Winter X Games 13 Highlights

The annual Winter X Games have come and gone. The event seemed overshadowed by endless NFL playoff analysis and Obama inauguration coverage. While the games aren't as big as they once were a few years back there was definitely still some amazing moments. Check out the videos below to see what you missed.

Winter X Games - It's all over...


Simon Dumont's X Games 13 Gold Win In Big Air


Levi Lavallee Double Backflip X Games 13


Winter X Games 12 Shaun White 1260 Run


Travis Rice Massive X-Games Practice Run Wipeout

Redeem Team 1, Phelps 8

Early Sunday morning the USA Olympic Basketball Team aka The Redeem Team took on 2006 reigning World Champs Spain. The game is really worth watching in its entirety as the game was a battle down to the last minute. With the amount of hype and pressure put on this years Olympic team (not to mention Lebron's guarantee) anything less than a gold would be considered failure.

Earlier in pool play the US beat Spain by 37 points. The USA overcame early foul trouble by Kobe Bryant and Lebron James with a great off the bench performance from Dwayne Wade. The game was close throughout with Spain having solid play from Juan Carlos Navarro, Marc Gasol and Rudy Fernandez. 17 year old Ricky Rubio started at point guard with Jose Calderon out due to a hand injury. It was a 4 point game with 2 minutes left but the USA was able to pull out the victory and our first gold medal in 8 years.

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16? Really?

If you watched the Woman's Gymnastics Team Final, the difference between the American & Chinese teams was apparent. Well, the first difference was the skill level of the Chinese, who took gold, but that may be in part to the age controversy surrounding some of the Chinese team.

Questions were raised before the Olympics about the age of some members of the Chinese team but the IOC and FIG (Federation International de Gymnastique) both deemed the girls' passports to be legitimate. Recent reports are saying that maybe as many as 3 of the Chinese gymnasts are under the age of 16.



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