Hoop nightmares and more!

Hey up. Got an email from Greece's biggest daily newspaper today saying they were going to write about my humble blog. Which is nice of them. I had to answer four or five questions about what I think of the Games planning and suchlike.

Anyway, on with today's news...

AMERICA ARE RUBBISH AT BASKETBALL
Actually, they're not, but they got beaten by Italy in a warm-up game today. In fact, the team of NBA stars got hammered 95-78. Smiling? Me? It's more of a grin actually.

GREEK ARMED FORCES ON WAR FOOTING
The above is, apparently, the case. Isn't 'footing' a funny word? Footing. Footing. Footing.

MEXICAN TV JOURNALISTS ALLEGEDLY BEATEN BY ATHENS SECURITY GUARDS
Apparently they were filming in Piraeus - where many VIPS are staying on cruise boats - and they were beaten up for refusing to stop. Not good.

INDONESIA WON'T BE SHOWING THE GAMES ON TV
They are, apparently, the only country of the 200 or so sending competitors who won't be showing them on TV. Too expensive, apparently. Seems like a shame for the athletes and the viewers to me.

GREEK PARAMEDICS STRIKE OVER PAY
They want bonuses during the Games so they've gone on strike. But now is not really a good time to be striking lads. Could you not have sorted this a while ago? Sheesh, isn't there any good news today?

ATHENS2004BLOG TO BE FEATURED IN GREECE'S BIGGEST NEWSPAPER
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot.