In a previous post I talked about Canada's excellent performance at the FIVB Volleyball World League. At the time, they had beaten Russia but soon after lost to Brazil but not before securing a 5th place finish.
The victory over Russia was particularly impressive given they were the Olympic champions and eventually went on to win gold at VWL.
Not that I'm into volleyball or particularly good at it (in fact, I'm mediocre except for the time in high school when I won nine straight service points), it's a shame there wasn't more coverage.
Russia, as mentioned, won gold, leaving Brazil with the silver. Italy won its first medal since 2004 after beating Bulgaria.
Overall, Brazil continues to lead with nine gold and 17 medals. Italy follows with eight and 14 and Russia with three gold and 15 medals. The United States, a traditional power at the Olympics has just one gold, one silver and four total medals.
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Watching the Yankees-Red Sox on Sunday Night Baseball, there was an awkward moment involving John Kruk. Play-by-play man - I think David O'Brien - revealed that Ichiro Suzuki has 4000 professional baseball hits between Japan and MLB. That's a lot of hits. What does Kruk reply with? That Ichiro's stance is all 'wrong.' He repeated this later in the broadcast but this time he used the more appropriate "unorthodox" (which it is) to describe his style.
Still.
What the heck? Obviously, 4000 hits suggests he's doing something right, no?
Awkward.
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