Tag Archives: Greece

No Celtics On the Olympic Team!?

No Celtics On the Olympic Team!?

The 2008 NBA Champion Boston Celtics apparently had no players worthy of being sent to China to play for the US… despite spending the 2008 season wiping the court with the rest of the league. Oops… have I forgotten how successful our more flashy players can be in international play. We wouldn’t want [...]

US Basketball loss hits a grim reality.

US Basketball loss hits a grim reality.

The recent loss this week by the United States Basketball Team in the semifinals of the World Basketball Championship hits a grim reality. We are no longer the best country at basketball. [related article]
Greece bumped the US Team (filled with NBA players) out of gold medal contention… Greece having only a single [...]

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (updated)

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (updated)

April 24 is Genocide Remembrance Day in Armenia and throughout the world, and is also known as Armenian Martyr’s Day and Armenian Remembrance Day. Pictured here is the Genocide Memorial (Tsitsernakaberd) in Armenia’s capital city of Yerevan.
This blog entry will have no jokes, no fluff, and its links may lead to unsettling [...]