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The Beijing Bureau Says Goodbye
The Olympics have ended, yet our three young lads who dutifully covered them for Deadspin for the past month are still there. They've requested a farewell post. Here it is. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by The Springfield Armor Street Team Intern: No Christmas Ape-esque big reveal? I demand to know the internet pseudonyms behind the posts. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Beijing Bureau
The Accredited Leave, Sun Still Shines (Sort Of)
The Olympics have mercifully ended and they were in China. And we are proud to welcome back our Deadspin Beijing Bureau, our own trio of correspondents living in China and reporting on everything they see, Olympics related and otherwise. They are winding down their coverage, obviously.
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By DAULERIOComment by NightElfMohawk: @HockeyMountain: This is why I don't go to Starbucks then... more » | Other threads
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nba
Dream A Little Redeem With Me
Heading into the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, the United States men's national basketball team had two goals. First and foremost, they wanted to win a gold medal. That is, after all, the primary mission of any Olympic quest. The secondary objective, though, was no less important to the psyche of everyone involved with the program, from the director to the coaching staff to the players to the fans: To redeem the very idea of American basketball and reestablish our national dominance of the sport. Now that they have succeeded in both goals, a bigger question remains: What does it all mean?
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duan
Take Us Home, Oh Mudda Fadda; Take Us Home from Beijing
So, yeah. This is it. Tonight's the last night of co-ed Rings summer camp and tomorrow our parents will be here to pick us up and take us home and we'll spend all our time with our old steady sports and we'll promise to write about swimming and gymnastics and equestrian events but we never will, so we'll lose touch with them until next time we go to camp. But we'll totally remember the good times we had and how we got to second base with beach volleyball. More »
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By TuffyComment by My Government Name is Berto, But My Spiritual Name is BRONZE NAZARETH: Night, DUAN. more » | Other threads
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beijing olympics 2008
So About Those Judged Olympic Sports We All Love...
Rudel Obreja, a Romanian technical official for the international amateur boxing body (AIBA), was suspended Friday for holding an "unauthorized" press conference Friday. This is AIBA/IOC terminology for "talking too much", especially considering the topic Obreja chose: "That One Time a Couple High-Ranking AIBA Officials Approached Me on the Sly to Ask Me Who I Wanted to Judge and Referee a Boxing Match for a Romanian". We hear that press conference kills on C-SPAN. More » -
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Barry Bonds Cannot Stop Destroying Sports All Over the World
Out here in the West, the third and final part of the Bob Costas-Jacques Rogge tête-à -tête has just wrapped up on NBC. In this section (loosely labeled "Etcetera"), Costas asked Rogge what killed softball and baseball for the 2012 Games. Rogge eventually mentioned the domination of both sports by a few countries (*cough cough* America *cough*), which Maggie Hendricks of Fourth Place Medal tore down yesterday. Before he did, though, he was sure to pick a proper villain. According to the head of the IOC, Barry Bonds killed softball. More » -
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Deadspin Interview: ESPNsoccernet's Lindsey Dolich
Lindsey Dolich has been documenting women's soccer for ESPNsoccernet and ESPN the Magazine in a freelance manner for about a year and has been the Ron Jaworski of these Olympics, breaking down each strategy and player in a highly detailed fashion that is instantly accessible to the casual soccer fan. We tracked her down this week to ask her about the women's tourney, the notion of redemption in sports, and why she is uniquely qualified to discuss women's Olympic soccer. (Oh, and her Japanese fan club in Australia.) More » -
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Hail Britannia at the Appropriate Intervals in a Civil Manner!
Britain's Olympic successes shall be winging their way back to the Empire shortly to the waiting arms of the loving mother country. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised a "tremendous reception" on Monday when they pitch wheels down to Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Only one problem, naturally: British Airways and Heathrow has told everyone to stay home for the safety and health of all involved. We assume they just couldn't figure out how to charge a fee for the event. More »
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By TuffyComment by What Would Kornheiser Do?: @mikedrawcar: @EditorOfTheDailyFaberian: The last season finale of Doctor Who? more » | Other threads
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Nike's US Division Defeats Nike's Spanish Division at Company Picnic
Jesus H. on a medal stand. While you were sleeping, the United States and Spain put on an offensive show that impressed the inventors of fireworks themselves. Both teams combined for 225 points in a mere 40 minutes of action that moved so quickly that the paint on the hardwood melted. The United States won 118-107, but this game didn't reach safe ground until the final minute. More » -
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Why Does That Chinese Tattoo Look Like a Bar Code?
