Anyone else watching Olympic womens volleyball right now?

Bread · 08-09-08, 12:38 PM

I have turned it on on your good advice.

I loves me some women's beach volleyball.

gordon gekko · 08-09-08, 12:39 PM

Just turned it on thanks for the heads up BBD, these girls look DTF.

daggerkobe · 08-09-08, 12:41 PM

Japan has a few hotties. But the Americans look like Amazonians.

Bread · 08-09-08, 12:47 PM

Thundarr hates Amazons

daggerkobe · 08-09-08, 12:55 PM

#15 USA and #1 Japan are pretty hot.....

But the rest look like they got hit in the face with the volleyball a little too often.

onlooker · 08-09-08, 12:57 PM

Yes sir. I like womens volleyball, especially womens beach volleyball.

daggerkobe · 08-09-08, 01:00 PM

Amazing athletes though.

Bread · 08-09-08, 01:12 PM

That was fun. Great match.

daggerkobe · 08-09-08, 01:17 PM

Logan Tom is of Chinese descent? Wow.....

Definately hot.

daggerkobe · 08-09-08, 01:25 PM

How come this wasn't reported?

Chinese man stabs to death kin of U.S. men's volleyball coach

By TIM JOHNSON

McClatchy Newspapers

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A police van sits in front of the Drum Tower in Beijing, China, on Saturday, August 9, 2008, where an assailant killed one American tourist and wounded a second in an attack with a knife. The assailant then jumped from the tower to his death.
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An assailant stabbed to death the father-in-law of the head coach of the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team Saturday and wounded the mother-in-law and a tour guide before jumping to his own death, in a brutal act that darkened the mood in China just hours after the dazzling onset of the Summer Olympics.
The attack occurred shortly after noon along an upper walkway of the Drum Tower, an ancient landmark that looms over central Beijing.
The U.S. Olympic Committee said the couple, Todd and Barbara Bachman, and a daughter Elisabeth were not wearing clothing that would identify them as part of the U.S. Olympic delegation when they were accosted by "an assailant wielding a knife."
Motives for the attack remained a mystery, and China's tightly controlled state media said police were examining the assailant's background. The state Xinhua news agency identified the attacker by an identity card on his body, saying he was Tang Yongming, 47, from Hangzhou city in eastern China, and that he acted alone.
In a brief statement, the U.S. Embassy described the knife assault as "a senseless act of violence" and said the assailant may have picked his victims at random.
"This appears to be an isolated act with no connection to the Olympics. We have no reason to believe that the assailant targeted the victims as American citizens," the embassy said.
The attack devastated the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team, which plays its first match Sunday. Elisabeth Bachman McCutcheon, the adult daughter who witnessed the attack but was not injured, is married to Hugh McCutcheon, the head coach of the men's team. She was a member of the 2004 Olympic women's indoor volleyball team.
Her mother and the unidentified female tour guide were taken to what is widely considered Beijing's finest hospital, Xiehe, that is slightly to the east of the Forbidden City, another ancient landmark at the center of Beijing.
Barbara Bachman's injuries "are serious and life threatening," the USOC said.
President George Bush, who is in Beijing with his father, wife and other members of an extended family to see the Olympics, was notified of the slaying and sent his condolences to the family through Ambassador Clark T. Randt, U.S. Embassy spokesman Richard Buangan said.
Buangan said embassy diplomats were "working very closely with Chinese authorities" in the investigation.
"It is impossible to describe the depth of our sadness and shock in this tragic hour," said U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth. "Our delegation comes to the games as a family, and when one member of our family suffers a loss, we all grieve with them."
The slaying also sent shock rippling through the U.S. women's volleyball team, which was preparing for a match against Japan when the news came in. U.S. women's coach Lang Ping cancelled a team meeting to allow players to gather their thoughts.
"In our lives there a lot of things we can't control. The only thing we can control is ourselves. Be patient. You must be strong," she said.
The Drum Tower is in an area of central Beijing frequented by tourists. The wooden tower, built in 1272 A.D. so that drummers could pound out the hour in dynastic times, is more than 150 feet high, with a second-floor walkway more than 100 feet from the ground. At mid-afternoon, police could be seen examining the wooden railing over which the assailant leaped to his death.
Yellow police tape blocked entry to the site, as scores of journalists milled at the base.
Police covered a spot with sand on the west side of the Drum Tower where Tang jumped more than 100 feet down to his death, leaving blood stains.

Bread · 08-09-08, 01:30 PM

Watching the cycling right now (yawn) and loving all the smog in the air. I'm putting the over under on 1st cyclist to collapse at 10 minutes. Bet away.