While eagerly anticipating the China Olympics, I am already dreading the endless commercials and overwrought stories of athletes overcoming personal hardships.
The success of the U.S. Olympic Basketball team will be an important measure of the status of American hoops in the international hierarchy. Failure to the win the gold this time, considering the talent of the players and commitment by the coaches in light of the recent disappointments, might well mark the official end of American primacy in the game it invented.
A poor showing by the American squad would tarnish the legacy of Coach K whose Duke teams have underachieved in recent NCAA tournaments.
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