Good reads: Solid Olympic coverage

Maybe the best day so far in Olympic coverage.


GOLD: Sally Jenkins kicks Dick Pound’s ass. This may be the best serious column I've read in a long time and I'd be stunned if anything from this Olympics is better.

SILVER: Ian O'Connor, Adrian Wojnarowski and Dan Wetzel share this spot for coverage of the Iraqi soccer team's upset of Portugal. It's a weird world where Americans are both cheering for and bombing Iraqis.

BRONZE: I'm splitting awards more than the A-10. Phil Sheridan and Jerry Izenberg both have strong pieces on U.S. Flag Bearer Dawn Staley.

More Olympics

Mike Wise on Michael Phelps

Plaschke uses the original marathon as a vehichle to look at Olympics history meeting present

Burwell checks out the Village

Mariotti writes a fun piece about being willing to supress his own cynicism

Lincicome on being American in Athens

Posnanski on Navritalova


Stateside
Shaughnessy is uncharacteristically optimistic as he rips off Springsteen in his lead.


This never happens.

Bill Simmons shreds remember the Titans in his top 72 sports movies but still picks it No. 55, which means its hard to imagine what Numbers 56-72 will be like.

Why is it that Northeastern coaches seem to leave head jobs to become assistants see Dave Leitao, Barry Gallup and now perhaps Ron Everhart