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Yang is the Chinese gymnastics stud with the huge biceps and an all-around gold medal. But what’s up with the dog? Pics after jump. Yang is the Chinese gymnastics stud with the huge biceps and an all-around gold medal. But what’s up with the dog? Pics after jump.

In Finneye's post on the Swedish wrestler who threw away his bronze medal, he gave some of the background surrounding the players involved. For another look at the act, we got this from Roger Brigham, himself a wrestler at the Gay Games. Writes Brigham: "Look at the expression on the Swede's face. He's screaming because […]

Not all Olympic medal winners are happy. Extremely unhappy was the 33-year old Armenian-born Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian who was handed a bronze medal in the men’s Greco-Roman 84kg wrestling category. The Globe and Mail, Canada reports: Abrahamian lost a 3-1 decision to Italy‘s Andrea Minguzzi in the 84-kilogram Greco-Roman semi-final at the Chinese Agricultural […]

Today’s offerings come again from Finneye, fluent in several languages with an ability to sniff out photos everywhere including this peek-a-boo shot from wrestling. Links below jump. Today’s offerings come again from Finneye, fluent in several languages with an ability to sniff out photos everywhere including this peek-a-boo shot from wrestling. Links below jump.

A friend of mine derisively calls the American women's girls gymnastics team "America's Sweethearts". That is, when he's not derisively calling them "The Pixies". Watching the team finals competition the other night on NBC, I got increasingly creeped out by the whole thing. A friend of mine derisively calls the American women's girls gymnastics team […]

Openly gay former Rutgers swimmer Sean Smith stops by to talk Olympic swimming. He gives us perspective on the difficulty of Michael Phelps’ accomplishments in Beijing. Also, why do some swimmers wear full-body suits and others wear just legs? Click here to play. Openly gay former Rutgers swimmer Sean Smith stops by to talk Olympic […]

In beating China and Angola, many pundits said the jury was out on Team USA’s men’s basketball squad until they beat somebody good. The real test would begin against Greece, they said. Their 92-69 thrashing of Greece has surely left the doubters without much to say, though I’m sure we’ll hear how Greece didn’t play […]

German fencing champion Imke Duplitzer – one of the 10 out athletes in Beijing — may have missed a gold medal yesterday in women’s individual épée, but she should get a diamond-studded platinum medal for speaking out on human rights. Gorgeous gutsy Imke is right in the middle of that firestorm in China, around the […]

A few days back I ripped NBC's swim announcers Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines for their inability to shut up and for Gaines' propensity to declare the winner before the race was over. He did it again Wednesday night (Thursday morning in China) on the call of the women's 200-meter butterfly final. A few days […]

An Argentine gay website has the scoop of the Olympics – American swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are gay! Or maybe not. (See the web page after the jump). An Argentine gay website has the scoop of the Olympics – American swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte are gay! Or maybe not. (See the […]

Women's volleyball eliminations are on, and the Chinese just got a big surprise. After a fumbly start, the Cubans rallied fiercely and stuffed the Chinese 3-2. Inspired play came from Santos, with a string of aces, and Calderone, who always seemed to be in the right place at the right time. When you think how […]

We praise these young athletes when they succeed, so we might as well call it like it is when they don’t. Last night, with the Chinese women’s gymnastics team’s lead slipping to just 1.00 point with just the floor exercise remaining, American gymnast Alicia Sacramone completely choked, falling on her butt and stepping out of […]

Paul Donahoe and Kenny Jordan, two top wrestlers at the University of Nebraska, were kicked off the team on Tuesday just days after their nude photos from Fratmentv.com began circulating across the web. The school said the duo, known as Nash and Cal, were declared ineligible. “The history of behavior of these men, including the […]

While other teams may be gunning for Olympic gold, it seems one team is trying to become the dumbest team in the field. The Spanish basketball team posed for an advertisement (published by Spain’s Basketball Federation) in which they are pulling at their eyes to make them look slanted. Many are charging racism. I don’t […]

You can thank Elasun for this one. The Chinese condom maker caught the Olympic spirit through an ad campaign that works condoms into references for the sports being played in Beijing. Think of Kobe Bryant dunking into a condom, Michael Rogers cycling on two condom tires and Michael Phelps swimming over rubber ridges. You can […]

Country crooner Kenny Chesney certainly isn’t doing much these days to end the gay rumors that have followed him throughout his career. Chesney, in New Orleans for a concert this week, hit the practice field on Monday with the New Orleans Saints. After, head coach Sean Payton recounted how Chesney helped strip down Saints cornerback […]

Tiny Gina Miles and her big horse McKinlaigh have brought the U.S. its only equestrian medal so far. The atmosphere here is not that firestorm of media frenzy around the gymnasts and swimmers. Partly because the equestrian events are taking place in Hong Kong…almost out of the country. Also because the horse world is, well, […]

While it seems most Americans will end up remembering these Olympics for Michael Phelps, so far the lasting image to me is of gymnast Jonathan Horton. Last night he was the unquestionable leader of the U.S. men’s gymnastics team, keeping his teammates focused and, most important, believing in themselves. Plus, in event after event, he […]

When the U.S. men’s gymnastics team lost Paul and Morgam Hamm to injury, it seemed that any chance for a team medal went with them. But athletes given little chance have a way of rising to the occasion and it was true of the Americans, who won an unexpected bronze medal behind Jonathan Horton (left) […]

The British synchronized diving team of Blake Aldridge and 14-year-old Tom Daley was hoping to contend for a medal last night. Instead, they finished dead last. It seems they blew up at each other before their final dive when Aldridge got on the phone to talk to his mother (yes, moments before their final Olympic […]