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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.
Final Olympic ride for Kidd
Submitted by lchavez on 07/25/2008 - 18:31
USA point guard Jason Kidd said Beijing will be his final Olympics. He could go out as one of just a handful of Americans with two gold medals in men's basketball is the U.S. wins the tournament that begins Aug. 10 at Wukesong Indoor Stadium.
The Dallas Mavericks veteran also wants to deeply breath in the smells, listen closely to the sounds, and let his eyes swim in the sights he'll encounter in China.
"In 2000, I kind of did that," Kidd said of winning the gold in Sydney. "But it was more like I was young and I felt I would come back again. ... [The opening ceremonies are] unbelievable. It goes too fast. We're one of the last countries to be introduced. You walk in, see all the other countries ... it gives you goose bumps. But now that I know how fast it goes by, I'm going to try to walk a little slower."
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