All three of these stories from Yahoo!'s Olympic newsfeed:
- Irish boxer Michael O'Reilly was a medal contender in the boxing event. He's done unless his B sample does not confirm the drug positive in his A sample. No word for what, but the suspension in boxing is provisional and immediate.
- Speaking of disqualified boxers, Hassan Saada of Morocco is out of the Games. The lightweight is accused of sexually assaulting two waitresses in the Olympic Village.
- And, in lighter news and in a way of announcing my Las Vegas trip for early next week: It has been revealed that, for the first time in 18 years, Las Vegas sportsbooks will take Olympic wagers. Basketball is rumored to take in the most money, followed by women's soccer -- but word is quite a number of sports could be on the docket.
A sad report, confirmed today by ESPN:
- The one thing most of us might stop Pele from being tonight's cauldron-lighter has come to pass. Pele has announced that ill health will prevent him from being at the Opening Ceremony.
And a couple from
Inside the Games:
- In what is becoming a more common situation with these international soccer tournaments, Nigeria's drama was accentuated just before the game with Japan yesterday on erring and playing the wrong national anthem.
- US intelligence has sent over 1,000 spies to try to root out security problems.
- If you think NBC has thrown a shit fit on this year's Olympics, just wait four years! In Tokyo, the Japanese alphabet will have the United States entering the Opening Ceremony FIFTH. Iceland will be the second nation in order.
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