Live Blog, Hour 2

10:24--2 straight US goald cut the lead to 4-2 to end the first period. There are so many good parts of water polo to like, but usually the one that everyone talks about is the underwater camera. I maybe could watch just that camera during an entire period of play. They just showed it for about 2 minutes straight, and it's nothing but people kicking the crap out of each other.

10:20--Theo Ratliff re-signed with Philly today. That means that the Pistons' post players are Rasheed, McDyess, Cram Max, Amir and Kwame Brown. Ain't exactly Laimbeer, Mahorn, Rodman, Salley and Edwards, is it? Yikes. But Jamaal Magloire is still out there. Double yikes.

10:17--Now trail 4-0. To borrow Skot's favorite baseball phrase..."we look a little RATTTT-led".

10:12--SWEET! Gold medal women's water polo match between USA and the Netherlands. It isn't live, but is sure is a whole lot better than equestrian. We are ranked #1 in the world and just went down 1-0 to the Swimming Dutch, who are ranked just 9th in the world, early in the first quarter. We also defeated the Dutch "quite easily" in 2 Olympic tune-ups, and now we are down 2-0 just 2 minutes into the match. We apparently have been the "dominant" team in the world over the past 6 years, but didn't win the gold in 2004 and we look "shaky in the pool" early on.

10:08--Clay runs the 100 in 10.44. His post-race quote "You just roll with the punches and do the best you can". This dude is locked in and not using the precip as any kind of an excuse. American Trey Hardee posted the 2nd best sprint time after the 100. I'm very much into this. These guys are doing 5 events in an absolute downpour and in the decathlon, you don't necessarily "race" against other people, but rather your scores in every event is awarded a point total based on a pre-determined scoring system.

They are now interviewing a "woman" named Chrystl Butros from the softball team. She is much bigger than me and much more of a man than Helly. Wow is she scary. Unsure why they aren't showing this game....other than it's likely the biggest upset in any Olympic event in the history of ever.

10:05--Onto the decathlon! Apparently we have a good dude named Bryan Clay from Hawaii who won the silver in 2004. Day 1--100, long jump, shot put, high jump, and 400 dash. EVERY event in one day. It's pouring down rain, freezing, and they are getting it done. You think Michael Phelps is ever swimming in the rain? Nope. Your golden boy doesn't do precipitation. All he does is eat, sleep and swim. He doesn't even have time to watch the weather channel, open an umbrella, or use tweezers on those giant hedge-sized eyebrows of his.

10:00 Garbage. Pure garbage.
Apparently showing women in spandex wasn't good enough, as today on NBC they are showing Equestrian and Rhythmic Gymnastics. Just in case any hetero male is watching, they will also have some of the first day of the decathalon and some water polo.