US Maintains Narrow Lead in Medal Count

China has approved NONE of the Olympic protest requests US beats China 9-1 in baseball in game mared by injuries and bean balls Panama wins first gold medal of any games US Women win 20th straight Olympic softball game Jamaica sweeps women’s 100m dash Venus and Serena take gold in women’s doubles Russa sweeps the women’s singles competition Nadal earns gold on men’s side Phelps goes 8 for 8 - Men take gold in 4×100 Medley Torres takes two silvers in 50m freestyle and 4×100 relay medley Georgia Bulldogs AP #1 in College Football Margarito questions De la Hoya’s heart, courage as Oscar continues to duck career ending fight against Antonio Usain Bolt breaks world record en route to 100m dash gold medal Tyson Gay fails to qualify for medal race America, Dix, takes bronze Watch it … Phelps goes 7 for 7 by 1 / 100th of a second. Final race on Saturday night at 10 PM Eastern OFFICIAL WEBSITES AND RESOURCES Bleacher Seats ESPN Yahoo Sports CBS Sportsline Fox Sports Boxing Records / Wiki Retrosheet The Score (Chicago Sports - Listen) The Fan (NY Sports - Listen) ESPN Radio (Listen) Major League Baseball Website National Basketball Association Website National Football League Website National Hockey League Website Major League Soccer Website Mixed Martial Arts FIFA Nascar ATP Tennis (Mens) WTA Tennis (Womens) Professional Golf Association Ladies Professional Golf Association Official Olympics Website 2008 Olympics Website Ring Magazine Baseball Almanac Sports Illustrated Gambling911 World Series of Poker

Wild Thing: RA Dickey throws four wild pitches … in one inning Mets acquire Bobby Ayala Biggio’s number retired by Stros 8/18 Olympics Updates Dream team rolls of Dirk and the Germans 106-57 Rogers and Dalhauser advance to semis in beach volleyball China takes gold and silver in men’s rings China takes 2 of 3 in uneven bars, Liukin takes silver France, Russia shine on men’s horse China takes gold in women’s vault Gibb and Rosenthal go down in men’s beach volleyball Johnson and Liukin finish 2nd and 3rd on floor exercise First night of individual apparatus competition ends with Americans claiming no more medals Favre: 5 of 6, 48 yards and TD US Baseball keeps hope alive with victory over Canada US Men’s volleyball coach rejoins team after family members’ murder at start of games Rogers and Dalhausser just stay alive in Men’s beach volleyball Venus and Serena Williams make it to Gold medal match in doubles tennis US Men’s Water Polo stays alive with shocking win over world champion Croats Wrestler who stormed off podium, dropped medal on mat is stripped of the bronze Florida starts off Little League World Series by no-hitting South Dakota Manny gets a haircut First Crawford, then Longoria, now Percival on DL for Rays Glavine and Carpenter go back to DL Lynch a Patriot COLUMNISTS AND BLOGGERS Sports Blog Nation Deadspin Bloody Elbow - MMA Blog Chi. Sun Times - Jay Mariotti NY Daily News - Mike Lupica WaPo - Tony Kornheiser WaPo - Michael Wilbon LA Times - Bill Plashcke ESPN - Peter Gammons ESPN - Mel Kiper Philly Inquirer - Phil Sheridan Philly Inquirer - David Aldridge ESPN - Dick Vitale Devner Post - Woody Paige Atlanta JC Columnists Kansas City - Joe Posnanski Bad Left Hook - Boxing Blog Restrictor Plate - NASCAR Blog Global Futbol - Soccer Blog Waggle Room - Golf Blog Men’s Fitness Blog

Curt Schilling announces on his blog that he will probably retire White Sox regain AL Central lead Dogers acquire Greg Maddux from the Padres Sheffield hits 493 Brewers’ Bruan leaves early with injury Pats Mum on Brady’s New Foot Injury Iranian Olympic star not allowed to play in the National Basketball Association National heart ache: Chinese hero injured, pulls out of 110 hurdles U.S. Women’s Soccer beats Japan in semifinals … on to Gold Medal match vs. Brazil Traenor and Walsh reach semis in beach volleyball Americans Branagh and Youngs swept out of quarters by Chinese Men tonight vs. Germany at 10 PM Greek hurdler tests positive for steroids Roger Federer wins his gold in doubles tennis — Williams sisters shoot for same tomorrow morning Dream Team destroys Spain in Men’s basketball Daryle Ward’s 9th inning pinch hit 3 run homer lifts the Cubs over the Marlins for 9th straight road win Dogers win again, Beat Brewers Brandon Webb wins 18th, stops Astros win streak Cliff Lee wins 17th for the Tribe Heartbreak: Mariano Rivera wild pitch helps Royals over Yankees Contact: bleacherseats2008 - at - gmail.com Follow bleacherseats on Twitter Sign-up to receive only the latest breaking sports news. Email address:   RSS FEEDS Full Site Feed Main Headline Feed Column One Feed Column Two Feed Column Three Feed Upper Left Feed