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I admit it. I don’t watch the gymnastics. I’ve read too much about the ugly side of the sport and quite frankly, it makes me a bit ookey.
Nastia Liukin and China’s He Kexin tied for the gold in gymnastics uneven parallel bars. And in some wacky tie-breaker that no-one they gave it to He Kexin. [...]
Yes. I do.
Here’s why. The women are tall and tan and young and lovely. They play a great fundamental game – it’s not all about power like the men’s game. There’s sand and sun, so if you’re not looking at the venue, it looks like you’re at the beach.
Oh and did I mention, tall and [...]
I admit it. I am one of the many WWLIS readers who have written to Le Anne Schreiber about the bias toward NYBOS. She’s responded in a well-written note, not admitting anything, but laying down the groundwork for more excuses. You see, boys and girls, it’s all about the ratings and the promotion of superstars.
Ombudsman [...]
Manny Ramirez aka ManRam continues to be Manny just being Manny. Dodgers’ Manager, Joe Torre asked the Slugger from Another Planet to cut his dreds, which he did. About and inch and a half.
“He haunts me with this,” Torre said. “He says every time he gets a hit, it’s the hair. I say it’s the [...]
Oh yes, there are other Olympic swimming stories, boys and girls. In case you missed it.
Rebecca Soni, silver medalist in the 100M breaststroke, set a world record in the 200M breaststroke, beat reigning champ, Leisel Jones, from the Land of Oz.
This is a great story folks. She finished a full-body length ahead of Jones, breaking [...]
Pat Forde from the WWLIS writes:
Just in time to pour cold water on the coronation, we go to Serbian swimmer Milorad Cavic at the Water Cube:
“It would be good for the sport if he lost.”
You know who “he” is. Michael Phelps, the man who has cornered the market on Beijing bling. The owner of six [...]
Paging the Women’s Olympic Softball Team: Quit your crying about softball not coming back as an Olympic sport. It’s almost solely an American game and you crushing your opponents (51-1 combined in the last Olympics, 14-0 with a no-no in this one so far) is reason enough to can the sport. Other countries are decades [...]
Well, he now holds the record for most gold medals at 11 and counting, so do we now consider him to be the greatest Olympian of all time? Do his achievements outshine what Jesse Owens had to overcome in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin? The Nazi propaganda machine and Aryan ideals were in full swing [...]
Last night Michael Phelps won his third gold medal of this Olympics in world record time tying a bunch of folks, including Carl Lewis, for most Olympic gold medals. Aaron Piersol and Natalie Coughlin both defended their Olympic championship in their respective gender’s 100 meter backstroke.
In gymnastic news, the American men, without the Hamm brothers, [...]