Olympics

Is this a Winter Olympic discussion site or strictly Summer ?

Well, thats one gold medal right there. K is back and expect Dwight, Lebron, Melo, CP3, DWILL, Bosh, and DWADE to be at tip top performance. IDK about Kobe. He'll be 34 I believe. This group hasnt received a post in nearly a year and I thought thats olympic related news. HAHA

Other than the attack on the volleyball coach's family , this has been a real feel good Olympics. Obviously it's been Michael Phelps' Olympics but , from strictly a fan perspective , it's been a blast . Controversy free at least publicly. If I'm wrong someone please correct me.Thanks !

Monday, Aug. 18 – Day 10 – Beijing is 12 hours ahead of US ET. Events start Sunday night.

Events to keep an eye on are shown in bold.

Track & Field: MEDAL EVENTS -  Finals: Women’s Discus Throw, set to start at 7 am ET on Monday. Women’s Pole Vault set to start at 7:20 am ET on Monday. Men’s Long Jump, set to start at 8:10 am ET on Monday (no Americans in the final). Men’s 3000m Steeplechase set to start at 9:10 am ET on Monday. Women’s 800m, set to start at 9:35 am ET on Monday. Men’s 400m hurdles, set to start at 10 am ET on Monday. USA Angelo Taylor, Bershawn Jackson and Kerron Clement are in the final. Also, men’s 200m dash heats featuring Usain Bolt. Round 1: between 10 and 11 pm ET on Sunday. Round 2: between 8 and 8:30 am ET on Monday. And men’s 110m Hurdles, featuring CHN Xiang Liu, CUB Dayron Robles and 3 good Americans. Round 1 heats between 11 and 11:50 pm ET on Sunday. And always a bunch of heats and qualifiying rounds …

Baseball: no medals – USA (2-2) vs. China (1-3) at 7 am ET on Monday. Must-win game for the USA

Basketball (men): no medals – USA (4-0) vs. Germany (1-3) at 8:00 am ET on Monday. Kaman is tall and German now, but still not that good at basketball

Beach Volleyball (men): no medals – Quarterfinals: USA Rogers & Dalhausser vs. Germany at 10 pm ET on Sunday, USA Gibb & Rosenthal vs. BRA Ricardo & Emanuel at 9 am ET on Monday. Ricardo and Emanuel won the gold in Athens 4 years ago

Boxing: no medals – Bantam, Feather and Super Heavy quarterfinals. No Americans left in the competitions

Canoe/Kayak Flatwater: no medals – men K1, C1, K2, C2 and K4 heats and women K4 heats

Cycling (track): MEDAL EVENTS – Finals: Women’s points race, Men’s Team Pursuit. And women’s sprints quarterfinals

Diving: no medals – men’s 3m springboard Preliminary

Equestrian: MEDAL EVENT – Jumping Team set to start at 7:15 am ET on Monday

Soccer (women): no medals – Semifinals: BRA vs. GER at 6 am ET on Monday (world cup final last year) and USA vs. JPN at 9 am ET on Monday

Gymnastics Artistic: MEDAL EVENTS – Men’s Rings at 6 am ET on Monday, Women’s Uneven Bars, featuring Nastia Liukin, at 6:43 am ET on Monday, and men’s vault at 7:29 am ET on Monday

Trampoline: MEDAL EVENT – women’s final

Handball (men): no medals – last day of round robin play (France is the only undefeated country in the competition)

Hockey (women): no medals – USA vs. GBR at 6:00 am ET on Monday

Sailing: MEDAL EVENTS – 470 (men and women). No Americans in contention

Softball: no medals – USA (6-0) vs. China (2-4) at 12 am ET on Monday

Swimming (synchronized): no medals – Duet Technical Routine, set to start at 3 am ET on Monday

Triathlon (women): MEDAL EVENT – set to start at 10 pm ET on Sunday. USA Sarah Haskins and Laura Bennett are ranked 6th and 7th in the world. 1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run

Table tennis: MEDAL EVENT – Men’s team finals and women’s singles first round featuring USA Xi Crystal Huang

Volleyball (men): no medals – USA (4-0) vs. JPN (0-4) at 10 am ET on Monday

Weightlifting: MEDAL EVENT – men’s 105k final

Water Polo (men): no medals – USA (3-1) vs. GER (2-2) at 2 am ET on Monday. USA could win the group with a win

Saturday, Aug. 16 - Day 9 - Beijing is 12 hours ahead of US ET. Events start Saturday night.

