2008 Beijing Olympics
2008 Beijing Olympics

Speedo's Olympic Success Leads to Financial Dilemma for Universities

Speedo's Olympic Success Leads to Financial Dilemma for Universities

2008 Beijing Olympics
The theory of trickle-down economics got an Urban Dictionary-style redefinition after the Summer Olympics in August after watching approximately 312,847,708 world records mutilated in the Water Cube, thanks in large part to wearing new LZR Racer suits from Speedo. Now, of course, collegiate and high school swimmers… Read…
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olympics

Mad Physicist Analyzes Effects of Usain Bolt's Olympic Showboating,…

Mad Physicist Analyzes Effects of Usain Bolt's Olympic Showboating,…

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Mad Physicist Analyzes Effects of Usain Bolt's Olympic Showboating, Carl Lewis Thinks It's Juicy Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world. He made the competition look silly during the 100-meter finals in Beijing and cruised so easily to victory that he was celebrating before the race was even over. Wondering how sick the speedy Jamaican's time could have been had he given it 100 percent throughout the entire… Read…
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White People

No White Person Has Ever Broken 10 Seconds in the 100 Meters

No White Person Has Ever Broken 10 Seconds in the 100 Meters

White People
I thought 2008 would be our year. I really did. After all, if a black man can be elected President (hopefully), then a white person could break 10 seconds, right? But the 100 meters came and went and once more the fastest white man in the history of the universe remains some guy named Marian Woronin from Poland who… Read…
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Britain

British Gold Medalist Gets Plastered, Rolls Over a Taxi Bonnet in…

British Gold Medalist Gets Plastered, Rolls Over a Taxi Bonnet in…

Britain
Bradley Wiggins, a double gold medalist in cycling, is the culprit. It's things like this that make people mistakenly believe the British can't handle their alcohol. Or have drinking problems. Wiggins was out celebrating in London House—which is evidently an area of Beijing designed to honor the 2012 Olympics. The… Read…
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