…that Canada sucks at the Olympics this year? Can anyone even grab us a “Canadian Gold” (a bronze)? Remember that photo of all those Canadians, walking proudly into the opening ceremonies at The Bird Nest, hopeful, confident, well dressed, cocky…Well, they may have a little less wind in their sails now…Here’s a comparison, thanks to […]
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China’s Gold Medals Found to Have High Lead Content
Stop the presses! (please!) China’s impressive haul of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics was tarnished somewhat today when it was revealed that “abnormally high levels of lead” were found in the first-place medallions. The medals, which were supposed to be made entirely of gold, were instead found to be composed of 99% lead alloy […]
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The olympic drinking contest, pt. 2
Yea, sure, he left a while ago, but I couldn’t pass up this photo.
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Coulda been a contendah…
Yeah, yeah, I know this isn’t an Olympics photo. But mayor Kelly should win a medal. Once he won a gift basket full of candy. I know because I have the photo pinned to my bulletin board. I wonder if you can get custom haz-mat suits made…
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Togo or not Togo
So I was so excited for Benjamin Boukpeti who got a bronze for individual slalom kayaking, the first EVER Olympic medal for Togo. Yeah Togo! Ah. Then I read that Boukpeti wanted to compete for France (he was born in Paris), but he had shoulder surgery and I guess, had to settle for Togo, where […]
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Hot sand, cold war
Castro’s finest are duking out a silicone-shaking (fortunately, only sand) cold-war grudge match in the Beijing Volley-dome. American women vs Cuban. Who will win? Who will lose? Will Cuba be forced to capitulate and accept capitalism? Or will America honour the bet George W. and Castro made to take on communist social and political structures […]
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Already, the backlash begins
Sherraine Schalm, our best chance for a fencing medal, just got knocked out of the epee competition. In a quote that ought to go down in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, she told the CBC, “It’s like I imagine being a man. It’s like being kicked in the nuts repeatedly, that’s how bad it […]
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77kg class weightlifting
The Turk tried it. The Japanese lifter tried it. The Russian tried it. They all dropped the weights. Then the Armenian tried it. He went up. Took a few breaths. Some people yelled stuff at him. The small crowd laughed. The Armenian gripped the weight. He bent over, took another breath with his face next […]
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What we know about Michael Phelps
He co-starred in “Unfiltered” a documentary about the sport of equestrian swimming. He founded ‘Swim with the stars’. He was found guilty of drunk driving in 2004. He is: only 22 and already a legend. Well in front. On his way to olympic immortality. From a broken home in Baltimore and likes Young Jeezy. The […]
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Jumped the shark
I knew this would be the year that the Olympics would finally, once and for all, jump the shark. We’ve got the censorship, the execution of dissidents, the fake fireworks, the too-ugly-to-sing girl… all we need now is a ineptly handled but bogus terrorist attack. If there were a pool, I’d say next week some […]
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T & A
If it wasn’t so early in the morning I’d make all sorts of insightful, er, insights about how there’s a seamless gradation from admiring athletic prowess to a more vulgar (in the Latin sense) appreciation of physical beauty, blah, blah, blah. But seeing how I’m still on my first cup of Joe, I’m just wondering […]
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Olympic viewing drops reality bomb
Details that make me question reality: You can view events live on the East Coast (well, Eastern time) but not on the West Coast. Live is not live anymore. 75% of NBC’s coverage is live (on the East Coast), but an army of commentators sit and broadcast from New York, not Beijing. These people sit […]
