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| Congrats, ya buncha babies |
| 08.27.04 (4:33 pm) [edit] |
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An atypical blog today. I want to congratulate the USA Men's Basketball team on the worst Olympic showing ever by a USA Men's Basketball team. Here are the results of USA Men's Basketball: 1936: 8 wins, 0 losses, Gold Medal 1948: 8-0, Gold 1952: 8-0, Gold 1956: 8-0, Gold 1960: 8-0, Gold 1964: 9-0, Gold 1968: 9-0, Gold 1972: 8-1, Sliver* 1976: 7-0, Gold 1984: 8-0, Gold 1988: 7-1, Bronze 1992: 8-0, Gold 1996: 8-0, Gold 2000: 8-0, Gold 2004: 3-3, ???? This was just a poor showing all around for Team USA basketball, and the players, coaches, and anyone involved with Team USA basketball ought to hang their heads in shame. *The 1972 team lost in the Gold Medal game to the USSR in the most controversial game in Olympic history. Trailing by one point with 6 seconds left, USA's Doug Collins stole a pass from the USSR's Alexander Belov. Collins drove for a layup and was undercut by the USSR with three second left. Collins, shaken up from the foul, went to the line and sank both free throws. The Soviets inbounded the ball while their assistant coach charged onto the floor screaming that his team had asked for a timeout (which, in international rules, should have been a technical foul) The officials halted play with one second left. Three second were added to the clock and the Soviets were granted their timeout. The Soviets inbounded the ball again, the horn sounded before the Soviets could get a shot off, and the Americans celebrated their apparent victory. R. William Jones, International Amatuer Basketball Association (FIBA) Secretary, stepped in and said that the clock hadn't been reset properly. This is akin to NBA Commisioner David Stern or NFL Commish Paul Tagliabue stepping to correct officials during a game, they have no authority to do so (a point which Jones conceded prior to his death). The teams were ordered back to the floor with the clock reset to three seconds YET AGAIN. This time, the Soviets inbounded the ball and sank the shot as the horn sounded. The US team refused to accept their Silver medals or step onto the podium at the medal ceremony. The US appealed the results to a 5 member FIBA panel, but the appeal was turned down 3-2. The three votes against came from Soviet-bloc judges. The unclaimed silver medals are still in a vault at IOC headquarters. |
posted by: jrogg (reply)
post date: 08.27.04 (3:01 pm)
Fascinating. It could be one of Paul Harvey's The Rest of the Story.
posted by: newbie (reply)
post date: 08.27.04 (3:56 pm)
Apparently you were there and you were on the team, and you sweated your ass to get there. Mmm thought so, take the dick out of your mouth and shove it up your ass so you have something to scream about.
posted by: heavyarms (reply)
post date: 09.01.04 (8:33 pm)
Reply to: newbie
Sounds like someone's got a little sand in their vagina! Noboby's screaming here, bubba. I'm just showing how the 2004 "dream" team wasn't so dreamy. The simple fact is, this sorry excuse for a "team" managed to LOSE more games during one tournament than the previous fourteen teams USA lost in almost 70 years. You want me to give them an "A" for effort? I got yer "A" right here, buddy ;-)
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