Gotsta Love It: This Olympic swimming trial

I heard of this during the 2008 Olympics and I thought I would never find the video. Well I did.

When there are only 3 men in a race and 2 of them get disqualified, well you are left with 1 guy racing himself. That by itself is a sight to be seen. But when he comes from a country without an adequate pool, then it is one man racing against himself and hardly finishing.

Do they have lifeguards at the Olympics? That may seem like a stupid question but you never see them. They must assume that the participants can swim.

Chris Bosh hits on girl while eating burger in China

While Chris Bosh and Dwight Howard enjoy a meal in China, Chris Bosh sees a girl at the next table and I'm pretty sure that he calls her pretty.


I've already checked and he doesn't have a wife so this will do no harm. I know they won gold and all but shouldn't they have other priorities. Wouldn't it make sense to hit on a girl that lives within 5000 miles of home.

Update: According to Cuzzy (cuzoogle.com check it out) Chris Bosh does indeed have a girlfriend in Toronto.

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Still confused about the closing ceremony

I really can't believed that I managed to watch the whole thing. Almost everything about it was horrible. From the costumes,to the Dr. Suess like instruments,to the stupid tower.It was all just way too much!
The only cool thing about it was the bike that was one big wheel.

In case you missed it: 2004 Athens marathon runner attacked

If you missed this story, like I certainly did, it is a good one. In the marathon event during the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Brazil's Vanderlei de Lima was leading the race with only two miles left to go. A crazed protester then ran onto the course and subdued the leader for a total of 20. That may not seem like a long time, but as you can imagine, after running 24 miles you will have very little strength left and the last thing you want to do is fight of an idiot.

Vanderlei de Lima went on to only get the bronze medal because the incident left him shocked and with alot less energy. The protester could have run onto the course as I have no problem with that, but when you interfer and demolish his chance for gold, that's not right. Cornelius "Neil" Horan, the protester, is an inconsiderate jackass. That's all I can say about him.

Vanderlei de Lima in pain.

Lima did not angrily yell and scream because of not receiving the gold. He moved on and made the best of the incident. He rightfully returned home to Brazil as a hero.

Are you kidding me? Cuban Olympian kicks ref in head

A while back we had a story on a drunk ref. Well now we have another story about a ref but this one is more serious. Angel Matos of Cuba kicked Olympic Taekwondo referee Chakir Chelbat after a diputed call.

Matos was DQed by the ref for delaying the match by taking too much time after an injury. Matos then yelled at, pushed, then kicked the ref before leaving. Chelbat's required stiches on his lip. Matos is facing a life-time ban from the sport and I wouldn't be surprised if there are criminal charges.

Obviously there are more peaceful ways to object such as just yelling or protesting both of which we have seen already in these games.

Here's the video.

New Phelps-Cavic photos from official time-keeper

Omega, the official time keeper for Olympic Swimming has released their photos of the .01 second win by Michael Phelps. As was the same in the Sports Illustrated pictures, it appears as in Cavic touches the wall first.

Those are the pictures but I don't understand them. They don't seem to be in a logical order.

Timer Silvio Chianese explained by saying that it takes 6.6 pounds of force to set the pad off.

"Any less and waves would set it off. You can't just put your fingertips on the pad, you really have to push it. We explained all this directly after the race to [Cavic] and his coach." -Silvio Chianese

What a gyp for Cavic huh? Mr. Cavic even though you touched the wall first you didn't touch it hard enough. Oh well. Milorad Cavic didn't even expect to win the silver so he was not complaining. Without a doubt, if an American swimmer was on the losing end of this they would arguing and complaining about this for years.

Chinese "age-gate": Americans still lost

Walter Dix's reaction after learning he had received a medal after two DQ's: " I still lost". He said that because it is true. He didn't earn that medal it fell to him. The same will apply in the outcome of the ongoing controversy with the age of Chinese athletes. Even if He Kexin (won 2 gymnastics golds) is 14, Nastia Liukin and the USA gymnastic team still lost. I find losing to a kid that shouldn't be competing more embarrassing than just losing. But no, us American want those two golds that would fall to us if indeed she is under aged. She got a better score therefore she won the gold. One last rant. An panelist for NBC said that she would have an advantage because kids are more flexible. Don't give me that. So this girl is 14, you can't tell me that she has more of an advantage than 16 year old gymnast Shawn Johnson. Fighting this is just stupid.
She doesn't look 16 but would this have happened if the Chinese gymnast didn't take any medals? I don't think it would have.

