Sigh. We’re already suffering Olympics withdrawal. 
As always, it was a good Olympics for some and a bad Olympics for others. Here’s how we saw it . . .
It was a good Olympics for:
Underage Chinese gymnasts, who can, did, and will get away with it. (As if anyone is *really* going to challenge China).
Debbie Phelps, who already snagged a commercial and who got more camera time than, say, Stephanie Brown Trafton (U.S. gold medalist in Women’s Discus and the first American women to take gold in that event since 1932) or Bryan Clay (the first American to grab the gold in the …read more

Boy is Olympian Zhang Liang’s face red. And it’s not because he spent too much time in the sun without SPF 30 or higher sunscreen.
The Chinese rower made an oops of medal-losing proportions: He showed up at the third race (instead of his scheduled one, the second race) in singles. Missing the singles heat also nixed his chances at doubles.
Any guesses as to how many F-bombs his would-be partner dropped?
The good news is that the faux pas still puts China in gold medal contention for Biggest Understatement of the Beijing Olympics thanks to Wei Di, China’s director of water sports programs, who concluded: …read more