Friday, August 15th, 2008
Bela Karolyi gets so excited watching womens gymnastics it is quite comical. The pure passion is great. I know that he used to coach for the Americans and his wife now has the same responsibility, so the celebration is warranted. This only makes me wonder if he is this emotional ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Here is the sick alley-oop that saw Dwayne Wade falling out of bounds and throwing it up to Kobe Bryant who does the rest. Insane.
P.S. Greece can't stop Chris Bosh!
-Awesome AwfulAnnouncing
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Well, that was fast.
It only took four days for the first doping scandal of the Olympics to emerge. And -- surprise! -- it involves cycling. Spanish rider Maria Isabel Moreno failed a test for the blood-boosting hormone EPO, which is linked to numerous doping scandals in the sport.
Moreno apparently never ...
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
With the Olympics starting in just a few days, US cyclicsts have been spotted rolling into Beijing sporting specially designed surgical-type masks to protect them from the air pollution.
These masks raise three questions for me:
- Don't the masks bring back fears of SARS for the locals?
- What do Chinese bank ...
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