olympics

I realized the other day that I don't know crap about Sochi.  Why the hell ARE the Olympics being held in Sochi?  For goodness sake, they BOUGHT SNOW.  And shipped it into Sochi.  In RUSSIA.

The Paralympics celebrates the human spirit, but there seems to be some serious spirit lacking in a controversial decision not to let a paralyzed woman participate.

You don't have to know much about golf to know that this is just ridiculous. Michael Phelps managed to sink a 153-foot putt at the Dunhill Links Championship. According to the announcer, Phelps is just learning to golf and is "26 handicapped," which we're pretty sure is Golf for "definitely shouldn't make this putt...

I love America, I love my freedom, and I love living here!  However, after reading about the US Olympic Team's digs being made in China, I just did a quick inventory of my own clothing.  What I found is that every single article of clothing that I'm wearing says "Made In China."

Vertical Dance, a British pole-dancing company, is petitioning the International Olympic Committee to get their sport recognized as a test event for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. According to the petition, which has so far garnered about 6,000 signatures, "Over 50 countries worldwide take part in lessons, workshops, conventions, expose, competitions and teacher training." Read Mor