team's front office.
08/11 16:34:43 ET
Has it really been that long?
I am checking my YouTube profile, established on New Year's Eve in 2005, and I can't believe that the last time I posted a music video was in 2004, somewhere along those lines. I was attending a junior college in those days, and as I was fooling around at Long Beach City College, I made a few anime music videos. After that, I lost interest in making these types of flicks, due to school and cheering for Long Beach State. My priorities changed.
However, this August, I was inspired to do it again. With a system rebounding from an autonuke, a plethora of spicy stock footage and a certain Van Halen song, I was compelled to go at it again. And so, my first-ever AMV in over a few years was made. You can see this on my blog, on the left side. I had to reupload it due to the crappy, choppy audio. ffdshow is such a bitch when it decides to fuck up my background music. It turned out much better.
Well, enjoy. You can check out my new vid under "BoBA Video of the Week."
You Frenchies need to quit talking outta yer derrieres.
Olympic Quick Hits, Day 3
Pop quiz: Suppose you have a situation involving a Frenchwoman and her love affair with an Italian beau. Both of them are swimmers. And then, this guy flaunts his infidelity by sleeping with a fellow Italian woman, also a swimmer. The French girl's life is emotionally crushed. As luck would have it, both of them qualify for the 400m freestyle final in Beijing. What do you do?
Answer:
Get a couple of competent Brits in Rebecca Adlington and Joanne Jackson, and sandwich them around American Katie Hoff. And that, my friends is what happened.
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Rowdy Gaines, you are a bloody toof for exploting Hoff's orgasmic groans of disgust. You shagbag womanizer.
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The French 4 x 100 M relay team is praying for divine intervention a la Tour de France 2000's era. They are praying to their personal Jesuses that the Americans doped.
Well, just like Beijing, God can't control everything. But if your prayers are somehow answered, none of you are welcomed into my Maison de BoBA. And zat, my friend, is de bottom line. Hon hon hon.
Archery is a sport where we clearly suck at. The USA lost to Taiwan in the men's team quarterfinals.
By 4 points. Mercy.
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Cuba seems to be our bogey team in women's volleyball. Out here in the states, we can only hope that our ladies bounce back, becuase I think our men will fare better than these poor MILFs. I can solace in the fact that their guys wouldn't stand a chance against David Lee and the gang.
Ugh. Horrid performance. They wouldn't stand a chance against Penn State's ladies. Venezuela's gonna be gulping right now.
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God bless Lauren Wenger. Her game winning shot with the women's water polo team a player up gave the USA a 12-11 victory. It was a sharp contrast to the 108-63 farce of a game against their respective basketball counterparts.
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Out of all the non-USA threads that the basketballing chicks wear, I like Australia's the best. I don't know; I just dig hot sheilas in tight fits like that.
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