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Hey look, I'm all for fanaticism; I turn my phone off in the second half of important games. I'm a little upset after a big loss. I even used to get crazy looks when I had to have my beer in a certain position on the three bev-naps folded into a star while I watched Laker games. But my guy from China, who is commonly known as "The Iron Trumpet" is ...

The Olympic Games have shown that sports and national pride are still tightly intertwined, and perhaps nowhere more so than in the minds of Chinese leaders. Now, the government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men's soccer team....After the Chinese team lost its final match on Aug. 13 to ...

Argentina 1 - Australia 0  -  Lavezzi Nigeria 2 - Japan 1  -  Obinna, Anichebe -  Toyoda New Zealand 0 - Brazil 5  -  Anderson, Ronaldinho 2, Pato, Rafeal Sobis Cameroon 1 - Honduras 0  - Mbia Italy 3 - South Korea 0  - Montilivo, Rocchi, Rossi Belgium 2 - China 0  - Mirallas, Dembele Serbia 2 - Ivory Coast 4  - Mrdakovic, ...

Lopez Lomong's incredible journey from a 6 year old kidnapped Lost Boy to his day carrying the American Flag at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremonies. "I'm here to compete for my country," Lomong told reporters when they asked questions about human rights. "The Olympics are supposed to bring people together to peacefully blend and I'm ...

Pretty amazing opening to the 2008 Olympics and are you serious with the way he lit the torch? I'm glad they didn't use Yao to light the torch because I couldn't see him being held up that long..

UPDATE - First days results are on the books. Norway 2, United States 0 Japan 2, New Zealand 2 Brazil 0, Germany 0 Canada 2, Argentina 1 North Korea 1, Nigeria 0 China 2, Sweden 1 via WNT Blog Aug. 6 vs. Norway Venue: Qinhuangdao Broadcast Start Time MSNBC (7:30 a.m. ET) Universal HD (7:30 a.m. ET) - Replay at 8 p.m. ...

U.S. Men's Olympic Soccer Team TV Schedule: Aug. 7 vs. Japan Venue: Tianjin MSNBC 4:55 a.m. ET Universal HD 4:55 a.m. ET NBC Olympic Soccer Channel 5 a.m. ET Aug. 10 vs. Netherlands Venue: Tianjin USA Network 7:30 a.m. ...

  Interesting article from the Washington Post. BEIJING -- My country is about to host the world's greatest sporting event and, we hope, claim a truckload of Olympic gold. But to hundreds of millions of Chinese, our widely anticipated bonanza of medals will mean very little. The real metric by which China judges itself against the rest of the ...