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If you happened to tune in to last night's coverage of this morning's women's team gymnastics in Beijing, you undoubtedly saw the Americans set the record that quite probably won't be broken for some time. I'm talking of course about the "Most Disappointed About a Silver" Olympic and organized competition records they broke in their loss to the "yeah, sure they're all 16" Chinese team. Led by Alicia Sacramone, who was understandably upset by her multiple mistakes, even the perma-smile of American Shawn Johnson couldn't hold the team back from disappointment history.

The irony of course, is that the most disappointed member of the team might have come ahead of anyone on the U.S. team last night. Less than 12 hours after the falls and the missteps and the crying, Sacramone's dominating the talk of the event -- and not all in a bad way.

In a sport dominated by 16-to-18-year old young women with bodies typically resembling those of 10-to-12-year old boys, the world (or at least the part that overlaps with the UFC, Axe Body Spray, energy drink and lad magazine target markets) fell in love with Alicia, a 21-year old at Brown University and FanHouse Attractive Olympian, from the first moment their parents/girlfriends/wives made them watch the 2008 women's team gymnastics competition.

Alicia's failures in the main event (besides Michael Phelps attempt to become the most gilded American since Mr. T circa-1986) only insured her more camera time, not to mention endeared her to all those who couldn't help but feel sorry for her (any publicity will tell you, vulnerability sells).

If you happened to tune in to last night's coverage of this morning's women's team gymnastics in Beijing, you undoubtedly saw the Americans set the record that quite probably won't be broken for some time. I'm talking of course about the "Most Disappointed About a Silver" Olympic and organized competition records they broke in their loss to the "yeah, sure they're all 16" Chinese team. Led by Alicia Sacramone, who was understandably upset by her multiple mistakes, even the perma-smile of American Shawn Johnson couldn't hold the team back from disappointment history.

The irony of course, is that the most disappointed member of the team might have come ahead of anyone on the U.S. team last night. Less than 12 hours after the falls and the missteps and the crying, Sacramone's dominating the talk of the event -- and not all in a bad way.

In a sport dominated by 16-to-18-year old young women with bodies typically resembling those of 10-to-12-year old boys, the world (or at least the part that overlaps with the UFC, Axe Body Spray, energy drink and lad magazine target markets) fell in love with Alicia, a 21-year old at Brown University and FanHouse Attractive Olympian, from the first moment their parents/girlfriends/wives made them watch the 2008 women's team gymnastics competition.

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When Kansas edged out Davidson in the last of the four NCAA mens' regional finals yesterday, they didn't just lock up an All-#1 Seed Final Four. The Jayhawks victory over the upstart Wildcats also managed to secure the first Swoosh-free Final Four since the early '80s.

Nike, Inc. will be represented -- in the form of the Brand Jordan-sponsored Tar Heels. But there will be none of the iconic Nike trademark that has been the mainstay of Final Four games for more than twenty years; round-of-eight losses by Texas, Xavier, and the aforementioned Wildcats of Davidson secured that fate. Worse yet for The House That Phil Knight Built, the three schools playing in San Antonio besides Carolina will all be bearing the mark of their main rival, Adidas.