September 8th, 2008
Capitalizing on Team USA’s Olympic gold medal in basketball, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant is getting some positive press this offseason. Bryant was spotted at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards with his wife, Vanessa. Bryant was an award presenter, giving out the “Video of the Year” award to Britney Spears for her […]
By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments
August 22nd, 2008
ESPN NFL analyst Mark Schlereth was asked how Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt would fare in professional football. Schlereth replied, “He would be a terrible football player.” Sure, Bolt is fast, but Schlereth made the point that Bolt’s speed is on a track and without a helmet and pads. He also said […]
By Tony Baldwin -- 5 comments
August 18th, 2008
I read about the whole tie breaker thing with Nastia Liukin and He Kexin during lunch and just wanted to scream one thing.
FIXED!!!
Okay. That might be going a little bit too far. I’m not that crazy. But these judges just seem like they’ve spent too much time at the bar before judging. But before […]
By Cherie Lampley -- 3 comments
August 17th, 2008
When the Olympics began, I fell in love. And the object of my affection was Michael Phelps. He lived up to all of his expectations winning 8 gold medals. The most an athlete has ever won in a single Olympic Games. I’m so proud of you Phelps. So Proud.
Then it happened.
It was an obvious replay […]
By Cherie Lampley -- 1 comment
August 17th, 2008
In case you were caught up watching Michael Phelps and the Olympics today, you might have missed (or forgot to watch) the opening games of the 2008-09 English Premier League season. So what if there is soccer in the Olympics? Yes, Major League Soccer is happening now in the U.S., but there’s just […]
By Tony Baldwin -- 0 comments
August 16th, 2008
Well, not really the “Holy Grail,” but it is a quest for gold; what could be his eighth gold medal of the 2008 Olympic games. Michael Phelps is currently preparing for his eighth and final race at Beijing, the 4×100m medley relay.
In just about 40 minutes, Phelps will be just diving into the pool […]
By Tony Baldwin -- 2 comments
June 2nd, 2008
“I know that the medal was not fairly won and that it is dirty,” Johnson said in a column published in The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday. “So difficult as it is, I will be returning it to the International Olympic Committee because I don’t want it. I feel cheated, betrayed and let down.” […]
By Cherie Lampley -- 2 comments
April 24th, 2008
Meet Liu Qi. Liu has many hobbies, not the least of which is being the current president of Beijing’s Olympic Organizing Committee, being the former Chinese Minister of Commerce and torturing people (from Truthdig):
In an extensive legal opinion, the U.S. District Court in San Francisco determined that Liu was responsible for the illegal detention […]
By Alejandro de los Rios -- 1 comment
April 11th, 2008
Yahoo! may be getting bought out by AOL, but that’s not doing anything to prevent them from warning us of the impending DEATH OF THE WORLD.
Clearly, the Chinese will stop at nothing so that their precious “torch” make it to their precious “Olympic Opening Ceremonies” even if it means stopping God himself should he/she/it decide […]
By Alejandro de los Rios -- 0 comments
April 11th, 2008
by Alejandro de los Rios
First impressions are hard. Usually forced, awkward, with all parties just wishing they could somehow just skip getting to know each other and just know each other. You know? Some first impressions are perfect, most are awkward, while some are just completely disasterous. With that in mind, what better way to […]
By Alejandro de los Rios -- 2 comments
April 10th, 2008
Image details: Protests Erupt As Olympic Torch Relay Winds Through San Francisco served by picapp.com
The Olympic Torch arrived in San Francisco yesterday. As expected, there were a bunch of protesters. The torch was rerouted to avoid anti-China hordes. Many of the protesters waved Tibetan flags, even one of the torch-carriers had a Tibetan flag on […]
By Albert Bianchi -- 0 comments
March 10th, 2008
This year is make-or-break for China’s international image, or at least it appears so. The Chinese government is going to great lengths — sometimes even hilarious, super-villain lengths — to make China’s formal introduction to popular consciousness the best it possibly can be. China’s can’t change all its problems with bizarre technology however. Its ties to […]
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