Day    12    Sept.    26,    2000

US team dogging it?- Andres Cantor- "The US is in position to score! Woof! Woof! Woof! His shot goes wide!" Oh!! He was saying Wolf Wolf Wolf. Andres should know better about crying wolf too many times.

Mary Carillo gem - The Belgian duo respecting or fearing the Williams sisters' power both played behind the baseline. Carillo called it the Belgian Waffle Formation. Strawberries and whipped cream with that Mary?

Bud Collins - nicknamed the Williams sisters, "Sisters Sledgehammer"

Channel surfing - The Young and the Restless - Paul was upset that Chris didn't want to start a family for another two years. Jack was kissing somebody in his office. ( I don't know, I haven't been watching this for quite awhile.)

Boxing feature - Corner men techniques for towel whipping to keep the boxers cool between rounds. There's the standard up and down motion, the figure 8, and the windmill technique.

Name of the day - Agaguloglu - Turkish boxer and announcer's (especially Teddy Atlas) nightmare

Channel surfing - ESPN Baseball - Robert Wuhl was in the booth and they played a clip from ~Arliss~. Joe Morgan's line as he disgustingly walked away from Arliss, "Long John Silver and not Red Lobster"

From the same game on TBS - A foul tip hit Mike Piazza in a tender place. Skip Carey's line, "I think it got him south of the border."
  BTW -The Braves won the game and clinched the National League East again.

A little overdressed - IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the medals at Beach Volleyball wearing a regular business suit. Jim Watson commented, "There must be plenty of sand between his shoes and socks"

USA Underdog Watch - Boxer Michael Bennett was outclassed by 2-time Champ Felix Savon; Mens Soccer team lost to Spain, will play Chile for the Bronze; 9th seeded Mens Volleyball team wins Gold; Unheralded Womens Volleyball team will defeated powerful Korea and is in the semis; Mens Water Polo team lost to Gold Medal favorite Hungary 10-9 but still have a chance to reach the medal round; Divers Troy Dumais and Mark Ruiz finished 6th and 7th on Springboard; Marv Albert still had his clock cleaned by Teddy Atlas.

Did it with one hand tied behind our backs- USA wins the Gold Medal in baseball today against a heavily favored Cuban team. The Japanese, Koreans, and Australians sent their best. The USA sent fringe Major Leaguers and mostly Minor Leaguers.

Channel surfing - WB - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Guy with long hair says "I'm Dracula." Buffy says "Get out!" So I did. That was about all I could stand of Sarah.

Channel surfing - E! True Hollywood Story - Bruce Jenner put on his Gold Medal and strutted around his hotel room naked, said his wife.

Fantasy Interview -
Interviewer: You just had the performance of your life! Describe how you feel!
Athlete: Man it's about time those drugs started working!

Positive Drug Test Count - (courtesy KUSI San Diego)  
Bulgaria 3
  Romania 3
 Belarus 1
USA 1 - Happened before the Olympics

Also from KUSI, the tradtion of reading the latest results but playing the SAP - this time it was in Chinese

------------------------------------- Letterman's back!

Last night's audience tested positive for disappointment.

New Yorkers are in the Olympic spirit. Yeaterday, on the way home, I saw a synchronized stabbing.

The I.O.C. is out of control. They stripped Al Sharpton of his medals.

NBC is delaying the airing of events because of the time difference. Did you see yesterday Mark Spitz won 7 Gold Medals.

Rupert G at Hello Deli is in the Olympic spirit. He's serving Chile and Greece.

The Clintons are looking for an apartment in New York where they can pretend to live together.

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All these athletes failing the drug test. It must be too hard.

With these drug scandals, they decided to have Whitney Houston sing at the Closing Ceremonies.

That CJ Hunter is a big guy - cut to video of a CJ lookalike rolling his urine sample in a 55 gallon barrel.

Monica Lewinsky has been offered $1 million to pose in Playboy. She would be Miss October, November and December at the same time.

We're gonna go back 18 hours to Sydney now.
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GM Moments and Olympic History - 1956 USSR put down a bloody rebellion in Hungary. The blood spilled over into the Olympics with a violent Water Polo match between Hungary and USSR. Hungary won 4 -0.

Costas closing - As you can see the desk here, I've got nothing left. I'm done.