"It's a shame for America to not win gold in a sport that it originated, same with baseball."
Ahhhhh . . A Canadian invented basketball my friend. His name was Dr. James Naismith. He may have been in the states when he did it, but he was born and raised Canadian.
http://inventors.about.com/library/i...basketball.htm
So the usa won the bronze, good for them. I like the idea of the champion team playing as a team in the olympics.