What has happened to the dominance of the United States in the sporting world? Our team didn't even make it to the semi-finals of the sport that we created, leaving Japan and Cuba left to duke it out in the World Baseball Championship. Our Olympic basketball team comprised of the best the NBA had to offer took home the bronze in the last Olympic games. In the most popular sport in the world the United States is barely a blip on the radar. When I was growing up the U.S.A was the best at just about everything, and now it seems like we're getting passed by in so many ways. In the grand scheme of things sports isn't such a big deal, but it's education, economy, and lifestyles. Even South Africa is allowing gay marriage. We're sending jobs overseas in record numbers, and we're importing more and more products that could be manufactured here. I don't think the rest of the world really looks to us as an example anymore, and that's incredibly sad.

I guess we're still the best snowboarders in the world. Go us!