06 August 2004

For anyone looking for some fantasy action on the Olympics, ESPN.com is running their challenge game. You pick five countries and get points based on the medals they win (3 points for gold, 2 for silver, 1 for bronze) times a multiplier based on the country's athletic prowess (for example, the US would have to win 25 gold medals to make up a single bronze by, say, Nauru).

If you're interested, I've set up a group:

Name: Baklava and Badminton
Password: opa

I am looking forward to NBC's wall to wall coverage, inasmuch as there will be ways to see things live and that don't necessarily involve Americans. I am looking less forward to their usual cornucopia of tape-delayed prime time coverage.

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