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Redeem Team Gets Redemption Against the Greeks! (Or Something Like That)

It’s only 7:45AM on the west coast, so Shoals, our NBA savant, isn’t with us yet, so allow me to comment on the Olympics hoops this morning from Beijing: The Americans did their best to totally embarrass the Greeks, crushing them 92-69. Here’s a sampling of the bloodshed, from Awful Announcing:↵

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↵Sweet, sweet redemption for Team USA, which lost to the Greeks in the world championships two years ago. Wait, is that part of the reasoning behind why they're calling them the "Redeem Team"? Ohhh, how clever. ↵

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