Weekend winners
The athletes in the Olympic opening ceremonies. Sure, the ceremonies took some political — and unnecessary — turns, but there is something cool about watching the best in each of their sport be humbled to a point that they look like high school sophomores picked for the varsity. LeBron looked giddy, for Pete’s sake. God bless sports.
Watching the Olympics. Yeah, the controversy about the religious mocking turned a lot of viewers off, but I could not turn the Games off over the weekend. And when the national anthem is played, it gets dusty in my living room. Every single time.
Mike Tirico. Dude is a pro’s pro and handled all comers in the first weekend of the Olympics with aplomb.
Kevin Durant. Dude came off the bench and lit up Serbia in a convincing Team USA win. Did not know until this weekend, but KD is in line for his fourth gold medal in hoops. Wow.