Upset brewing?

Don't look now, but I've spotted a Dark Horse from way back. Earlier this week, Tamara Willit Hurt was sitting in sixth. Leslie's team has already vaulted to third. But she may not be done. Take a look at what happens if the favorites win out in every remaining event:

Lea's Team (projected points in bold):
1. Michael Phelps - 24
2. Alexander Artemev Donny Robinson - 3
3. Women's Softball - 3
4. Matt Emmons - 2
5. Women's basketball - 3
6. David Boudia
7. Jonathan Horton - 3
8. Haley Ishimatsu
9. James Blake
10. Eva Lee
11. Samantha Peszek - 2
12. Jason Parker Kristin Armstrong - 3

Projected total: 43

Leslie's Team (projected points in bold)
1. Nastia Liukin - 10
2. Ryan Lochte - 8
3. Jeremy Wariner - 6
4. Jason Lezak - 7
5. Allyson Felix - 3
6. Womens Soccer - 3
7. Shawn Crawford - 2
8. Christian Cantwell - 2
9. Sanya Richards - 1
10. Steven Lopez - 3
11. Anna Willard
12. Destinee Hooker Tiffany Ross-Williams - 2


Projected total: 47


It would be a huge upset. Remember that you heard it here first!

Fall? What fall?

OK. No one say anything to Alicia Sacramone about falling off the beam. She could do this to you:

Hanging tough...

Yeah, I might not have lucked into Michael Phelps (I mean, I'm not saying there was hanky-panky with the name-drawing, but the people doing the drawing ended up 1-2... just saying... kidding, btw), but the Red Army is hanging tough.

And I haven't even handed out the steroids yet...

You tell them, Bela!

“They are using half-people,” Bela Karolyi told the Associated Press (about the Chinese women's gymnastics team). “One of the biggest frustrations is, what arrogance. These people think we are stupid.

“We are in the business of gymnastics and we know what a kid of 14 or 15 or 16 looks like. You don’t have to be a gymnastics coach to know what they look like at 16.”

“What kind of slap in the face is this?” Karolyi asked. “They are 12, 14 years old, max. And they line them up for the world … and having the government back them?”

"Since they forced an age limit, it has gotten worse and worse. The FIG is running away from the age problem. They set an age limit and now they can't control it."

Oerter Team

Manager: Steve
Bridgeport, WV

Total Points: 17

Roster:
1. Aaron Peirsol - 8
2. Ian Crocker - 3
3. Men’s Basketball -3
4. Bernard Lagat
5. Lolo Jones
6. Terrance Trammell
7. Bryan Clay - 3
8. Reese Hoffa
9. Christina Loukas
10. Mens Soccer
11. Marshevet Hooker
12. Troy Dumais

Tie-breaker country: Russia

THE Cinderella Story

Manager: Stephanie
Concord, NH

Total Points: 23

Roster:
1. Amanda Beard
2. Paul Hamm Beezie Madden - 4
3. Alicia Sacramone - 2
4. Venus Williams - 3
5. Muna Lee
6. Dara Torres - 6
7. Tom Pappas Mens Volleyball -3
8. Eric Shanteau
9. Dana Vollmer Mike Day - 2
10. Rogers/Dalhausser - 3
11. Brad Vering
12. Michael Anti

Tie-breaker country: Australia

TRADE MADE 07-24-08:
No. 9 pick Dana Vollmer and and No. 7 pick Tom Pappas were replaced by Mens Volleyball and Mike Day

TRADE MADE 08-01-08:
Beezie Madden will replace No. 2 pick Paul Hamm

H.I.P.P.O.S

Manager: Maria
Bridgeport, WV

Total Points: 28

Roster:
1. Shawn Johnson - 9
2. Garett Weber-Gale - 6
3. Peter Vanderkaay - 4
4. Rebecca Ward - 2
5. Jenn Stuczynski - 2
6. McLain Ward Thomas Fitchum
7. Jessica Hardy Elizabeth Beisel
8. Laura Wilkinson
9. Morgan Hamm Alexander Artemev - 1
10. Kendrick Farris Larsen Jensen - 1
11. Anna Cummins - 3
12. Sarah Hammer

Tie-breaker country: China

TRADE MADE 08-07-08: alexander artemev for morgan hamm, elizabeth beisel for jessica hardy, larsen jensen for kendrick farris and thomas fitchum for mcclain ward

Team (Your Company's Name Here)

Manager: Lea
Columbus, OH

Total Points: 40

Roster:
1. Michael Phelps - 24
2. Alexander Artemev Donny Robinson - 1
3. Women’s Softball - 2
4. Matt Emmons - 2
5. Women's basketball - 3
6. David Boudia
7. Jonathan Horton - 3
8. Haley Ishimatsu
9. James Blake
10. Eva Lee
11. Samantha Peszek - 2
12. Jason Parker Kristin Armstrong - 3

Tie-breaker country: Germany

TRADE MADE 07-24-08: No. 12 pick Jason Parker will be replaced by Kristin Armstrong

TRADE MADE 07-28-08: No. 2 pick Artemev will be replaced by Donny Robinson

àn yún

Manager: Lee
Columbus, OH
2006 Fantasy Olympics participant

Total Points: 20

Roster:
1. Katie Hoff - 4
2. Tyson Gay
3. Serena Williams - 3
4. Walsh/May-Treanor - 3
5. Bob & Mike Bryan - 1
6. Brady Ellison
7. Ben Askren
8. Christina Jones
9. LaShawn Merritt - 6
10. Levi Lepheimer - 1
11. Women's volleyball - 2
12. Heather Corrie

Tie-breaker country: Great Britain

Tamara Willit Hurt

Manager: Leslie
Chicago, IL

Total Points: 47

Roster:
1. Nastia Liukin - 10
2. Ryan Lochte - 8
3. Jeremy Wariner - 5
4. Jason Lezak - 7
5. Allyson Felix - 5
6. Womens Soccer - 3
7. Shawn Crawford - 2
8. Christian Cantwell - 2
9. Sanya Richards - 4
10. Steven Lopez - 1
11. Anna Willard
12. Destinee Hooker Tiffany Ross-Williams

Tie-breaker country: Japan

TRADE 8-17-08: Dropped Destinee Hooker, picked up Tiffany Ross-Williams

America's Red Army

Manager: Shawn
Kansas City, MO

Total Points: 31

Roster:
1. Natalie Coughlin - 10
2. Chelsie Memmel - 2
3. Margaret Hoelzer - 5
4. Katie Zeigler
5. Walter Dix - 2
6. Erik Vendt - 3
7. Mikele Barber
8. Ricky Berens - 3
9. Stacy Dragila
10. Dave Walters - 3
11. Cullen Jones - 3
12. Kyle Bennett

Tie-breaker country: France