USA! USA!

Big surprise: Our man LeBron is on the Olympic basketball team. Other notables selected to play include Kobe Bryant, making his Olympic debut; Carmelo Anthony, who, like LeBron, was on the 2004 team that brought home a bronze medal; and Dwyane Wade, who missed the end of the NBA season due to injury but is apparently feeling better.

Rounding out the team are Dwight Howard, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Michael Redd, Tayshaun Prince, Chris Bosh and Worthless Loser.

You know, when the "Dream Team" hit the floor in Barcelona in 1992, it looked like the USA couldn't possibly ever lose another Olympic basketball game. Heck, we'd won most of the gold medals available over the few decades prior, using college players. But the rest of the world caught up a lot faster than we could have expected, and the USA has been hurt by the fact that many of our top players have chosen to sit out.

But if this group doesn't win gold, I'll eat my hat. All right, I'm bluffing, but you know what I mean.