HOT CHICKS OF THE OLYMPICS.  DAY ONE.
Normally, summer Saturday late morning/early afternoon TV is dreadful , and usually when I get my Food Network HD time in.  Not today.  Olympic fever is in full effect.  (I like the Olympics, you heard?  Scroll down)  It's on like 17 different channels.  Had no idea channel 904 on Time Warner had been added specifically for the Olympics.  It's not even 2:00 yet, and already we've watched the following....

-Poland/Estonia badminton
-Some brutal female (some of them might not have been female) weightlifters doing the clean and jerk.  I don't care how old you are, how sophisticated you might claim to be, you can't hear "clean and jerk" and not laugh.
-A bicycle road race that featured a pretty cool aerial tour of Beijing and an announcer named Craig Hummer telling us that this race featured a "who's who of Spanish cycling."
-America sweeping the women's fencing medals
-Jim Lampley looking like he'd rather be doing anything other than anchoring Olympic coverage.
-Michael Phelps swimming.  Just freaking amazing.
-A women's beach volleyball match no one wanted to win.
-The US, and hot Olympic athlete number one Logan Tom kick the crap out of Japan in a women's volleyball game.

The US men's basketball team opens play in the tournament no one but me wants them to win against China tomorrow morning at 10:15.

Meanwhile, the Reds continue a key four game set against the Astros, as they hope to gain ground on Pittsburgh, who opens play tonight two games ahead of them in fifth place.