USA Takes on the World and Inevitably Loses

If a live sporting event is televised on ESPN Classic, it's going to be special. It has to be.

Tonight, at 11, the U.S. basketball team takes on Venezuela, on ESPN Classic.

I am kind of excited. There might never again be a chance to see Kobe, Lebron, Carmelo, and J-Kidd on the same team, actually trying.

If the U.S. doesn't make it to the finals of the FIBA Americas Tournament, they don't even make it to the Olympics. Even if they do make it to the Olympics, it's in Beijing, so I'll probably never watch it because of the time difference.

No Daily Show and Kolbert for me tonight. Once the Mets game is over, I'm heading over to watch what's guaranteed to be an instant classic.

If only Gilbert were playing...