Forget the overhyped Michael Phelps, the real strongman in the Beijing Olympics is American decathlon gold medalist Bryan Clay. A short visit to his website made me an instant fan. I particularly like the fact that he takes time to answer questions from his fans: Q: Bryan, best of luck, all the Hapa Kepanis peeps [...]
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American Crybabies II: Torri "False Start?" Edwards
Argh. This is just pathetic and another instance of American athletes being crybabies. AP via Huffington Post: The U.S. track and field team’s protest of the women’s 100-meter final at the Olympics was rejected Sunday night. The Americans asked that the race be reviewed because of a possible false start by Torri Edwards, one of [...]
Jon Stewart: Michael Phelps vs. the Giant Clam
The unfortunate rivals of Michael Phelps might want to pick some tips from this video on how they can beat the merman. Brought to you by Jon Stewart. Related:Jon Stewart on Olympic Controversies
Phelps Bags Seventh Gold, the U.S.’s 15th
Isn’t it interesting that almost half of the gold medal harvest of the United States is produced (or co-produced) by Michael Phelps? Here’s the merman celebrating after winning his seventh gold medal in the men’s 100 meters butterfly. Photo source: beijing 2008
Naked Olympians: The U.S. Gymnastics Team
Just because this U.S. artistic gymnastics team “only” won the bronze medal doesn’t mean they can’t show off their muscles, abs, and armpits. So now the nakedness score between the dueling male and female Olympians: males = 2 vs. females = 2. The naked females would be Rebecca Romero and Britta Heidemann while the males [...]
