USA Olympic Team

With the 2012 Summer Olympics just around the corner, the United States basketball coaches finally announced the players that will represent our country in London. Here is a look at the roster.

Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski

Carmelo Anthony 
Kobe Bryant
Tyson Chandler
Kevin Durant
Lebron James
James Harden
Russel Westbrook
Andre Iguodala
Kevin Love
Chris Paul
Deron Williams
Anthony Davis (replacing Blake Griffin)

Gold: Members of the 2008 Summer Olympic team that won a gold medal.


Coming into these Summer Olympics, the United States are heavy favorites to repeat as gold medalists. It will be interesting to see how these players perform under this kind of pressure as a lot of the players on this 2012 team are young and inexperienced with international play. A weakness on the team is size as Tyson Chandler is the only true center on the team. The team to watch out for is Spain because they have three 7 footers (Gasol Brothers, Serge Ibaka) that could cause problems for the United States.

2012 All Star Game

The 2012 MLB All Star game will take place in Kansas City this year. As always, the elite players from the AL and NL will face off to see which conference will have home field advantage for the 2012 World Series. Here is a look at of the starting lineups and reserves for each team.

American League:  

 Starters:
C- Mike Napoli (Texas Rangers)
1B- Prince Fielder (Detroit Tigers)
2B- Robinson Cano (New York Yankees)
3B- Adrian Beltre (Texas Rangers)
SS- Derek Jeter (New York Yankees)
OF- Josh Hamilton (Texas Rangers)
OF- Curtis Granderson (New York Yankees)
OF- Jose Bautista (Toronto Blue Jays)
DH- David Ortiz (Boston Redsox)

Pitchers: 
Ryan Cook (OAK), Matt Harrison (TEX), Felix Hernandez (SEA), Jim Johnson (BAL), Joe Nathan (TEX), Chris Perez (CLE), David Price (TB), Fernando Rodney (TB), CC Sabathia (NYY), Chris Sale (CWS), Justin Verlander (DET), Jered Weaver (LAA), CJ Wilson (LAA)

Reserves:
Joe Maur (MIN), Matt Wieters (BAL), Elvis Andrus (TEX), Asdrubal Cabrera (CLE), Miguel Cabrera (DET), Ian Kinsler (TEX), Paul Konerko (CWS), Adam Jones (BAL), Mike Trout (LAA), Mark Trumbo (LAA), Billy Butler (KC), Adam Dunn (CWS)

National League:
Starters:
C- Buster Posey (San Francisco Giants)
1B- Joey Votto (Cincinnati Reds)
2B- Dan Uggla (Atlanta Braves)
3B- Pablo Sandobal (San Francisco Giants)
SS- Rafael Furcal (St. Louis Cardinals)
OF- Melky Cabrera (San Francisco Giants)
OF- Carlos Beltran (St. Louis Cardinals)
OF- Matt Kemp (Los Angeles Dodgers)

Pitchers:
Matt Cain (SF), Aroldis Chapman (CIN), R.A Dickey (NYM), Gio Gonzalez (WAS), Cole Hamels (PHI), Joel Hanrahan (PIT), Clayton Kershaw (LAD), Craig Kimbrel (ATL), Lance Lynn (STL), Wade Miley (ARI), Jonathan Papelbon (PHI), Stephen Strasburg (WAS), Huston Street (SD)

Reserves:
Yadier Molina (STL), Carlos Ruiz (PHI), Bryan Lahair (CHC), Jose Altuve (HOU), Starlin Castro (CHC), Ian Desmond (WAS), Chipper Jones (ATL), David Wright (NYM), Ryan Braun (MIL), Jay Bruce (CIN), Carlos Gonzalez (COL), Andrew McCutchen (PIT), Giancarlo Stanton (MIA)