I'm so stoked Shawn Johnson got a Gold medal on beam.

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Nastia Liukin GOLD !!
Shawn Johnson Silver!

Freakin stunning.
I like Shawn and all, and the media freakin gushes over her, but Nastia is just a bad ass. An incredible performance.

Well, the reports are finally starting to surface about how China is getting the sham on the Olympics the same way Atlanta did. The crowds just aren't there. An AJC report today had a picture of Venus Williams playing a match in a practically empty tennis arena. Sponsors who spend big $ to have pavilions on the Olympic Green are seeing almost no ( Read more... )

I am REALLLLY skeptical that Deng Linlin (womens gymnastics , China) is old enough to be competing in the Olympics. The rules mandate 16yrs old, and there is no way she is 16. Regardless she is kind of a badass...

...and no I don't mean that in a pervy way. As a person who is cursed with the body of a mushy potato, I find gymnastics really ( Read more... )

At some point during the Opening Ceremonies last night, I seriously thought that the Mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind was going to land and start letting out aliens. I really wouldn't have been suprised at all.


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Hey everybody It's time for the Olympics. That means it's time for PROTESTS, which begs the question...WHY NOT MAKE PROTESTING ONE OF THE ATHLETIC EVENTS? Competitive sign waving? Banner Unfurling Time Trial? Group synchronized swimming chanting?


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The playoff between Tiger and Rocco today was pretty sick. The lead changed hands enough to keep you on the edge of your seat, and of course at 18 it ended up in a tie. I'm a big Tiger fan...I love it when he bends gravity and manipulates the topography via mental control to sink shots. But I spent the entire day rooting for Rocco, because he just ( Read more... )

Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300!
The Indiannapolis 500 is going to be the Danica show once again this year.

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One of my favorite perks of being a no job slacker is getting to watch The Masters live on the teevee. In case you don't already know, Tiger is flailing badly at +1 currently...a whopping 9 strokes off the lead. He'll prolly rally back though...


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