Olympics: goodbye China

Hey, the Olympics are over. When did that happen? I'll admit, I lost interest. Sometime last week, I reached my peak. Still good to see the U.S. men win a gold medal in basketball. I have a hard time believing the Americans are merely 11 points better than Spain, but international play is a different beast. I am looking forward to tonight's closing ceremony. I wonder what the Chinese will fake this time around.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, we saw prep sports return late last week. It's fresh, exciting and there's a lot of anticipation for the fall campaign, especially on the soccer pitch, which figures to be brimming with tight matches. I love saying "pitch." I still know little about soccer, but by saying and writing pitch, I can mask that a little bit. If only I could get past the tendency to refer to the goalkeeper as the goaltender.

Football starts Friday, with two local games: Blanding (Utah) at Kirtland Central and Gallup at Farmington High. Friday nights in the fall? It just doesn't get any better than that.

Well, we're getting back into a routine at the office. Darren just returned from San Diego, so hopefully we can get back to normal.

Now, I must prepare for my Fantasy Football draft. I'm hoping for the No. 4 pick, but if I go first, look out Tarvaris Jackson. I got a nice little war room set up here at my apartment. Sheets spread all across the coffee table and my cell phone flipped open (just because I always see that in real war rooms during the NFL draft ... we'll see if it helps or not).