We don't want to throw a cold bucket of confetti on the proceedings late tonight, but could it be that all of the perceived new focus by USA Basketball and its players on preparation and presenting a warm face to the public has an awful lot to do with the 1.3 billion consumers the shoe companies (and others) want to reach in China during these Games? (Not that we would suggest corporate interests influence national sporting efforts. Sorry, Liu Xiang.) More »
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By TuffyComment by Thatjusthappened: @Where is Ron Mercer!!: Not so much...USA winning in what turned out to be a good game. A win like... more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
The Thing I Do Can Be Related to Current Events So Look At Me!
Below, you will see what it takes for a man to excrete success. Frosted Flakes Gold is not involved, despite what our television just told us. More »
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By TuffyComment by Brazil Thrill: We haven't seen a gut this sexy on Deadspin since, well, Rangers fan. more » | Other threads
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beijing olympics 2008
Synchronized Swimmer Sinks Slowly; Silly Swimmer!
We've been shopping our script about a narcoleptic synchronized swimmer for years to no avail; it's an uplifting story, but you know how much it costs to make a water-based film. However, we've dusted off the script and sent it to our agent again after hearing that one of the Japanese synchronized swimmers, Hiromi Kobayashi, sank to the bottom of the pool after their routine and had to be rescued and swept out of the natatorium on a stretcher, wrapped in a white sheet. More »
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By TuffyComment by Dirk Dorkelson: I saw this event (b/c I heard about the swimmer passing out). The penalty was unrelated to the woman passing... more » | Other threads
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deadspin beijing bureau
Is Jacques Rogge’s IOC Ever Going to Grow A Pair?
The Olympics are in full-swing and they're in China, so, you know, it should be a rather fascinating world event, if you're into fascinating world events. And we are proud to welcome back our Deadspin Beijing Bureau, our own trio of correspondents living in China and reporting on everything they see, Olympics related and otherwise.
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By KOGODComment by OttosBrother: @bigtrain45: It's called ratings. Apparently, moms and housewives the world over love them some gymnastics. And until the Euros begin... more » | Other threads
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beijing olympics 2008
And This Little Piggy Smashed Your Face In
We've been irritated a time or six by a game official that felt they were as important to the proceedings as the participants themselves. We always had the urge to do something about them to return equilibrium to the event. However, we never got further than drafting a formal complaint and then forgetting to email it in the morning. (Also, we could never decide which federal agency to send it to.) It never really occurred to us to roundhouse kick the ever-livin' snot out of the official, but we also can barely lift our legs to carry our bloated blogging form to the fridge for our morning beer. More »
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By TuffyComment by World_B_Enslaved: and Ron Artest has just taken up Taekwondo more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Argentina Live Up to Their Gold Medal Aspirations
Argentina's men's basketball team may have come up short against the United States, but their heavily favored soccer team laid claim to a gold medal of their own. Angel Di Maria's chip shot past Ambrose Vanzekin was all the Argentines needed to defeat Nigeria in a brilliantly contested Olympic gold medal match. The second half goal, set up by the deft touch of the enigmatic star Lionel Messi, led Argentina to a 1-0 victory, and a well earned gold medal. More » -
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ESPN Headline Writers Probably Should've Opted For Something Less Chinky
Given all the insensitivity issues that have come up during Olympic basketball, it probably wasn't a good idea for ESPN.com to use "Chink In The Armor?" as their Redeem Team story hed at 4 p.m. today. Well, it's changed now. That's the beauty of online publishing; your sins can be vanquished in an instant. Unless, of course, one person like Krister Johnson immediately screen-grabs it and sends it over to Deadspin. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Andy Hutchins: @The Boy Wonder: That seems, in order, fun, rough, and par for the Pooz Course. In other news: goodnight, DUAN. Much... more » | Other threads
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If The Snaggle-Toothed Ping Pong Player's Gettin' Some, Everybody Is
Or so that's the statement from Matthew Syed, whose eye-opening Penthouse forum-style article in the Times of London titled "Sex And The Olympic City" makes it seem virtually impossible for any athlete not to get laid while they spend time in an Olympic village. Syed is a former British table-tennis champ who participated in the Games in Barcelona and Sydney and is now a full-time sports journalist whose coverage of the Olympics so far has been positively Baylessian in its contrarianism. More » -
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China Daily is Your Go-To Source For Soft-Core Olympic Smut
The Olympics are in full-swing and they're in China, so, you know, it should be a rather fascinating world event, if you're into fascinating world events. And we are proud to welcome back our Deadspin Beijing Bureau, our own trio of correspondents living in China and reporting on everything they see, Olympics related and otherwise.
