Blushing Crows

For those of you who aren't keeping up with all of the Olympic games, you're missing some good competition, as well as some quality beef/cheese-cake. Even those who go without sports coverage should be able to enjoy the thrill of the Olympic crushes. Here are the cuties that have been listed so far, with helpful links to websites about them:

Men:

• Michael Phelps
  
• Lenny Krayzelburg
  
• Ryk Neethling
  
• Paul Hamm and Morgan Hamm
  
• James Cracknel
  
• Ian Thorpe
  
• Blaine Wilson
  
• Marian Dragulescu

Women:

• Mohini Bhardwaj
  
• Otylia Jedrzejczak
  
• Amanda Beard
  
• Amy Taylor
  
• Jodie Henry
  
• Lisa DeVanna
  
• Kaitlin Sandeno
  
• Natalie Coughlin
  
• Jennifer Parilla
  
• Loudy Tourky
  
• Dominique Moceanu (who's not actually on the US team this year)

The games continue and so does the Olympic Crushes Poll. Fill it out, add to your answer, or see who's being crushed on.

More on the Games.

Earlier today, I was watching the NBC coverage of the match of Women's Beach Volleyball. About three-fourths of the way through, the I heard the commentator say something that told me who was going to win: "This is the second set; the U.S. team won the first."

Regardless of how spoiler free a person tries to stay, NBC will keep cutting us down like this. See, when airing volleyball or like sports in prime time, NBC will only air the final set. When the set count is tied, this is okay, but when one team has an edge on the set count, then the viewer knows that team will win.

Dear NBC programmers: The Olympics are like steak. Don't try to turn them into a Big Mac.

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In other news, I have only three holes for the July Enigma: 7, C6, C7. I don't expect to spend much time on the crypts, but if I manage to bend flat #7 to my will, then I'll have to make a run at the issue complete.

FriNYTX: 7:30. SatNYTX: 14:30. SunNYTX: 20.