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china
Beijing Olympics Fireworks Line Will Light Up China This Spring Festival
FROM GIZMODO.COM: If there's one thing you can't overstate, it's how much the Chinese people loooooved the Olympics. So it was kind of expected that Chinese fireworks makers would capitalize on the magic of the Opening Ceremonies by selling similar DIY pyrotechnics. More »
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Speedo's Olympic Success Leads to Financial Dilemma for Universities
The theory of trickle-down economics got an Urban Dictionary-style redefinition after the Summer Olympics in August after watching approximately 312,847,708 world records mutilated in the Water Cube, thanks in large part to wearing new LZR Racer suits from Speedo. Now, of course, collegiate and high school swimmers want the same advantage or else their own competitors that put out $550 per suit will create two unofficial divisions: those with money (and suits) and those without. ("Good job, Brandi... your time was second-best in the Poor People Division!") More »
Whimsy
Going For Gold At The Peasant Olympics
You didn't think that China spent $500 million of our hard-earned mortgage debt on the Bird's Nest just so some namby pamby athletes could run around inside it for two weeks and then let it sit empty, did you? There are plenty of other athletic contests that can be held there. Like the popular and entertaining Peasant Olympics. Yes, that's right—the Olympics ... of peasants. More »
fakes
Fake Water Cube Building Spotted in Sichuan, China
FROM GIZMODO.COM: We've long known about certain companies in China “borrowing inspiration” from more well known gadget makers, but it looks like architects aren't safe from copycat syndrome either. More »
advice
Michael Phelps And The Nerdy Endorsement Trap
FROM GAWKER.COM: Dolphin-like Olympic champ Michael Phelps is like that dude in the poem who has come to two roads that diverge in the woods. Except Michael Phelps has far more money at stake than that guy. More »
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Today's Drunken Ping Pong Karaoke Peeing Incident Brought To You By China
This story has it all: Ping Pong, drunken urination, karakoe, and of course at the center of it all a man named Wang Hao. Wang, who is China's most famed table tennis player, was involved in an altercation with a security guard on Thursday when the guard tried to stop him from urinating outside of a karaoke club. Now that's about 100 hilarity points right there, but there's more. Wang, while fighting with the guard, allegedly uttered the following quote, sure to become a classic: More »
olympics
EA's Probst To Head U.S. Olympic Committee
FROM KOTAKU.COM: Larry Probst, chairman of Electronic Arts, has been elected chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported today. "I'm extremely honored to be chosen for this role," Probst told the paper after his election to a four-year term. More »
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Jose Calderon Would Like to Apologize Personally For That Whole Slant-Eyed Team Photo Thing
Remember the tempest over the Spanish basketball team photo at the Beijing Olympics; the one where the players all pulled back back the skin at the corner of their eyes to make them look slanted? Jose Calderon is overcome with remorse over that. He's apologizing in the press, but not only that; He's personally replying to everyone who emailed him about it and apologizing to them as well. Holy Hochuli! More »
A Question Of Age
Good As Gold
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: After much controversy and speculation, the FĂ©dĂ©ration Internationale de Gymanastique has found that the Chinese gymnastics team in the Beijing Olympics were all of age. More »
olympics
Olympic Gold Medalist Challenges Chad Ochocinco to Race
Dominating one sport isn't enough anymore for today's athletes. Apparently, if you're a professional football player, specifically an egomaniacal receiver, you think your skills translate to other venues. Chad Johnson wanted to race against Michael Phelps in the pool — not to mention a horse on a track. Terrell Owens, if given a 20-yard head start, thinks he could out sprint Usain Bolt. Now Olympic athletes are firing back. American Gold medal women's sprinter Mary Wineberg, via this YouTube video, has challenged Ochocinco to 400-meter sprint: More »
Contaminated milk
Did China Cover Up The Melamine Milk Scandal Because Of The Olympics?
FROM CONSUMERIST.COM: The New York Times says that China's state-controlled media has admitted that "one of China’s biggest dairy producers received consumer complaints about its baby milk formula as early as December 2007 — much earlier than previously thought and nine months before the producer ordered a nationwide... More »
everybody loves a loser
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Do you care that Dara Torres didn't win a gold medal? Neither does anyone else. Torres, 41, has become a national inspiration despite the fact that she returned home with three silver medals and has never won the gold. More »
media
Costas Out: There Should Be Better Gay Athlete Stories
Bob Costas, pocket-sized television sports reporter and popular feud instigator, gave a long, detailed interview to AfterElton.com as to why NBC neglected to make a bigger story out Australian diver Matthew Mitcham's gold medal victory, since he was the only openly gay man at the Games. NBC had already written a letter of apology to the site for "omitting" Mitcham's story, but Costas went further, answering writer James Hillis' questions as best he could. More »
NBA
Game-Worn US Olympic Basketball Jerseys Up For Auction
Bidding is up and running now and will continue until September 30. But break out the checkbooks and keep adding zeroes. Already Kobe Bryant's jersey has nine bids and is up to $1,600. Women's team jerseys will also be up for auction. Surprisingly, they aren't fetching as high of bids now. You can't escape sexism. Which games were the jerseys worn during? More »
humor
Space Olympics: Not Even Lightning-Bolt Gloves Can't Save the Doomed 3022 Games
FROM GIZMODO.COM: The year is 3022. Persons of rank wear amazing lightning-bolt gloves that can fend off smallish missiles, and billowy white powdered wigs are finally back in style. More »
architecture
Bird's Nest Architects' Latest Unveiling: A Vertigo-Inducing Jenga Apartment Tower in NYC
FROM GIZMODO.COM: Fresh off the billions of eyes that have been on the beautiful Beijing National Stadium, Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron have set their sights on NYC with this incredible 57-story residential tower, unveiled today. More »
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