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By DAULERIOComment by NotChoinski: "From about 5,000 applications, 297 candidates were chosen..." The rest got bouncing-box duty at the opening ceremonies. more » | Other threads
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He Kexin
Nothing To See Here, Please Disperse...Or Is There?
Still spooked by the scary ramifications of uncovering an embarrassing scandal, the IOC said it had officially completed its age investigation of the Chinese gymnastics team. The verdict: totally legit. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Yinka Double Dare: Ah yes, all Chinese athletes are tiny little women, like those women that are over 6 feet tall on their... more » | Other threads
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Those Redeem Team Players Just Can't Help Being So Damned Charming
This smartly dressed-looking woman is named Stephanie Stricklen, a reporter for KGW Northwest News 8 in Portland, Oregon. For the past couple weeks, she's been assigned to traipse around Beijing and add a friendly, familiar face to her station's Olympic coverage. And just like track star Kara Goucher, Stricklen had a pleasant run-in with some of the Redeem Team's finest lady scoundrels. Although she doesn't tell the world if one of them tried to pick her up...ah who are we kidding? More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Forced Entry: @TigerWoodsHole: you almost word-for-word captured my first thought when I read that. Eerie more » | Other threads
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IOC Finally Launches Investigation Into Chinese Gymnasts Thanks To "Stryde Hax"
It appears the U.S. women's gymnastics team may actually get their coveted gold medals if an IOC investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnastics team proves the little demons weren't all 16 years of age. After initially dodging all the questions, the findings of one U.S.-based blogger named Stryde Hax, has apparently prompted the IOC to respond, according to the Times of London.
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By DAULERIOComment by SideAngleSide: oh hey, what's up you guys. investigation's over btw. thank god. that investigation took fucking forevvvvvvvver. it just kept dragging... more » | Other threads
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How Will 8 Gold Medals Help Michael Phelps' Prodigious Coozing?
Throughout the Olympics, there have been many variations on the email like the one below regarding America's trophy-headed swim king, Michael Phelps: More »
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By DAULERIOComment by LilJerrySeinfeld: Are we sure these girls aren't part of some Canadian olympic team? Yeesh. more » | Other threads
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deadspin beijing bureau
BOCOG Vice President Wang Wei Wants You to Stop Bothering Him
The Olympics are in full-swing and they're in China, so, you know, it should be a rather fascinating world event, if you're into fascinating world events. And we are proud to welcome back our Deadspin Beijing Bureau, our own trio of correspondents living in China and reporting on everything they see, Olympics related and otherwise.
