On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:07:10 -0400, "Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. "
wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:33:21 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:02:40 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

Even with all the controversy surrounding China favoritism, the USA has
kicked ass.

Well done.
USA!! USA!! USA!!

Although we seemed to have a problem in boxing - we should have kicked
major butt with the talent they took over, but it didn't turn out that
way.

And got to see some really interesting sports this time around - for
instance, I never knew there was male field hockey. Or handball which
is a kind of basketball/soccer/hockey hybrid which I guess is popular
in Europe. Some really good soccer matches and for once, they
actually covered the velodrome events instead of ignoring it.

I watched one of the handball contests .... I think it was Denmark against
somebody.

I don't think I had ever seen "handball" before. It struck me as a cross
between basketball and hockey.

Very athletic game.

Eisboch

Looked like water polo on land.

Handball used to be Racquetball, without the Racquet. Who is messing
with the rules?

This is a different game all together. It does look like two water polo
teams playing on a basketball court. Nets at either end, throwing the ball
to each other, dribbling, etc. I'd never seen it before.