Jackass of the Day: Spanish men's basketball coach Mario Pesquera, who threw a childish tantrum after losing to the U.S.

Mario was mad that Larry Brown called a timeout when the game was decided. But FIBA has some strange rules about how you call timeouts (still unclear to me). Apparently Larry called one in advance, while Spain was still contesting the game. Once they gave up, he tried to rescind, but couldn't. He sent his players quickly back out on the court to keep playing.

And even if none of that were true, an unnecessary late-game timeout is no justification for Pasquera's incredibly poor sportsmanship. After the game, he refused to shake Brown's hand, and when the U.S. coaches tried to come over and explain, he just shouted them down.

Spain had played great throughout the tournament, and it was a bad break that they had to face a quickly improving U.S. team in the first medal round game. It's too bad that their Olympic trip had to end with their coach's disgraceful behavior.