Posts Tagged as ‘olympics’

August 28, 2008

Jay Mariotti Leaving Print Journalism for the Inter-web

Jay Mariotti of Chicago Sun Times and more recently Around the Horn, is leaving hist post at the Chicago paper where he works. He worked 17 years as a print writer and is now moving into the internet world. Wow, this guy is really hurting for a job. Essentially, Mariotti is embracing [...]

August 21, 2008

Adam Jones Makin’ it Rain in a Local Dallas Commercial

Pacman, or now just Adam Jones, is in a local Dallas TV ad with Deion. I don’t even know where to begin with this. How much do we love USA? You know he’s so pissed that he can’t hit-up strip clubs anymore.  This isn’t as amazing as the Eastern Motors, but worth a look.
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August 19, 2008

Argentine Women’s Soccer Jokes Around

Members of the Argentine women’s soccer team appeared in a newly surfaced photo participating in the whole “slant-eyed” trend that’s sweeping the Olympics. The U.S. media perceives this gesture as racist, but does it really matter what the media thinks? The Spanish men’s basketball team made the same joke, and now another Spanish [...]

August 18, 2008

Photo of the Year – Phelps by a Fingertip

It was Phelps’ 7th gold medal and he won it by .01 of a second.  Did he win it outright?  We think so, but skeptics say otherwise.  The guy is a machine, and he used all 6 feet 5 inches of his frame on this wall-touch.  Phelps is on the left and won the  race [...]

August 18, 2008

Aaron Peirsol, The Missing Link to the Wilson Brothers

The Bejing games were good to Aaron Peirsol, he went home with two golds and a silver, in addition to two world records in the 4 x 100 medley relay team (Phelps’ 8th gold medal race) and the 100 meter backstroke . But is he also the 4th Wilson brother? In our book, [...]

August 15, 2008

Swedish Wrestler Blows off Medal Ceremony

The Olympics bring out the best and the worst in competition.  Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian accepted his bronze medal after his wrestling match, and then walked off the podium in disgust, leaving his medal on the wrestling mat.   Click here for the video from LiveLeak.  Ara and his coach are blaming “politics” for the reason that [...]

August 14, 2008

Hungarian Weightlifter Mishap

Bodybuilders sacrifice their bodies for the attention and glory that comes from powerlifting hundreds of pounds of weight. That being said, Janos Baranyai had a “major malfunction” when he lifted his weight in the Olympics. Youtube took down the video for copywrite infringement from NBC, but LiveLeak is leaving there’s up. The [...]

August 12, 2008

Alicia Sacramone – Has a Great Left Hook

From Luke
Olympic Gymnast, Alicia Sacramone, is hot and has a great left hook. MMA Girls uncovered a great clip of her on youtube punching some drunk college kid at Brown. Who knew people at Brown drank? I thought they all went Emo before Emo was Emo and now they were in the stage of creating [...]

August 12, 2008

Spanish Basketballers Have a Unique Sense of Humor

The Spanish basketball team has an interesting sense of humor. Maybe Spaniards do not cosider making “slant eyes” a offensive gesture, but the rest of the world does. These guys are clueless. The Spaniards had no clue they were being offensive, but the Chinese and the rest of the world are sure [...]

August 12, 2008

Wow, this is Awkward

Our Commander in Chief attended the opening ceremonies and fratenized with some America’s most talented and scantily clad athletes. This is really strange, but it’s great to see that 42 is is a fan of the U.S.’s best chance for a Women’s Beach Volley Ball gold.