Wednesday, September 17, 2008

How the US got their groove (and the gold medal) back

Here's the start of an article I just wrote for my website, to read the rest of it simply click on the link below.

How the US got their groove (and the gold medal) back:

The US Olympic basketball team came in to Beijing calling themselves the 'Redeem Team'. After losses at the last Olympics and World Championships a line had been drawn and they wanted redemption, they wanted their title as 'Best in the world' back!

No longer could they just take a handful of players from the NBA, give them a few weeks training together and then dominate against the rest of the world. They learnt the hard way that this was no longer possible ...



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