Marvin Gaye Nike Commercial
While not as high profile as the SuperBowl, the commercials at this years summer Olympics are grabbing some attention. Fortunately a lot of the major events appear with minimal commercials (and just endless ’sponsored by Coke’ messages), but there are some great spots out there. Like this one for Nike featuring a retro performance of the national anthem from Marvin Gaye woven into recent images of the US Dream Team. The clip of Gaye singing comes from the 1983 NBA All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
Cycling Wins for Great Britain and Spain
The road race events produced a first for the British - a gold in cycling. Britains Nicole Cooke won the women’s road race in miserable pouring rain with a time of 3:18:46. Samuel Sanchez of Spain won the mens road race in 6:09:45.
On they way - the latest Beijing Olympic News and Results
We’re still unpacking the boxes, but in a short time we’ll be bring you the latest Beijing Olympic time trial results, pre-game news and eventually a daily blast of Beijing’s Olympic results. We’ve got coverage planned on everything from how the Olympics have affected China’s economy to the cool design and architecture created especially for this summer’s game. Stay tuned folks.