Whas Happened In Sports Last Night

• Olympic Men’s Basketball: In an awesome display of fourth quarter prowess, Kobe Bryant willed his squad by scoring 13 of his 27 points in the last frame to beat the Spanish squad (again) for the gold medal. That was barely enough to overcome the 21 points from his Laker teammate Paul Gasol. USA 118, Spain 107 [Guardian UK]
• Preseason NFL: This is why you don’t hold your fantasy draft until at most two weeks before the season starts. The Giants’ Pro Bowl defensive end Osi Umenyiora is out for the season with a knee injury, which he suffered during their weekend loss to the Jets. Well, not that a defensive player would hurt your draft, unless you’re one of those freaks in an IDP league—in that case, you need to get a life. (/returns to mother’s basement to blog and obsessively check 13th round sleeper pick’s status.) NY Jets 10, NY Giants 7. [NY Times]
• Little League World Series: Hawaii’s Little league team (or the “US” squad) beat the crap out of Mexico’s Little League team to be crowned this year’s Little League World Series champions. It’s the fourth straight LLWS win for the US, thus proving our littlest baseball players are so much better than their grown up counterparts (see: Olympic bronze medal). [ESPN]
Image [Guardian UK]