Archive for the 'Olympics' CategoryOct 19
Athletes that Americans Love: According to the chronic list-makers at Forbes, Americans like their athletes trustworthy and sincere. Gettin’ listy with it: Olympian Shawn Johnson, wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, QB Kurt Warner, Rafael Nadal, retired QB Steve Young, Robin Roberts, Chris Paul, Tiger Woods, rodeo champ Ty Murray, and Tim Duncan. Where are the baseball players? [Forbes] Oct 17
The Roundup: Posterizing The PresidentAthletes and Celebrities, Hockey, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Soccer, Television 19 Comments »
LeBron wants to dunk on George Bush. (Maxim) One of George Foreman’s kids is dating Amy Winehouse. (Style Points) Top 10 punishments for Tom Cable. (Sports Radio Interviews) Father caught a kid with his daughter so he shot him. (wftv) Tyreke Evans ready to wear many hats for the Kings this season. (SI) Next on the recruiting banned list - helicopters. (New York Times) Read the rest of this entry » Oct 03
Rio de Janiero, Brazil won the bid to host the 2016 Olympic games beating out America’s favorite lovable loser, Chicago. Obama and Oprah couldn’t do anything as Chicago was the first city voted out of the Olympic house. Crime may have been a factor as Chicago has nearly a quarter the number of murders that Rio does. Of course, it could also have to do with everyone hating America - most notably the US Olympic Committee. Hey, there’s always 2020, right? (AP, Olympic Sports) Oct 03
The Roundup: Erin Andrews, College FB, Anne FrankBaseball, College Football, Movies, NFL, Olympics 43 Comments »
This is Rachel Stevens. The picture is from her upcoming 2010 calender. If you enjoy what you see here, feel free to check out the other months. So it’ll probably be mostly me today with possible special guest appearances by Hernia and Mr. B. Lead. Send tips and what-have-you to alumnigonzo@gmail.com. And as always, follow me on Twitter, it’s where I derive all my self-worth. The EA peephole stalker was arrested. I’ll just refer you to the post from last night. (The Big Meta) USC journalism student tries out for the team as a walk-on and ends up making the team. Cool story. (Midwest Sports Fans) 9-time state championship coach Allan Trimble suspended himself for the remainder of the football season after it came out that he used an inillegible player last season. (Sports Extra) Read the rest of this entry » Oct 02
2016 Olympics: Very shortly, the International Olympic Committee will announce who is getting the 2016 summer Olympics. [UPDATE: It's Rio!] Chicago and Tokyo were eliminated about 45 minutes ago. It is down to Rio and Madrid. President Obama and Oprah come up empty in Copenhagen. Fox News is going to have a field day with this all weekend. Aug 12
The Roundup: Kids vs. Alligator, Youk Tweets After he Fights, and Blame it on the CatAlligators, Baseball, Comics, Fighting, Movies, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Twitter, Video, Video Games 83 Comments »
A bit surprised these Tank McNamara comic strips pertaining to Mike Vick were pulled from the Washington Post. (NYT) Reminder: When you’re visiting MLB.com, it is the PR arm of the league. (Salon) Read the rest of this entry » Jun 11
The Roundup: Belichick Might Be Getting Married; Is Mike Brown on the Outs in Cleveland?Baseball, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, Olympics, Soccer, Video, WWE 113 Comments »
Is Bill Belichick getting married? (Boston Herald) This seems preposterous: The NBA’s coach of the year, Cleveland’s Mike Brown, may be on the outs in Cleveland. (Pro Basketball News) Seahawks punter Jon Ryan has a sense of humor - a bird pooped on him, and he put the photo on his facebook page. (Stock Lemon) San Francisco 49ers president talks to a blogger. (Niners Nation) Read the rest of this entry » May 27
PM Roundup: Play Him OffBaseball, College Basketball, College Football, NBA, Olympics, Video 66 Comments »
Its Wednesday, and weather permitting, I’ll be participating in my first softball game of the year today. My team is horrible, but we get to drink beers. (I promise those two things have nothing to do with each other.) I’m very excited. Can’t you tell? The only type of recession link you’ll ever get from me - chains restaurants are expanding their menus to keep customers. (USA Today) Generally, I’m not the one crying about all the new remakes raping my childhood, but the new GI JOE movie is going to rape my childhood. First the trailer, now the poster. (Film Drunk) Turns out Gary Sheffield was a tremendous pickup for the Mets. (NY Sports Space) A review of Lance Allred’s autobiography. (Deadspin, Cleveland Scene) They’re running out of wide receivers at Florida State. (FanHouse) The Royals’ manager got suspended for a game. (MLB) Meme scenery. (Waxy) Tim Lincecum is back. Just in time to save my fantasy season! Woot! (Joeh Q Public) I’ll save you the pun for what’s after the jump. Read the rest of this entry » May 22
Canadian Prostitutes Are Training for Vancouver 20101-liner, Hookers, Oh Canada!, Olympics 1 Comment »Working Girls: Athletes everywhere are training for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. So are the Canadian ladies of the night (Canada.com) May 21
The pretty lady is Maxim UK cover girl, Elle Liberachi. Based on a few moments looking at her pictures, I’ve decided she’s just like Marisa Miller. Except with an accent. Yeah, Marisa Miller with an accent. That’s good stuff… How do you keep your MMA image growing while maintaining street cred for your rap career? Two words - Spencer Pratt. (Cage Potato) A Cleveland radio station changed its name from Majik 105.7 to Cavs 105.7 for the duration of the current playoff series. Maybe they should change it back… (Cleveland Scene) The new Nebraska license plate has been well received. (Plate Reactions Website) Orlando loves their Magic. But mostly American Idol. (Sports Media Watch) Former NFL player faces 15 year old murder charges. (Smackcaster) The new T’Wolves’ GM is… not Bill Simmons. BIG MISTAKE MINNESOTA! Prepare for a great deluge of e-mails! BS Report listeners will not stand for this! (ESPN) You won’t believe how many more links are after the jump. Upwards of 3! Read the rest of this entry »
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Diora Baird was an alien in the new Star Trek film. Other than that, she’s been in your dreams.
Yes, yes. It’s the return of the PM Roundup. It’s like The Roundup, but in the afternoon - filled with one-liners that were never meant to be. You’ll struggle to find anything resembling a mention of the economy or the end of days. (Except for right there.) Just a nice looking lady and some 