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...Absolutely." The word almost knocked me to the floor, as if LeBron James threw his massive elbow into my puny chest. Did he really just say what I think he said? During a June interview for TIME's Olympic preview issue, I asked James if he could guarantee that the United States would win gold in Beijing. It was a throwaway question, a standard strategy sports journalists employ to see if an athlete will prematurely pump his chest. Sure, guarantees get overblown, but they do say a lot about an athlete. He or she is confident, even cocky, and willing...
...made headlines around the world. After the U.S. had performed so poorly in international competition for the previous six years - the sixth place debacle at the 2002 World Championships, bronzes in the '04 Olympics and '06 worlds - was James insane for offering bulletin board material? Not quite. Now that LeBron has fulfilled his promise, with America's 118-107 win over Spain on Sunday giving Team USA its first Olympic gold in eight years, we should applaud him for speaking his mind, and backing up his words...
Shooting guard Michael Redd, who plays for the Milwaukee Bucks, admitted LeBron's words didn't thrill all this teammates. "We wanted to take the low road, but LeBron's LeBron," Redd says. "He's going to say what we feels in his heart." But the Americans quickly got over the shock. "Look, man, LeBron is one of our leaders," says forward Carlos Boozer. "Every guy on this team backs him. He went out on a limb way back when and said, 'look, we can't be beat.'. And we weren't. So you might want to start asking...
...post-game press conference. I asked him if he was glad he made that guarantee. He didn't flinch. "Yeah," he said. "A lot of people doubted me, thought I was wrong for predicting it. I guess I can read into the future now." Here's an easy one, LeBron. With the way the Redeem Team performed in Beijing, the world will respect the America's game once again...
...tank top, comes from the sport's international governing body, the FIVB. In fact, the regulations specify the maximum amount of a female athlete's rear end that can be covered by her swimsuit. But male sand-spikers decked out like they're about to take on Kobe and LeBron in a little two-on-two? That's completely fine. Maybe I should have stayed away from beach volleyball altogether. I'm still stumped by the sartorial rules of the game...