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michael phelps
Welcome To The Post-Phelps Malaise
Late Saturday night Michael Phelps finally accomplished the impossible-turned-inevitable: 8 gold medals, setting hearts aflutter and cementing his legacy as an Olympic icon destined for corporate millions, milk mustaches, and being an overexposed special guest on NBC shows for the rest of his life. (What are the chances Phelps doesn't show up on the premiere of Saturday Night Live this year?) More » -
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Who's You Haddadi? Iranian Basketballer Banned From NBA
If any of you pro basketball fans were watching Iran play in the Olympics and thought to yourself that Hamed Haddadi might be a good addition to your team, you can put those dreams to bed. Haddadi, who has averaged 16 points in four games in Beijing, has been advised that the NBA office has forbidden teams from entering contract talks with him. Because he's obviously a terrorist. I'm kidding, I'm kidding! More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by StanGable: We're playing him over there so we dont have to play him over here. more » | Other threads
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The Communists And Trendy AIDS Campaigns Might Be Onto Something
Amid all the allegations of scoring bias that seem to come out of these (and every other) Olympic Games, there may be an even simpler controversy involving the colors on an athlete's uniform. A study from a German university is indicating that teams and athletes that wear red are actually the benefactors of scoring bias from referees. More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by koivutoakill: @Johninho: That tears it. My next vacation is in Jamaica. I hear there are a lot of fast women there. more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Beijing Does Not Lend Itself To Getting Stinky On One's Hangdown
Numbers are in from Beijing that paint this Olympiad's cadre of athletes as a prudish lot. I suppose it's one thing to compete in that communist land without taking any sort of stance on human rights, Darfur, or the environment. But that's clearly their prerogative, and one that we can generally understand. But even if they're not sticking their necks out for their beliefs, that doesn't explain why they're not sticking anything else out. See, the majority of the 100,000 condoms set aside for the Olympics have gone unused. If the greatest athletes on our planet can't get laid, what hope is there for the rest of us? More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by Remington Steal: "Stinky on my hangdown," now that is an awesome, awesome reference. more » | Other threads
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May-Treanor And Walsh Are Like A Shark Riding On An Elephant's Back, Trampling And Eating Everything They See
Beach volleyball speaks to me about the innovative nature of America. Here we have a spinoff sport, where two people are doing the same work originally done by six, and doing it on arguably the slowest surface one could find in any sport. And the juggernaut that is Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh has plowed through this new sport so ruthlessly that the IOC is thinking about removing it from the Olympics altogether. More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by Come a little Miroslav Klose You're My Kind of Man: @formerly Chief Wahoo: Gym-nastics? /let me get that knock at the door more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Phelps Achieves Perfection With a Little Help From His Friends
Michael Phelps has just made history by eclipsing Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals in a single Olympics with a win in the 4x100 medley relay in Beijing. Phelps maintained a small lead swimming the butterfly in the race's third leg and once again it was Jason Lezak holding off the opposition in the race's final 100 meters. While the Australians kept things close the whole way, Lezak was not about to be overtaken. (UPDATE: Video after the jump courtesy of Awful Announcing)
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Those Chinese Certainly Know How To Conduct A Job Search
It's been both enjoyable and sad to see some of the stories coming out of Beijing. It's been seemingly one unpleasant discovery after another, between the poor girl who was deemed unpretty enough to sing the Chinese national anthem and the faux ethnic kids around the flag during opening ceremonies. But now we're finally getting that feel-good story out of the Chinese capital that we all needed. Why yes, it does involve nudity.
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By Josh ZerkleComment by dickryder: @chuckv: You can't. No guy can, because the Chinese would rather not have their women harmed by bulging steel... more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
USA Basketball Beat Spain By 37 With Perimeter Shooting, Superior Apparel
The United States'And 1 Mix Tape Tourquest for their first gold medal in basketball in eight years claimed another victim this morning. America shot 12-of-25 from behind the freaking arc as Spain was blown out, 119-82. Eight Americans scored in double-digits as Spain was held to just 39 percent shooting from the field. More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by Seventy-Five: @Craig Eshericks Mustache: No, no, he's just presenting. more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Gay Can't Come Up With Burst In Heat, Denied Shot At Gold
By now you've almost certainly realized that American sprinter and butt-end of sophomoric humor (hehe, butt) Tyson Gay didn't even qualify for the final in the 100-meter (328 feet) dash, which was won in record-breaking fashion by Jamaica's Usain Bolt. Two great last names, each respectively illustrating the thrill of victory and the agony of anal. More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by Dr. Spaceman, Esq.: the agony of anal Speak for yourself. more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Amid Protest, Use Of Instant Replay, Phelps Wins 7th Gold
Michael Phelps, arguably the face of the United States contingent in these Beijing games, is seven-for-seven. Last night, he came from behind in the 100-meter (328 feet) butterfly, edging out Serbia's Milorad Cavic by 1/100th of a second. It appeared to some that Cavic had beaten Phelps to the wall, but that Phelps had actually touched the wall first. So there obviously was a bit of shit-raking to do before everyone could accept the decision. More »
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By Josh ZerkleComment by Buzz's Monkey Butler: @VTBen: Rowdy Gaines: All swimmers /fixed more » | Other threads
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nba
Team USA Reenacts Battle Of Thermopylae, Massacres Greeks
This was supposed to be the first true test for the Redeem Team: Facing off against the Greek team that Clubber Lang'ed them in the semifinals of the 2006 FIBA World Championships. How big a deal was it to the American players? Carmelo Anthony said he's had this game circled on his calendar for two years. Turns out that revenge is pretty good motivation for a "flawed" team that can't hit the three, struggles in halfcourt sets, and has - made that had - a struggling superstar. More » -
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Can The Redeem Team Win The Gold With Kobe Playing Like Pete Myers?
