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Olympics Xing
Xing (pronounced shing or sing) means journey in Chinese — fitting for this blog, which is all about the journey of the U.S. men's basketball team and N&O staff writer Luciana Chavez at the 2008 Beijing Games. She is covering her first Olympics and making her first trip to China. Check in here for Olympic news and for Luci's impressions getting to and being at the Games.
Athlete of the day
Submitted by rcarter on 08/23/2008 - 03:00
AP photo
You'll have to stay up late — after midnight — to see the men's gold medal basketball game and American team leader LeBron James play for the gold medal. The game starts at 2:30 a.m. Sunday EDT.
If you can't keep your eyes open that long, check out the men's marathon — perhaps the most Olympic of Olympic sports. It'll finish live during NBC's prime-time telecast from 7:30 p.m. to midnight EDT.
— Mike Persinger
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