Sports Fact of the Day 8/21/2011

8/21/2008:
In the gold medal beach volleyball final at the Beijing Olympics, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh defeat the Chinese tandem of Tian Jia and Wang Jie. May-Treanor and Walsh also won the gold medal at the Olympics in Athens in 2004. A loss to fellow Americans Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs in the AVP Crocs Cup Shootout on August 31 snaps the pair's streak of 19 tournament victories.

Birthdays:
Chris Schenkel b. 1923
Toe Blake b. 1912
Wilt Chamberlain b. 1936
John Wetteland b. 1966
Usain Belt b. 1986

“Life isn’t all beer and skittles.”

—THOMAS HUGHES, English jurist and writer

ON THAT’S SAYIN’ IT!

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sportscaster Alan Mclnally