Charitable Gift Giving

For the last few weeks, we’ve been highlighting great Olympics souvenirs where proceeds go to support the athletes of the US Olympic Team.

For the next 14 days, we’ll highlight one new product each evening from the US Olympic Shop.

On Sunday evening Beijing time (Sunday morning US time), Team USA and the Chinese National Team faced off in what they’re calling the most-watched basketball game in history, watched by over 500,000 people.

It was a surprisingly competitive game in the beginning. The team from China, playing with an enthusiastic home field crowd, sharp three-point shooting, and the hopes of 1.3 billion people on their shoulders, put up a valiant fight, keeping the score close well into the second quarter. But then Team USA kicked it up a notch and put the game away.

You can recreate the event yourself by getting replicas of the jerseys that were worn in the game. For the China team, you can get a red Yi Jianlian jersey with yellow trim with the word CHINA written in block letters. For the US team, you can get the Kobe Bryant Olympics jersey and Lebron James Olympics jersey which are white with blue trim, as worn in the game.

You can also get the official Beijing 2008 China team jacket
and 2008 Team USA Team Jacket

Of course, the real winner is Nike, whose “swoosh” appears on every one of these!

Cheer on Team USA by wearing their official apparel, and check back here each day to track their progress on this official medal count widget.