OK, some business first: the men's mountain bike finals, featuring Maine's own Adam Craig, have been moved to 3:30 a.m. (East Coast time) from 3 a.m.

Now, here's a shout-out of congratulations to my son, Alex, who's going to be a freshman at Thornton Academy this year. Alex made the TA junior varsity golf team. He's been working hard this summer trying to improve his golf game. This is my handshake and hug with him.

And kudos to his classmates, Dylan Dunbar, Joe Ferrante, Connor Shaw, Sean Doran and Mike Reynolds, who also made it.

I'm sitting in the stands at Wukesong Arena, waiting for the men's basketball semifinal against Argentina to begin.

Spain beat Lithuania in the first semi to advance to Sunday's finals.

It's very interesting how the U.S. has become adopted by the Chinese fans. They came onto the court to a rousing cheer and every warm-up dunk was greeted with oohs and aahs.

And Kobe Bryant, for some reason, still gets the biggest cheers. Huge cheers. He's a rock star here.

When I get back to my hotel room after the game, I'll try to put some videos up on my blog. I attempted earlier in the day, but had some trouble.

Later.

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