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China: The Smog-Filled Land Where Nothing Is Real In case you hadn't heard, all of those spittle-mustachioed grumblings from Bela Karolyi about the ages of the gold-medal winning Chinese gymnastics team may just not be the embittered rants from a slimy old man. He Kexin, "16"-year-old uneven bars specialist is reportedly not of competitive age, th...

Michael Phelps Attempts To Keep America Interested In Olympics TonightIt seems impossible that Michael Phelps will actually win 8 gold medals, but it's a nice thought. If he doesn't win 8, is Phelps' run at Beijing an epic failure? What if he wins 7? Or even 6? No Wheaties box for you, buddy. Jason Lezak helped him out last night, but tonight it's the 200 freestyle fi...

Cultural Oddsmaker: What will the Beijing Olympic Committee Suggest Banning Next?AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....