Move over Michael Phelps? With Usain Bolt breaking records on the way to 100m and 200m gold medals Phelps now has company as poster boy in Beijing. (San Fran Chronicle)
U.S. beach volleyballers, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second gold medal in a row and 108th consecutive match overall early this morning in the rain in Beijing. (L.A. Times)
An Afghan won the nation's first ever Olympic medal yesterday in Tae kwon do of all events. (San Fran Chronicle)
Matt Treanor realizes his responsibility to the Marlins, but wishes he could have been watching his wife win Olympic gold. (Union Tribune)
Mark Spitz: "Michael Phelps couldn't have beaten me." (NY Daily News)
Becky Hammon will play for Russia vs her native U.S. countrywomen today in the semi's of women's basketball. (Miami Herald)
Headline: "LeBron playing team basketball while Kobe plays...Kobe basketball" (Plain Dealer)
An inside look at the U.S.-Australia women's water polo rivalry. (Boston Globe)
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