Olympics '08: Basketball Team Arrives to Mob

OLYPlusSelectPlusSportsOlympics '08: Basketball Team Arrives to MobOlympics '08: Basketball Team Arrives to MobThe Associated PressThe U.S. men's and women's basketball teams arrived in Beijing Wednesday. Jason Bronis reports, they were greeted by hundreds of screaming fans. (Aug. 6)Beijing - Screaming fans welcome U.S. Basketball team.Suggested caption: Beijingers gathered by the hundreds at the city's airport to welcome the U.S. Basketball team. As the AP's Jason Bronis found, even though the throngs were kept far away, they were still very excited to catch a glimpse of the biggest stars of these games.((TRACK))((SUPER: Beijing)) ((VO of Bryant walking between bus, fans on wall.)) THEY ONLY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE ... A BRIEF FLASH OF N-B-A STAR KOBE BRYANT AS HE DASHED TO A WAITING BUS OUTSIDE BEIJING'S AIRPORT.IT WAS ENOUGH TO START THESE FANS CHANTING THE NAME OF THEIR FAVORITE STAR.((NATS))'Kobe! Kobe!'((TRACK)) ((VO of Bryant on bus, fans on wall, players on bus, bus parked outside terminal.)) A QUICK WAVE THROUGH A BUS WINDOW WAS ALL THEY WOULD GET.FANS AND CAMERA CREWS KEPT AWAY FROM THE TERMINAL EXIT CLIMBED A WROUGT IRON FENCE TO GET A BETTER LOOK.THE U-S MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM IS JAM PACKED WITH N-B-A STARS LIKE BRYANT, LEBRON JAMES AND DWAYNE WADE.THEY'RE HEAVY FAVORITES TO TAKE THE GOLD.THE WOMEN'S TEAM, WHICH INCLUDES MANY BIG NAMES FROM THE W-N-B-A, ALSO ARRIVED IN BEIJING WEDNESDAY.((NATS))More yelling.((TRACK)) ((VO of fans running towards bus, teens, fans.)) AS THE BUS PULLED AWAY, THE RACE WAS ON FOR ONE FINAL LOOK AT THE TEAM.FANS HOPING TO SEE THESE STARS UP CLOSE WOULD LEAVE DISAPPOINTED.BUT MOST - LIKE THIS TREO OF AMERICAN TEENS - WERE HAPPY JUST TO SAY THEY WERE THERE.((SOT))((SUPER: Stefania Lehman/Fan))'I'm lost for words, really. I'm just so amazed. We really weren't excited about this thing because there was so much mass hysteria everywhere, but I'm really in the Olympic sprit now.'((TRACK)) ((VO of bus pulling away.)) THE U-S MEN'S TEAM OPENS THEIR OLYMPIC BID AGAINST CHINA ON SUNDAY.JB, THE A-P, BEIJING.

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[supaikudayo]

@Leeroy8888 Stupid? excuse me? mind explaining why?

[kimbobrand7]

They only want to see Kobe

[timothyngim]

I dint noe that basketball got women's team

[sirbronis]

jason bronis is the shit

[sirbronis]

yea boy.. go jason bronis

[BIZZY828]

oh ok... so jus because the U.S. win by 37 points they cannot laugh on the bench?? i am sure they werent laughing at the other team... the U.S. will not be denied this year baby!!

[clasicosenaccion]

China was laughing cause they have never get to the next round in an Olympics!!... and they won by 4.

Is not the same win by 4 than by 37 point of margin!!

And why Dwayne Wade didn't want helped when he fell to the ground?? Some player gave his hand but Wade didn't accepted it!!

[venusfan2102]

NO DA FUCK WE NOT!!!!

[venusfan2102]

DUDE!!!!???? I dont like china beacause thier atlethes are underage and they lied about it but tha shit you talkin bout aint got shit to do with the US basketball team takin gold. everyone has thier diffrences as a country or continent so goin off like that is nothin but immaturity and egnorance your showing to other countries.

[venusfan2102]

americans dont eat horses cause if they do I must have been buried underground