Olympics, Moose Sighting and Vacation

Early end to the week, as I'm heading to Texas for a wedding. But plenty of stuff to leave you with.

• Olympics open tonight (this morning really) in Beijing. Will the delegations wear masks during the ceremony (my bet is no), will there be protests (my bet is yes but not during the ceremonies, and NBC is guaranteed to talk about them for 15 minutes or so) and will China's flag be the highest when the athletes carry them into the stadium (definitely, given that it will be carried by Yao Ming.

• Yankees avoided trouble last night. They lost Joba, lost Pudge and lost the first two games in Texas against the Rangers. Had they been swept or even lost 3 of 4 heading into Anaheim (with Giese and Kennedy set to pitch) it probably would have killed their hopes for a playoff berth. Good thing Mike Mussina stepped up big last night.

• Since I likely won't be able to update until Monday, keep an eye on Jim Furyk, +1 through round 1 of the PGA Championship. Not a great start, but as mentioned a while back, I still like him to pull through.

No time for spellcheck, so hopefully this willl be error free (at 4:30 a.m.? Not bloody likely.)