Michael Phelps And A Bong

By now, I am sure that everyone has seen the picture of Olympic Swimming superstar Michael Phelps using a bong.  The reaction has ranged from ‘outraged’, to, ‘what’s the big deal?’  While Phelps is in no danger of being stripped of his gold medals, he is facing the possibility of losing some of his sponsorship [...]

Toronto’s Misery To Get Worse

I just read an artice in the Globe and Mail, which says NHL Governors are talking about putting a second NHL Team in Toronto.  For the love of God, stop torturing these poor people.  Now they will just have to wait twice as long for hell to freeze over.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081020.shoalts21/BNStory/National/home

Top Comments By Sportscasters At The Olympics

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators during the Summer Olympics:
1. Weightlifting commentator: “This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing.”
2. Dressage commentator: “This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her [...]

Olympic Broadcast In Jeopardy?

From Time:
(BEIJING) — Television networks that will broadcast the Beijing Olympics to billions around the world are squaring off with local organizers over stringent security that threatens coverage of the games in two months.
It’s too bad that the network brass didn’t have the brass to boycott the Beijing Games over China’s blatant human rights violations, [...]

Sad News – Jim McKay Dead

CNN is reporting that Jim McKay, veteran sportscaster has died:
NEW YORK (AP) — Jim McKay, the veteran and eloquent sportscaster thrust into the role of telling Americans about the tragedy at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has died. He was 86.
McKay died Saturday, said ABC, the network with which he was long affiliated. The cause of [...]