18 Days in August, an Olympic Blog

Jordan, Magic, Kareem and the rest must have wept. And so did we almost, despite supporting Puerto Rico for its underdog quality. We grew up watching Magic and Larry duke it out, and the NBA was the pinnacle of achievement, something so otherworldly we could not but become lifelong junkies. Do the kids who play for the US team actually even know what we are talking about, I wonder. They are playing Greece tomorrow, and even though I want my country to win, a part of me will be sad if more humiliation is heaped on the US team. Hopefully the US fans will make their displeasure heard loud and clear and the next squad will not be an insult to our memories and expectations.