Here is a recap of some of this weekend’s action.

 Thabeet Leads UConn Into Championship Game
Miami tops Southern Miss
Wisconsin tops San Diego
Valparaiso loses to Iona

Jim Calhoun says that the Paradise Jam is on the rise! :)  Have you been following the action?  Let us know what you think!

I found this hilarious… 

China won one gold medal for every 25 million people in the country. The United States’ per capita rate was one gold for every 8.5 million.  Olympic Fact of the Day: Per capita, China won one gold medal for every […]

Tabarie Henry makes a memorable Olympic debut finishing second in his heat - behind the world champion.
Laverne Jone’s husband says she choked….Ouch!
Taheshia Harrigan makes history as the first ever BVI quarterfinalist.
Ned Gerard is thankful for his experience.
Thomas Barrows finishes 21st in sailing.

MyMelee.com salutes all of our Olympic athletes!

Usain Bolt of Jamaica has won the Gold in the mens 100m finals this weekend and broke the world record he set in Olympic qualifiers earlier this year with a time of 9.69 seconds (that’s just above 23 mph!).  While he’s fast, his Caribbean style showed through at 60 m when he realized he was clear […]

All this Beijing talk got me thinking.  How many medals has the VI won?

Olympics Medal Winners from the V.I.:
Peter Holmberg, Silver, Yachting, Seoul Olympics 1988…
Sugar Ray Seales, Gold, Boxing,
Paul Hoffman, Silver, Rowing, Munich Olympics 1972
Virgin Islanders competed for the U.S. Tim Duncan, Bronze Medal Basketball Athens Olympics 2004
 
You can find more information about […]

If you want to travel to the BVI, a proposal for ferries traveling between the USVI and BVI has been put forth to rectify previous scheduling problems.
After the murder of two tourists in Antigua, many wonder if Caribbean travel is still safe.  This article says yes it is, but it still isn’t that friendly and that tourists need to […]

 (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty Images)
 Belarus’ Mahamed Nurudzinau (R) fights against Virgin Islands’ John Jackson during their 2008 Olympic Games Welterweight (69 kg) boxing bout on August 10, 2008 in Beijing.
 Support our Olympic Athletes!

Here are some articles that are very informing, yet lack some details that could make them whole:

USVI reparations group African-Caribbean Reparations and Resettlement Alliance (ACRRA) has released a new theme song online called “We Want Reparations“.   We’re still trying to find where to listen to it online.  If you know please post it!
Colleen Tramontozzi of Norwich, […]

The USVI Customs and Border Patrol and VIPD has apprehended a man fleeing for PR that was involved in a recent robbery and shooting incident in St. Thomas.  In more positive news a new archaeological Project to Study Historic-Period Sites in the BVI has been announced.  And some more sports news, Aldermond Lesmond of the VI […]

Kevin Hensley, Josh Laban and Kieran Locke have been best buddies since they were little kids, and have swum with each other nearly as long. This summer, they have the chance to do something most swimmers can only dream about: swim together in the Olympic Games.
All three are attempting to qualify for the U.S. Virgin […]