"I am the famous Wang Hao! I am the world champion! Does it matter if I beat you?" shouted the 24-year-old, according to a witness quoted by the papers.

This replaces my previous favorite quote from that part of the world: "Join me or die. Can you do any less? For lucky best wash, use Mr. Sparkle."

Pacman Jones, you can only stand in awe of this man's greatness.

Wang will reportedly get counselling from China's national table tennis team, and I'd pay money to sit on on those sessions. But the sad thing is that the incident has rattled Hao to the point where he lost a regular league match over the weekend — a rarity. He will also face punishment from his army-affiliated club Bayi, according to the Shanghai News. That's a lot of flak for peeing on the side of a building. But hey, it's China.

China's Wang To Get Help After Karaoke Club Fight [Guardian.uk]

This is an image that should seared into your brain, so that the next time you attempt to lift that heavy basket of laundry, you will think of Janos Baranyai. And weep.

The horrific moment the Olympic weightlifter turns his elbow from back to front [Daily Mail]

Despite his prodigious talent (he's been ranked number 1 since 2004), Lin Dan flamed out and lost in the first round of the 2004 Olympics. Lin Dan also dates Xie, the world's top women's badminton player. And they both played on side-by-side courts Tuesday. The possibilities for a stormy collapse were there.

Instead:

In a 21-16, 21-13 win Tuesday over Hong Kong's Ng Wei, Lin hung in midair like Kobe Bryant and backpedaled faster than a politician after election day. He lobbed and dinked and smashed with exquisite precision, occasionally sending Ng skittering across the court in chase.

Yep, just like Kobe.

China's badminton bad boy has girls swooning [Dallas Morning News]

“There was no showing off,” Krzyewski said with an edge in his voice. “You dunk when you have to dunk. They have 7-footers. If you don’t take it hard, Yao would block it. He did block one. … I don’t know your definition of showing off, to me that’s hard basketball. I thought we played very hard. I thought we took it to the basket hard. Don’t confuse hard with showing off.”

You see, those Chinese are sneaky; you never know where they could be lurking. So Dwyane Wade's 180-degree breakaway dunk with his team up by 20, was completely warranted. You never know when Yao is going to appear and block it! From the bench!

You stay classy, Redeem Team.

U.S. versus Angola, as we speak. Where there will certainly be no running up of the score.

UPDATE: Final, United States 97, Angola 76.

Give Coach K An F For Diplomacy [Kansas City Star]

Into this boiling stock go the penises. A few minutes later the first is hanging from my quivering chopsticks. Ox penis, says the waitress, is full of protein, good for the skin and aids longevity. And the deeper its colour, the more effective its properties.

Down the hatch it goes. The first thing you notice is the blandness. It's fatty, slightly chewy and awkward to swallow. The next piece is dipped in chilli sauce and there is an immediate improvement, but it still fails to blanket the growing queasiness in the pit of your stomach.

Wondering which tastes the best, you sick bastards? I'll kill the suspense: "But the best is clearly the donkey penis." So now you know.

The day I ate penis for lunch [The Daily Telegraph]

Olympic journo dines on animal...um...parts [SportsbyBrooks]

Beijing Unveils Mascots For 2008 Olympics [MSNBC]