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Game Over??

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The Olympics are officially over. The games and China will be forever remembered for largely being exciting and thoroughly spectacular. The closing ceremony was as grand and unbelievable as the opening ceremony. I just felt that it got over too quickly. Olympic games from past years have tend to last forever. This one ended with lot of stars born and 2 huge superstars to remember for a lifetime. Michael Phelps (Swimming - 8 Golds, 7 WRs) and Usain Bolt (Track & Field - 3 Golds, 3 WRs) are going to be super-star attractions in 2012 when the London games start.

Over to the U.S. Open Tennis tournament which starts in New York (for once the pressure is on Rafa Nadal as compared to Roger Federer) and the upcoming NFL season. You can't get bored in America once you start following sports here.

But the biggest game of all is just getting started. It is presidential election year and the 2 sides are all but ready for "war" to get to the White House. John McCain vs. Barack Obama. Its going to be fun. Old style politics of the Republicans vs. the message of change from the Democrats. I am looking forward to the debates and the expert opinions of the debate postmortems by the analysts. Mark your calendars. The Democratic National Convention from Denver starts tomorrow. The Republican National Convention starts a week later in St. Paul. Can hardly wait.

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