Archive for the 'Olympics' Category

May 21st, 2009

the 2010 Winter Olympics Torch

What does that look like to you? from Reuters: Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are taking the mellow approach to suggestions that their planned Olympic torch looks like a marijuana cigarette. "We're not worried about it at all," Dave Cobb, the executive vice-president of the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) told ...
May 2nd, 2009

Sepp Looking To Lower Olympic Age Limit

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has come out publicly about the Executive Committee's desire to lower the current Under - 23 age limit with 3 overage players to an Under - 21 Tournament. (more...)
February 3rd, 2009

FIFA & UEFA In Agreement Over Olympic Ideas?

It's starting to look like there could be a couple of major changes ahead of the next Olympics after UEFA declared it's support of FIFA President Sepp Blatter's comments regarding over-age players and a possible lowering of the current U-23 age limit. (more...)
February 2nd, 2009

Phelps Bong Rip

Here is the picture of Mike Phelps hittin' it that showed up over the weekend in the UK Tabloid News of the World.  Apparently he was visiting a shorty who goes to the University of South Carolina, and he decided to roll to a house party. I must say, he has pretty good technique and I'm sure that with all that time in the pool, this cat has a lung ...
August 26th, 2008

Messi Showing Off His Gold

Don't you just love how Messi's casually swinging around his 2008 Olympic Gold Medal as he's showing it off to the Spanish Press like it's some old key ring. Guess after all the drama that was surrounding Messi's departure for the games, no one is going to hold it against him now that he's got the Gold in his pocket.
August 25th, 2008

Remote Controlled Javelin Retrievers

The Olympics are officialy over, so many of you might not want to see any more stories about them. But I had to share this one. Apparently China decided that having human beings retrieve javelins was something that they wanted to get rid of, so instead they had remote controlled cars do the job. Two kids who look to be in their mid teens sit in chairs ...
August 24th, 2008

Seriously?

Matos shoved the referee and kicked him in the head in a furious reaction to be disqualified.  The Cuban took gold in the 2000 Olympics, but he did not take kindly to being disqualified halfway through the bout for taking too long to return to action after an injury. Matos was leading 3-2, when he fell to the mat after being hit by his ...
August 24th, 2008

Beijing Closing Ceremonies

Becks, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page on thier involvement in the handing over of the torch in Beijing.