Archive for the 'Olympics' Category
Olympic Opening Cermony Gear
With the Olympics set to kick off next week, we can show you a sneak peak of what our American athletes will be wearing in the opening ceremony. Ralph Lauren was hired to create the collection for the Olympians and he did not disappoint. For the closing ceremonies the look will be quite a bit more casual with the athletes wearing shorts, a polo and a ...
How about a dish of Seal Penis?
"DOG may be off the menu for the Olympic Games, but adventurous gourmets can still choose from a dazzling array of culinary delights in Beijing - from seal penis to cow stomach, deep-fried scorpions or sea urchins, turtle (really best done as a broth) and brains in hot pot.
...Locals may be grumbling after some of the city's favourite eateries were ...
HKLUG and Their Olympic Lego City
Are you ready for this year's Olympics to kick off? HKLUG is...They've created their own reprdocution of some of Beijing as they get set to host the Olympics. This little mini version contains over 300,000 Lego bricks and 4,500 mini figures. I can't even imagine how long it took to put this together. Let's hope Lego kicked them down to help them ...
How Soccer Explains China
Interesting article from the Washington Post.
BEIJING -- My country is about to host the world's greatest sporting event and, we hope, claim a truckload of Olympic gold. But to hundreds of millions of Chinese, our widely anticipated bonanza of medals will mean very little. The real metric by which China judges itself against the rest of the ...
US Women Land In Beijing
The US Women have landed in Beijing (without our girl Leslie Osborne, Cat Whitehill and Abby Wambach who will all miss the Olympics due to injury) to prepare for their 2008 Olympic grouping in Qinhuangdao, the venue for the first two matches.
Now it's training, passport, paperwork, drug testing and everything else that happens behind the scenes ...
Vintage Olympic Bags
Feel like rocking the Eric Bana in "Munich" look (minus the strange love scene at the end)? Grab one of these.
Image via Modculture
Blatter Addresses FIFA’s Stance On Olympics
With all the confusion surrounding the 2008 Olympics, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has released an official statement regarding club's responsibilities to allow their under contract players that are under 23 years of age to join up with their respective National Teams.
Via FIFA.com
In its official statement, FIFA states that "the principle is that ...
Casiraghi Names Rossi To Olympic Squad
Former Chelsea striker Pierluigi Casiraghi (and his former Chelsea drop-back forward, Assistant Gianfranco Zola) have named their official 2008 Olympic Squad that's heading for Beijing.
Italy’ squad: Abate (Milan), Acquafresca (Cagliari), Bocchetti (Genoa), Cigarini (Parma), Coda (Udinese), Consigli (Atalanta), Criscito (Genoa), De Ceglie ...