Flashes of Brilliance Vs Game-Long Consistency: The World Cup Finals

It was the most exciting World Cup Finals match in a looong, loooong time and both teams showed the world why they deserved a chance to bring the Cup home.

That being said, here are three thoughts about that match:

Thought #1 Croatia played a better game.
I have just fallen in love with Croatian football. It's everything I remember Argentinean and Brazilian football to be. The intricate passing, the llightning quick runs, the pinpoint volleys, the intense passion.

In my honest opinion, for about 86 minutes of the game, Croatia played better football than France. I guess that's why there's a lot of angst about Croatia's loss (not just among Croatians), because they were the better team today but the better team did not win today.

Oh-lympic Basketball: France On The Rise?

There's a team that rapidly rising to through the ranks of Olympic basketball and everyone's taking notice.

France, a team more known for its football players rather than its basketball players are suddenly making other traditional basketball powerhouses sit up and take notice.

Oh-lympic Basketball: US 98 vs France 71

For about one quarter, Team USA vs France was very much a basketball game. The French matched the intensity, fierceness and athleticism of the American to go down by only 1point, 22-21, in the first quarter. And then, the Americans turned it up another notch.

Kobe Bryant scored 5 straight points in the first 2mins of the second quarter as part of the 11-0 run by the Americans to put them up by 12points, which would be the closest France would get in the next 3quarters.