2008 Olympics!

As you probably know, I love the Olympics! I cannot wait until it starts! I love sports but I also love the competition between the USA and the world. I love hearing about the backgrounds of the people competing and admire all the time and effort they put into it. The 2008 Olympics starts on August 8th 2008. Here are some of the Olympic Trial dates if you want to see if they are on TV in your area.

Track and Field - June 27- July 6
Swimming - June 29-July 6
Cycling BMX Trials - June 14
Diving - June 18-22
Gymnastics - June 19-22
Rowing (Small Boats) - June 9-13
VolleyBall - June to early July (TBD)

http://www.usoc.org/117_53283.htm Has a list of the trials by event, with the date, and air time and channel

http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/ site for the US gymnastics (since that seems to be the most popular sport)

http://www.michaelphelps.com/ site for Michael Phelps (Swimming)

http://www.shawnjohnson.net/index2.html site for Shawn Johnson (Gymnastics)