olympics stuff

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MUSIC PLAYING: elai and mignon alternating
KILCHER MODE: wala lang
QUOTE OF THE DAY: wachaaaa!

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Pau Gasol, Tim Duncan

the US MEN won last night (night dito wachaa!) against Spain. i had to endure my mother's constant prodding to change the channel (she wanted to watch that darn maalaala mo kaya episode featuring isko moreno's story). i caught snippets of the game and my goodness, PAU GASOL was just so dominating near the basket. too bad for him coz STEPHON MARBURY upped his game and shot his threes. Marbury finished up with 31 points as US beat SPAIN 102-94

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Pee Wee Johnson


on the women's side, USA silenced a mighty Greek crowd as they snuffed them out 102-72. SHANNON (PEE WEE) JOHNSON provided the scoring spark. The 5-foot-7 guard who goes by the nickname Pee Wee scored 21 points and the United States stormed into the semifinals with a 102-72 victory over Greece, which had heart, the home court and little else.

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Kerry Walsh and Misty May


BEACH VOLLEYBALL, i caught the GOLD MEDAL MATCH between the women, BRAZIL (Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede) AND USA (Misty May and Kerry Walsh). my gosh, i still remember their name. haha. anyway, May and Walsh pretty much dominated the brazilians, crushing them in two straight sets. Walsh was just astonishing, getting points from her kill-blocks. amazing.



the BRONZE MEDAL MATCH was more dramatic as HOLLY MCPEAK and ELAINE YOUNGS won over Australia's NATALIE COOK and SANDERSON (sorry i can't remember her first name). the USA girls won over three sets as they took advantage of COOK's shoulder injury. there were even times that Cook had to serve underhand (a rare occurence in pro beach vball , rarer in olympic history). she was so pained you could see her grimace through hits. she gave a valiant effort with her digs of course and Sanderson tried to up her game to compensate but the US just directed the first ball almost always to Cook.


Elaine Youngs and Holly McPeak celebrate after winning the Bronze


Natalie Cook

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Abby Wambach and Heather O'Reilly

after they snuffed out Germany in the semifinals (2-1 OT), the USA Senior Women's Soccer Team got the gold away from Brazil (2-1 OT). ABBY WAMBACH, the player who might break MIA HAMM's records one day, scored the game-winning goal in the 112th minute with a powerful 10-yard header off a corner kick from KRISTINE LILLY. It was Wambach's fourth goal of the Athens Games and 18th in her last 20 games. ...more...


Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx

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