Gotsta Hate It: Men's 200m track DQ's

Or love it if you are American because we got an extra medal out of the deal. If you missed it, in the mens 200 meter dash, there were 2 disqualifications in the event for stepping on the line. That is idiotic. But anyways, Wallace Spearmon who initially had the bronze and Churandy Martina who initially had the silver were disqualified. They didn't step in to the other lane they just stepped on the line. Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix finished 4th and 5th respectively initially. With the 2 DQ's they went home with the silver and bronze, of course Usain Bolt got the gold. As I see it, stepping on the line should be fine. Sprinters don't look at their feet they look ahead. They won so just give them the medals. Shouldn't the officials be more worried about doping rather than if a dudes shoelace touches the line?

Michael Phelps beats up Milorad Cavic

This video is obviously fake but it is funny none the less.
Sorry can't get embedding to work.

It had me going for a second there with the splashes. To lose by that small of a margin is a slap in the face enough, but to get hit with a pool noodle, that is too much despair.

It's not easy NOT being Michael Phelps

Watch in amazement as Chinese people mob a British reporter because they think that he looks like Michael Phelps. Why they would think that he would be carrying a cardboard cutout of himself is unknown. After about a minute of saying that he is not Phelps, someone finally figures it out and says "Ohhhhh" hilarious. Also listen for "Fi fi fi fi fi fi fi" it is in there somewhere.

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Olympic sized golden sombrero for Brian Barden

In the biggest stage in his life thus far, Brian Barden managed to accomplish a difficult feat in the world of baseball. No, this feat was not a good thing. Brian managed to strike out four times in a game against Chinese-Taipei (Taiwan). Don't get me wrong, I may have been the only one watching this game, but that feat will undoubtedly keep him from playing much in the foreseeable future.Here you see Brian missing a ball... What will this kid do next?

Usain Bolt is insane

The Jamaican sprinter who demolished the 100 meter record with such ease is on his way to winning gold in the 200 meter. Bolt appeared to be jogging in the semis. The 6'5'' phenom is by far the fastest man in the world.

Stabbing may overshadow good aspects of China

While attending the Olympic games to watch his son coach the USA mens volleyball team, Hugh McCutcheons' father was fatally stabbed. The attacker then jumped to his death. Authorities say that this was a random act. While the purpose for these Olympics for the Chinese is to put their best foot forward, this random act may overshadow all of the good things for many Americans.

In case you missed it: opening ceremony

The opening ceremony last Friday was spectacular. If you didn't watch it, then here it is.

They couldn't have paid all of those performers. Did they just want to do that for their country?

Gotsta Hate It: tape delay

The problem with the Olympics being hosted in a country other than North America is that looking at the Olympic schedule gets all the more complicated. If you want to figure out when you can watch team USA live you will have to do the math and nobody likes to do that.

Michael Phelps has two golds in his quest for eight

In his first two events in the Olympics Michael Phelps has already racked up two golds. He has one in the 4 x 100 meter relay and 400 meter idividual medley.

Team USA embarasses home country

China is not going to win a gold medal in this event. USA basketball beat the Chinese team 101-70. Yi and Yao were shut down by team USA. The game was estimated to be seen by at least a billion people including live and on TV.

Would you care to count?

Throughout the Olympic opening ceremony, the announcers kept ensuring us that there were exactly 2008 performers for each routine. Here is your chance to prove them wrong.

Is China kidding me?

China has set up a sex determination lab for the Olympics. Yes, they need a way to test whether a person is a man or a woman. Reports say that this practice has taken place in prior Olympics as well to prevent men from taken place in events for women. What man in their right mind would want to change to be a woman to do good in the Olympics? I guess that they wouldn't be in their right mind. They have caught people before too.

Let's play a little game, shall we.

Man or woman?

I'll give you a hint. The name is Santhi Soundarajan. Oh. That didn't really help. Anyways, after competing in a event for women in 2006 and winning a silver medal, he failed a gender verification test.

Poor Canada

America's little brother to the north took a beating while I was gone.

Here are the highlights.

The whole premise of this game was just mean. Did anyone really expect Canada to come out and show up Team USA. Let's just save time and hand them the gold medal right now and save other poor countries from embarrassment.