Track & Field: MEDAL EVENTS -  Finals: Women's Marathon, set to start at 7:30 pm ET on Saturday. USA Deena Kastor is one of the few runners in the field to have broken the 2:20 mark. GBR Paula Radcliffe owns the WB in 2:15:25. Men's Hammer Throw, set to start at 7:10 pm ET on Saturday. No Americans made it to the final. Women's 3000m steeplechase at 9:30 am ET on Sunday. Women's Triple Jump, set to start at 9:35 am on Sunday. Men's 10k Final at 10:45 am on Sunday. ETH Haile Gebrselasie won this race in Atlanta and in Sydney. Women's 100m dash semis at 7:45 and 7:53 am on Sunday, Final at 10:25 am on Sunday. And Men's 1,500m Semis featuring USA Lopez Lomong at 9:55 am ET on Sunday (he is unlikely to advance), and USA Bernard Lagat at 10:05 am ET on Sunday. Lagat is the only man in the field to have run in less than 3:27. 1,500m is just short of 1 mile. And a bunch of heats …

Baseball: no medals - Korea vs. China at 6:00 am ET on Sunday, only game scheduled today

Badminton: MEDAL EVENTS - Mixed Doubles and Men's Singles finals. China owns that sport

Basketball (women): no medals - USA (4-0) vs. New Zealand (1-3) at 10:15 am ET on Sunday. And Australia (4-0) vs. Russia (4-0) at 11:15 pm ET on Saturday

Beach Volleyball (women): no medals - Quarterfinals, USA May & Walsh vs. Brazil at 10:00 pm ET on Saturday and USA Branagh & Youngs vs. China at 8:00 am ET on Sunday

Boxing: no medals - Quarterfinals, USA Demetrius Andrade vs. Korea (welter) at 8:46 am ET on Sunday and USA Deontay Wilder (heavy) vs. Morocco at 9:31 am ET on Sunday

Cycling (track): MEDAL EVENT - Women's Ind. Pursuit

Diving: MEDAL EVENT - Women's 3m Springboard, an American medal is unlikely

Equestrian: no medals - Team and Individual Jumping qualifiers

Fencing (men's team sabre): - MEDAL EVENT, quarterfinal: USA vs, Hungary at 9:30 pm ET on Saturday. Winners advance. Medal rounds scheduled at 6:00 and 7:00 am ET on Sunday

Gymnastics Artistic: MEDAL EVENTS - Men's Floor at 6:00 am ET on Sunday. Women's Vault at 6:43 am ET on Sunday, US medal chance: Alicia Sacramone. Men's Pommel Horse at 7:29 am ET on Sunday, US medal chance: Alexander Artemev. Women's Floor at 8:15 am ET on Sunday, US medal chances: Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson.

Handball (women): no medals - preliminaries

Hockey (men): no medals - preliminaries

Rowing: MEDAL EVENTS - LWT Women's Double Sculls, Lightweight Men's Double Sculls, Lightweight Men's Four, Women's Quadruple Sculls, Men's Quadruple Sculls, Women's Eight, Men's Eight

Sailing: MEDAL EVENTS - yesterday's regattas today (if the wind is strong enough), Yngling, Finn and 49er

Shooting: MEDAL EVENT - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions, USA Matt Emmons earned silver in the prone position

Softball: no medals - USA (5-0) vs. Netherlands (0-5) at 7:30 am ET on Sunday

Swimming: MEDAL EVENTS - Women's 50m free at 10:03 pm ET on Saturday, Dara Torres had the best time in the semis. Men's 1500m free at 10:09 pm on Saturday, 15 minutes of swimming. Women's 4x100m Medley Relay at 10:40 pm ET on Saturday. Men's 4x100m Medley Relay at 10:58 pm ET on Saturday. Phelps for the record.

Tennis: MEDAL EVENTS - Women's singles gold: Dementieva vs. Safina at 2 am ET on Sunday. Men's singles gold: Nadal vs. Gonzalez at 3:30 am on Sunday. Women's doubles gold: Williamses vs. Spain after the women's singles bronze match. And Women's doubles bronze at 2:00 am ET on Sunday

Table tennis: MEDAL EVENTS - Women's team finals

Volleyball (women): no medals - USA (3-1) vs. Poland (1-3) at 12:30 am ET on Sunday

Weightlifting: MEDAL EVENT - men's 94k

Water Polo: no medals - women's classification and two quarterfinals

Wrestling: MEDAL EVENTS - women's freestyle