Michael Phelps loves Young Jeezy
By Saxon Baird - Aug 27th, 2008 at 11:48 amAccording to an article in The New York Times last week, Michael Phelps cites southern rapper Young Jeezy as one of his top eight influences:…
Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’
The Olympic Village: Like a Regular Ol’ Brothel
By Saxon Baird - Aug 22nd, 2008 at 2:45 pmPut together a bunch of people in their early- and mid-twenties who are fit, share similar goals and passions in a controlled area and what…
The Olympics: All About the Benjamins?
By Saxon Baird - Aug 18th, 2008 at 4:49 pmMichael Phelps just put on what was arguably the most spectacular exhibition of athleticism in Olympic history. Newspapers across the country have hailed him as…
Revisiting the Opening Ceremony Scandal
By Diana Jou - Aug 15th, 2008 at 1:50 pmEarlier in the week there were reports that the little girl who sang “Ode to the Motherland” during the Olympic opening ceremonies was switched for…
Underage Gymnasts at the Olympics?
By Lisha Arino - Aug 15th, 2008 at 11:04 amWhen I first saw the Chinese gymnastics team, I, like many others, was taken aback by how young they looked–were they really supposed to be…
LOLBush Mania Sweeps Beijing
By Haley Swenson - Aug 14th, 2008 at 2:23 pmLOLBush at the Olympics, brought to you by Richard Anderson at one of The Guardian’s blogs:
Check out the other eight images in the series.…
Mark Spitz: Loser of Records, Winner of Style
By Saxon Baird - Aug 14th, 2008 at 10:52 amThe Guardian reports that Mark Spitz, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer and, for the time being, the record-holder for most gold medals won in…
Michael Phelps’ Daily Diet
By Rob Anderson - Aug 13th, 2008 at 10:29 amThe guy should win a gold medal for this alone:
Phelps lends a new spin to the phrase “Breakfast of Champions” by starting off his…
Best. Blog Post Title. Ever.
By Emily Rutherford - Aug 12th, 2008 at 11:40 am“Pres. Bush declines to slap Misty May-Treanor’s bikinied butt,” declared a Sunday blog post on the Los Angeles Times’ website. Apparently our fearless leader was…
This Week: The Nation Continues to Be Irrelevant
By Saxon Baird - Aug 8th, 2008 at 2:41 pmThe articles filling up my Google Reader from The Nation are tempting me to delete the magazine from my feeds. This well-established publication isn’t providing…
The Olympics’ Human Toll
By Haley Swenson - Aug 8th, 2008 at 10:03 amAs an avid sports fan–no, make that a lover of pretty much any skillful competition–I should be looking forward to the start of the Olympic…
Obsessed: the Library, the Beach, and the Haze
By Bradley Portnoy - Aug 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pmThis week, it’s all about China, summertime, and the simple pleasure of a good library. Our obsessions:
“Refinery 29’s Ebay Blog. The writers of the…
The Intersection of Semantics, Sports, and Gay
By L. Russell Allen - Jul 1st, 2008 at 12:12 pm(Courtesy flickr photostream: Phil McElhinney)
I’m not a huge fan of the Olympic Games. My patriotism isn’t really applicable to sports, so rooting for one…
