Norwegian physicist Hans Eriksen has done the math and figured out that if Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt hadn't slowed down to showboat, he could have run the 100-meter Olympic final in 9.55 seconds.

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Cuba's Angel Matos deliberately kicked a referee square in the face after he was disqualified in a bronze-medal match, prompting the World Taekwondo Federation to recommend that he be banned for life.

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The Olympics are over. If you have been reading Stereohyped for the last two weeks, I'm sure you know that it saddens me greatly. In honor of the "Redeem Team's" gold-medal win over Spain, here's a clip of 1992's infamous Dream Team. Goodbye, Olympics.

And this week's John Wiley Price Awards for foolish and embarrassing complaints go to:

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• IOC chairman Jacques Rogge told reporters that Jamiacan Usain Bolt did not "spirit of the Olympic ideal" after breaking world records in the 100m and 200m finals. I'm pretty sure Rogge's quote isn't in the spirit of the Olympic ideal, either. Sure they guy is cocky, but he's 22 and the fastest man on earth. Also, it's clear that he's friends with the other runners, so he's obviously not a terrible sport off the track. Meanwhile, the IOC has finally decided to investigate the underage Chinese gymnasts.

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Jamaicans proved their dominance in the art of sprinting this weekend, with the unbelievably-fast, believably-cocky Usain Bolt winning the country its first gold medal in the 100-meter dash and the Jamaican women sweeping the medals in the same event.

At least one person on Spain's basketball team has learned that it's not exactly appropriate to mock the facial features of an entire race of people for laughs, even if he isn't exactly apologizing for it. Team Spain player (and LA Laker) Pau Gasol said, "Some of us didn't feel comfortable doing it. To me it was little clownish for our part to be doing that. The sponsor insisted and insisted. They pushed because they're the people that pay the money. It was just a bad idea to do that. It was never intended to be offensive or racist against anybody." The team's coach refuses to apologize, saying that it was just a joke. Nevertheless, the International Olympic Committee thinks that the matter has been resolved — just like the issue of those allegedly underage Chinese gymnasts. [People]

Wherein you, the readers, talk amongst yourselves.

I might be obsessed with the Olympics, but I know not everyone cares or even watches. Do you? What are your favorite events?

A lot happened over the weekend in Beijing, but the two of the most notable moments were the USA's gold medal win over trash-talking France in the Men's 400 Relay — the team included superstar Michael Phelps and Cullen Jones — and the opening basketball team between the U.S. and China, which was apparently the most-watched basketball game in the history of the sport. The U.S. beat China by 31 points, but apparently the American players are so beloved over there that Chinese basketball lovers weren't that hurt by the loss.

It might come as a huge shock to some of you longtime readers, but I don't much care for sports. The Olympics are a very notable exception. I'll sit in front of the television and enjoy the most random event that I wouldn't dream of watching any other time. This is one reason why NBC is making crazy money off of these games — the dedication of only-during-the-Olympics sports fans like myself.

But enough about me, what about the athletes? We all know the Lebrons, the Kobes, and the Serenas — they're excellent athletes, they're famous, and, unlike many of their Olympic colleagues, they get more than one chance every four years to do their thing when millions are watching. Today and next week, we'll highlight some (relatively) lesser-known Olympic-medal hopefuls.

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