Sports

The all-muscle U.S. Redeem Team continues its romp through Olympic basketball this morning, closing out its first half against Angola 55-37. It's a guilty pleasure to be able to watch these guys play live at 8 a.m., but that's the beauty of the Olympics — 17 days of round-the-clock sports. The U.S. women's team also […]

From left, swimmers Brent Hayden (Canada), Jason Lezak (USA) and Dominik Meichtry (Switzerland), all Olympians. Lezak’s stunning final leg helped the US win the 4×100 relay. Photo taken this summer in Los Angeles by Brent Mullins. Full size below jump. From left, swimmers Brent Hayden (Canada), Jason Lezak (USA) and Dominik Meichtry (Switzerland), all Olympians. […]

Every day during the Games, we will search the Net for the best 12 (or more if we feel like!) Olympic photos. If you see any you like, send us the URL. Among today’s crop is this gold medal judo athlete. Links after the jump. Every day during the Games, we will search the Net […]

Memo to NBC: Tell swim announcers Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines to shut up. Their incessant yakking is detraction from what has been a great swimming session so far. They both understand the sport, especially past Olympian Gaines, but too often they try and predict and do not let the event play out and let […]

Michael Phelps won his fourth and fifth gold medals of the Beijing Games and now has 11 for his career, more than any Olympian in modern history (for all we know, some Greek 3,000 years ago won more laurel wreaths). He is clearly the greatest swimmer ever, but is he the greatest Olympian? Michael Phelps […]

Every day during the Games, we will search the Net for the best 12 (or more if we feel like!) Olympic photos. If you see any you like, send us the URL. Among today’s crop is gold medal kayaker Alexander Grimm (look at those arms). Hat tip to Finneye for finding these. Links after the […]

Number twenty-four in a series. Broadcast: Arizona Diamondbacks on FSN Arizona, Atlanta at Diamondbacks, 8/7/08; Announcers: Daron Sutton (play-by-play), Mark Grace (analyst), Todd Walsh (reporter) You probably know that Mark Grace is a former All-Star first baseman who spent most of his career with the Cubs before signing with the D-backs after the 2000 season. […]

Like millions of of people, I stayed up last night to watch Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones (photo) and Jason Lezak capture gold in the 4X100 freestyle relay. It was classic Olympics, from the come-from-behind win to the Phelps’ scream heard around the world. Phelps also provided one of the best images of the […]

5 reasons why American Olympians rule and the rest of the world is just jealous. – The President personally inspects the ass of every beach volleyball player to make sure it meets Constitutional standards for American athletes. I think it's in the 34th Amendment or something. – Complain about us, and we'll have our sabre […]

Mirror, mirror on the wall… Italians are proud of their athletes, on and off the arena. Vanity Fair Italy has chosen 14 sexiest males of a total of 345 Italian athletes competing in Beijing. Now they are asking their readers for help in choosing the most sexy one of those jocks. Mirror, mirror on the […]

5 reasons why American Olympians rule and the rest of the world is just jealous. – The President personally inspects the ass of every beach volleyball player to make sure it meets Constitutional standards for American athletes. I think it's in the 34th Amendment or something. – Complain about us, and we'll have our sabre […]

Synchronized platform diving partners David Boudia and Thomas Finchum finished a very respectable 5th place Monday in what is one of the summer Games’ hottest events. The American pair showed poise and confidence and appear ready to compete for individual medals next week, when they dive against openly gay Aussie stud Matthew Mitchum. Check out […]

Giving new meaning to Big Red, a campus website that covers the University of Nebraska has discovered that two of the university’s wrestlers have strutted their stuff on a gay porn site, including an NCAA champion. From The Scarlet Project: The Scarlet Project has obtained photos from an anonymous source of University of Nebraska 125-pound […]

A beard figured prominently in what German media are calling the country’s “debacle” so far in swimming. No German has come close to winning a medal, with even medal possibles failing to advance to the finals. Under a lot of criticism is backstroker Helge Meeuw, who failed to even make the finals of the 100 […]

Yes, the flat cap, aka paddy cap, newsboy cap, Gatsby cap and other names. has been borrowed just yesterday by the hip-hop scene and and the porno scene. But it has been around a long time, and in other settings it sends a message of tweedy “establishment” and “older guy.” It has been basic country […]

Germany’s Judith Arndt finished a disappointing 41st place in the women’s cycling road race. Arndt, who is openly gay and won the silver medal in Athens, was considered a pre-race favorite. The race was hampered by driving rain and treacherous climbs and descents. Nicole Cooke of Great Britian won the race in just over 3 […]

In another sign that Europeans have a more relaxed view of showing nudity comes from this five-photo gallery from the Italian Repubblica newspaper of boxers weighing in before their event, shot from behind and showing cheeks. Can’t imagine the New York Times doing the same. Boxing weigh-in gallery. In another sign that Europeans have a […]

The U.S. Redeem Team opened today with a 101-70 thumping of Yao Ming’s Chinese team, which despite a valiant first-half effort couldn’t overcome the combined talents of Kobe, LeBron and Dwayne. The spectacle included President Bush, Henry Kissinger and other dignitaries. The U.S. team faces Angola on Tuesday. Beyond their first win, what's impressed me […]

It appears that Matthew Mitcham, the Aussie diver with the highest-profile of the 10 gay athletes at the Oympics, will make his debut on Aug. 18 when the Men’s 3m springboard preliminaries open. The finals take place the next day. Mitcham’s other event, the 10m platform, opens Aug. 22, according to a schedule of events. […]

Boosted by gold medals today in shooting, judo, weightlifting and synchronised diving, China drew even with the US in the overall medal count. After two days of competition both China (6-2-0) and the US (2-2-4) have won 8 medals. Boosted by gold medals today in shooting, judo, weightlifting and synchronised diving, China drew even with […]