Bill Katovsky: New Awards from the Beijing 2008 Olympics

Many of us have our own personal mental highlight reel from the Beijing 2008 Olympics. But as often is the case, many awards still await to being handed out in the now-concluded Games. Here then are my own HuffPost awards: Biggest Disappointment If It Didn't Win Gold: USA men's basketball team. Biggest Disappointment Because It Didn't Win Gold and Thus Had to Settle for Silver: USA women's softball team. Bait and Switch: Chinese officials' bogus promise to the IOC that it wouldn't restrict freedom of the press and protests to take place during the Games. Beijing Bling: Jamaican running sensation Usain Bolt's gold track shoes. Most Likely to be Made into a Hollywood Movie: USA men's volleyball team's amazing road to gold, especially in the wake of its coach's father-in-law being stabbed to death at a Beijing tourist attraction. Most Emotional Moms: Team USA's swimming silver-medalist Dara Torres on the awards podium and Debbie Phelps in the stands at the Water Cube watching her ... (link)