Olympics: Basketball
Carmelo Anthony Hoping For Gold
Posted Jul 21st 2008 5:47PM by Quibian Salazar-Moreno, Blackvoices.com
Carmelo Anthony is in Las Vegas this week with the rest of the U.S. Olympic team to start practice and training for the games in Beijing next month. In a diary for the New York Times, Melo admitted that he was disappointed in his last Olympic appearance in 2004 and hopes to help right the ship for U.S. Basketball.
"I have a very bitter taste in my mouth from the 2004 Olympics, like I just ate a sour grapefruit or something. This summer in Beijing, we're going to drink a lot of Kool-Aid, because revenge is going to be sweet," Melo said. "We're going to be gone for a whole month, but I'm really excited about the whole thing. Not just playing, but being involved and being part of it. We've been working out and practicing together for the past three years, and anytime you can get a group of guys like us together as much as possible to play and practice, all that experience and togetherness helps."
Posted Jul 21st 2008 5:47PM by Quibian Salazar-Moreno, Blackvoices.com
Carmelo Anthony is in Las Vegas this week with the rest of the U.S. Olympic team to start practice and training for the games in Beijing next month. In a diary for the New York Times, Melo admitted that he was disappointed in his last Olympic appearance in 2004 and hopes to help right the ship for U.S. Basketball.
"I have a very bitter taste in my mouth from the 2004 Olympics, like I just ate a sour grapefruit or something. This summer in Beijing, we're going to drink a lot of Kool-Aid, because revenge is going to be sweet," Melo said. "We're going to be gone for a whole month, but I'm really excited about the whole thing. Not just playing, but being involved and being part of it. We've been working out and practicing together for the past three years, and anytime you can get a group of guys like us together as much as possible to play and practice, all that experience and togetherness helps."
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Australia's eventing team members Lucinda and Clayton Fredericks share a hug after receiving their silver medals from Princess Haya, second from left, as Sonja Johnson stands at left, during the medals presentation for the equestrian team Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Japan's Yoshiaki Oiwa rides Gorgeous George during show jumping portion of the equestrian Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Gina Miles of the Unites States celebrates her silver medal in the equestrian Individual Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Great Britain's Kristina Cook celebrates her bronze medal in the equestrian Individual Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 with Princess Haya in the foreground. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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British rider Mary King with her horse Call Again Cavalier perfroms at the jumping of the Eventing Individual at the Beijing 2008 Olympics Equestrian in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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British rider Mary King with her horse Call Again Cavalier perfroms at the jumping of the Eventing Individual at the Beijing 2008 Olympics Equestrian in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
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Germany's Hinrich Romeike receives a hug and his gold medal for the individual Eventing competition from Princess Haya during the medals ceremony at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Gina Miles of the United States rides McKinlaigh during show jumping portion of the equestrian Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. Miles won a silver medal in the individual Eventing competition. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Australia's Clayton Fredericks rides Ben Along Time during show jumping portion of the equestrian Eventing competition during the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. The Australian's won a silver medal in the team Eventing competition. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Empty seats surround fans as they watch the Rainer Schuettler of Germany against Novak Djokovic of Serbia during first round men's singles tennis action at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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