Judging by jersey sales alone, the Chinese people love Kobe Bryant. But those enthusiastic fans can't be very impressed by what they've seen from him so far. His first two tournament games have been the Olympic basketball equivalent of going to see The Dark Knight but being forced to sit through Batman & Robin (otherwise known as "the one with George Clooney and the Bat-nipples"). In other words: An epic disappointment. More »
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By BasketbawfulComment by Buck Plankchest Is Your God Now: @Brazil Thrill: You'd think he'd have it down, after the NBA Finals this year. more » | Other threads
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Which NBA Player Was Hitting On Kara Goucher?
The sinewy young lady in this picture is Kara Goucher, who will be representing the U.S. in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in Beijing. She's a pleasant, friendly woman, who's been "writing home" about her Olympic experience for the Duluth News Tribune. She had an amusing little anecdote in her entry on August 10: More » -
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Rave Reviews For Michael Phelps And His Amazing Technicolor Swim Cap
• Stunning!: “It may be once in a century we see something like this. The rest of the world is catching up to the U.S., the way I look at it – quite a bit. For him to be doing what he’s doing at this moment in time, with the rest of the world coming up the way it is, I think that speaks volumes. And the way he’s attacking this meet, too – he’s not just winning, he’s absolutely destroying every race. It’s awesome to watch. It’s inspiring to me." — Teammate Aaron Perisol More »
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By DAULERIOComment by Whitey Fisk: Piersol then proceeded to swim around the pool backwards, climb to the roof and heckle the Olympic officials. more » | Other threads
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Tonight: Watch Young Girls Sacrifice Their Womanhood For A Shot At Something Shiny And Gold
Tonight is the showdown between the U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics team and China, which according to SI's E.M. Swift is the "marquee event" of the Summer Olympic games. I thought that was team handball? What's most interesting about tonight's contest is the underlying controversy, triggered the always shifty gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who said the Chinese team is entirely made up of 10-year-old ringers. More »
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Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies
Even The Little Girls In China Are CGI-Enhanced
Many flabbergasted-sounding news stories were released about China's fakery during the peyote-inspired opening ceremonies from Friday in which it appeared for a short period of time that the whole city of Beijing had been outlined with enough pretty explosives to knock down wandering defense satellites. It turns out that the sky-swallowing, hyper-colored fireworks were not the only things given a behind-the-scenes touch-up. No, that equally sparkly version of "Ode to the Motherland" supposedly sung by an 9-year-old girl with the perfectly aligned facial features named Lin Miaoke was actually not sung by her at all, but rather a "not flawless" 7-year-old singer named Yang Peiyi. More »
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By DAULERIOComment by The Fake Gimel Martinez: No "yes's"? This place is a shameful shell of what it once was. more » | Other threads
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You Taste Of America, Jason Lezak
There's no better motivation for an American in the Olympics than Frenchy getting in your face and predicting victory. "I will let you go, Ricky. But first, I want you to say ... 'I love crepes.' " Jason Lezak outsprinted Alain Bernard of France in the anchor leg as the U.S. men — Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Lezak — won the 4x100m free relay, setting a world record with a time of 3:08.24. Phelps and Weber-Gale are pictured here showing restrained happiness as Lezak touched just ahead of Bernard.
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