The Second World Outgames have hit day 3 of competition in Copenhagen, and we have reports from swimming, soccer, handball and the marathon, plus reports from the Icelandic and Danish contingents. Check out our daily recap with news, notes and photo galleries from the event, including this Italian swimmer! Share on Facebook
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Swimmer Ricky Berens bares all in race
How tight are the newest swimsuits being used by the upper echelon of swimmers? Olympic gold medalist Ricky Berens found out when his suit split down the back and butt on the 4X100m starting block of the World Championships. He was allowed to race, even after Italian swimmer Flavia Zoccari was forced to sit out [...]
Fire Island swim event
There’s a great innaugural event taking place in New York next month: The Great South Bay Swim. It’s an open-water swim from Sayville to Fire Island Pines and it’s to benefit the Stonewall Foundation, a group that seeks to “better” the gay community. The swim is the brainchild of Michael Holtz (right), a former collegiate [...]
Ian Thorpe may join Fight Club
I never associated Aussie swimmer Iam Thorpe with fighting, but the multi-gold medalist and erstwhile fashion designer is considering entering a Fight Club event Down Under for charity, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. If Thorpe signs on to fight he will be put through 10 weeks of “torture sessions” including sandhill runs, boxing and sparring [...]
Weekend Hot Jock: Swimmer Paul Biedermann
It’s hard to go wrong with German swimmer Paul Biedermann as our Weekend Hot Jock. He has the classic swimmer’s body, a winning smile and just set the European record in the men’s 200-meter freestyle. The 22-year-old old likes computers, ice hockey and music and has a website. Photos below. Share on Facebook
Italian Swimmers for Dolce & Gabbana
European athletes continue to give us plenty to look at. The latest are some elite Italian swimmers who are the featured models for a new Dolce & Gabbana underwear campaign. Pictures after the jump. Share on Facebook
Will Phelps’ kiddie book sell?
Michael Phelps has a new children’s book out titled, How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals. It chronicles all the work Phelps put in to train for the Beijing Olympics (e.g., he napped for the equivalent of 273 days over six years, and that’s not including his nighttime sleeping). Of [...]
Quick hits: Lakers fans, Pens, Phelps, testicles
L.A. Lakers win title. And after 15 titles, Lakers fans still riot in the streets when their team wins. Police arrest 25 scumbags, police officers hurt. Adam Morrison (right) now has more titles than Charles Barkley and Karl Malone. Pittsburgh Penguins win the Stanley Cup, become first major pro team in 30 years to win [...]
Gay high school swimmer’s lust for teammate
Thanks to a reader for this head’s-up of an entertaining call on a Podcast (Episode 136) by Dan Savage (“Savage Love”). The caller: A self-described totally out high school swimmer and water polo player in California. His whole team knows he’s gay and has no problem with it. The problem: He has no boyfriend and [...]
Quick hits: Federer, Phelps, Lakers, Magic
Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in the Madrid final…on clay! Injuries catch up to Rockets and Celtics as Lakers and Magic reach Conference Semifinals. Phelps loses again in Charlotte. Illinois head football coach Ron Zook is posting some odd Tweets at 2 A.M. Rachel Alexandra is the first filly to win the Preakness in 85 [...]
Quick hits: Magic, Rockets, Phelps, Queers
Both the Magic and the Rockets force Game 7s against the defending conference champs. Phelps finishes 2nd in his first race back, proof that marijuana does impede motor skills. University of North Dakota and NCAA cave to the demands of a minority of Native Americans and will change their mascot. Please oh PLEASE will some [...]
Phelps is a marathon love-maker?
Stripper Theresa White has told News Of The World that swimmer Michael Phelps had his first threeway with her and another woman, and that the session lasted for hours. White says she met Phelps at a Baltimore strip club last November. While Phelps allegedly “was kind of mean and cocky to some of the girls,” [...]
Tewksbury tweaks the media
Canada’s Olympic gold medalist Mark Tewksbury (1992, 100-meter backstroke) recently found a new niche as a sports commentator on the Canadian Broadcasting Centre. He’s doing a series called “Top of Your Game,” appearing every Wednesday on CBC News Morning with Heather Hiscox. Not only is the show newsy and chatty, but Mark shares inside tips on how to apply what [...]
Another swimsuit controversy after record set
France’s Alain Bernard became the first man to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than 47 seconds when he went 46.94 in the semifinals of the French championships. His time beat the old world record mark of 47.05 set by Australia’s Eamon Sullivan. But Bernard’s new swimsuit made by Arena has not yet been approved [...]
Michael Phelps dating Miss California
Are they the newest tabloid-cover couple? Michael Phelps is apparently “dating” Miss California Carrie Prejean. Prejean is now best known for her answer to a question posed by Perez Hilton in the Miss USA competition about same-sex marriage. Said Prejean: We live in a land that you can choose same sex marriage or opposite marriage [...]
Photo: Trio of sleek swimmers
Thanks to a reader for this awesome shot of these three swimmers looking very acrobatic. Photo after the jump. And they are not wearing those hideous full-body suits. Share on Facebook
The great swimsuit debate rages in the NCAA
The battle between the haves and the have-nots has reached a fever pitch in the buildup to the NCAA Division I Men’s Championship Swim Meet, which opens Thursday in College Station, Texas. Those teams with it face far better odds of winning and setting new records than those without it. Practice? Supplements? Training? Luck? Nah, [...]
Deep Thoughts, by Michael Phelps
From his interview with NBC: I mean, we all know what, you know, what you and I are talking about. It’s a stupid mistake. You know, bad judgment. And it’s something that, you know, I have to, and I want to teach other people not to make that mistake. … So, you know, the contract [...]
Phelps’ bong hit helps food bank in San Francisco
When Kellogg’s did not renew the contract of swimmer Michael Phelps as a pitchman after he was photographed smoking from a bong, little did the hungry in San Francisco know it would be all to their benefit. More than 3,800 pounds of corn flakes and frosted flakes have wound up at one food bank, though [...]
Weekend Hot Jock: Benjamin Starke
Last week we brought you a German gymnast; this week it’s a German swimmer. Benjamin Starke is a 22-year-old who’s competed at the highest level for several years. He swam in the Beijing Olympics in three events – 4X100m freestyle, 4X200m freestyle and 100m butterfly – though he failed to get out of preliminary heats [...]