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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...
Afternoon Blogdome: Even Synchronized Swimmers Get Nervous Sometimes
•Charles Barkley is looking into reality TV: It's about fixing his golf swing. Sadly, it doesn't include Denise Richards or Ali Lohan. [Black Sports Online] • Jon Heyman gets help from his wife during the trade deadline: "I am pretty much on my own at the trade deadline. Except for my wife, who prep...
Spend 10 Minutes Of Your Life Clicking Boxes And You Will Possibly Earn $300
It's Thursday. The day is almost over. Why not spend the rest of your afternoon sharing your personal information for the chance at winning a $300 Visa gift card? Please? Just fill out this little survey and you're entered. (No pun intended.) Yes, there are rules. Now, get typing. Zorbolt the Gawker...
Farwell and Adieu, You Slant-Eyed Spanish Ladies....
Amid all the controversy (or non-controversy — if you're European) surrounding the Spanish men's basketball team's "slit-eyed" photo it's hard to tell who's really wrong here. Is Spain just a culturally backwards country or are we a bunch of hypersensitive whiners overloaded on politically correct b...
Morning Blogdome: Erin Andrews Is Also Mesmerized By Heidi Watney
• I wonder if she has a personal trainer? : Based on the final score, you could surmise that the Rangers were clearly distracted by all the sideline princesses prancing around Fenway last night. Sheesh. [Home Run Derby] • Yes. We're "Front runners." Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins seems to have mom...
Sean Salisbury Has A Lot On His Mind
Sean Salisbury is at a transitional period in his life and talks rapidly — almost haphazardly — about anything that pops into his head. He's overtly defensive at times, and in our almost 2-hour phone conversation yesterday, he went through a deliberate unloading process. It was therapeutic, unhinge...
So, This Is What It Looks Like When Your Elbow Decides To Quit On You
The horrific video of Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai's elbow dislocation has been pulled from YouTube apparently, but I'm sure there are some more floating around.(Like after the jump.) Lucky for everyone who just could not stand watching the thing, the Daily Mail has all the dislocation shot...
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...
Of Empty Seats And Merciless Scalpers
The Olympics have begun 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, Olymp...
Tiger Woods officially closes up shop for this year: "As far as swinging a club, that's not going to happen until next year. I just don't have a choice. We simply don't know what type of swelling there would be or if there would be any residual effects the next day once you start wheeling and dealin...
Morning Blogdome: They Are Really Just Performance Artists On A Beach
• Or it's like some sort of Wiccan ceremony: Or something. Just not cheerleader-y. This has to be a Beijing thing. But, supposedly, these are cheerleaders for the women's beach volleyball. We're all learning. [Busted Coverage]...
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...
"So the Chinese women have their first-ever Olympic team gold medal. Good for them. But their prize will always be viewed under a cloud of suspicion — prior to these Games, several publications, most notably The New York Times, found evidence that at least two of the Chinese gymnasts were only 14, t...
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 al...
Warren Sapp Appears To Be A Little Tightly Wound
As Tunison mentioned in his Maddenpalooza wrap-up earlier today, Warren Sapp is not a man who likes to have his picture taken at a media-related event unless he specifically grants you permission to do so. Ape wasn't the only one who received the hulking stare-down from Sapp yesterday, as the First ...