It is almost painful to write this, especially after staying up late to watch, but it was not an upset Tuesday, despite what the NBC announcers kept saying after the USA lost to Brazil in women's beach volleyball.
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There was no home-cooking for the No. 2 seed Brazilian team, which was just better than the No. 3 seed USA.
Yes, it was sad to see Kerri Walsh Jennings' Olympic unbeaten streak of 26 end, but Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas were better than Walsh Jennings and April Ross.
The Americans played hard and used every strategy they had, but they were not quick enough, athletic enough or resourceful enough in the 22-20, 21-18 semifinals loss.
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The Brazilians neutralized Walsh Jennings' usually great net play by staying off the net, and they also served to her on numerous occasions.
Walsh Jennings, who turned 38 the day before the loss, had won the three previous gold medals, but her partner then was Misty May-Treanor, who retired after the 2012 Olympics.
Walsh Jennings had never lost a match until these Olympics.
On Wednesday night, she and Ross bounced back to win the bronze medal in three sets.
Congratulations to Rob Tillman, who was unanimously voted to a two-year term on the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame board of trustees Tuesday.
Tillman, owner of Ortho Rehab, is a longtime resident of Little Rock, and the Missouri native has a great reputation as a highly trained physical therapist.
He has worked with numerous athletes during his career, including Troy Aikman, Corliss Williamson and Derek Fisher just to name a few.
He and his clinic are UALR athletics' physical therapists.
While he has the highest accreditation available, he also did a six-year internship on the back. Speaking from personal experience, he's amazing.
Tillman not only works with athletes but also has a keen interest in sports. He and his wife, Rhonda, have two children.
The board also unanimously approved this year's voting list for induction into the Hall of Fame, which will be mailed to members Oct. 1. Ballots must be returned by Oct. 31.
Announcement of the class, which will be inducted March 3, will be in November.
The Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, which will honor Joe Foley and Arkansas Tech's national championship teams Sept. 16 in Russellville, is a nonprofit organization with open membership.
For more information on how to join and be a part of the organization, go to arksportshalloffame.com. Membership is $75.
A term not as prevalent in the 2016 Olympics, and for good reason, is The Dream Team when talking about the men's basketball team.
The Dream Team, the original in 1992, had enough Hall of Famers to open a new wing, and the term Dream Team probably should have been retired after those Olympics.
That team had some of the greatest players ever: Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson and Patrick Ewing.
Not enough? Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton and Chris Mullin were on the team. Christian Laettner was the lone college representative, beating out Shaquille O'Neal.
That team beat Angola (116-48), Croatia (103-70), Germany (111-68), Brazil (127-83) and Spain (122-81) in pool play. The USA then beat Puerto Rico (115-77) in the quarterfinals, Lithuania (127-76) in the semifinals and Croatia (117-85) for the gold medal.
Barkley, who has been critical of this year's team, led the Dream Team in scoring with 18 points a game. Jordan contributed 14.9.
That was a dream team come true.
Sports on 08/18/2016