If you’re not an Olympics fan, you might as well skip over this bad boy. To be honest, it wouldn’t really bother me, seeing as I wrote this more for my enjoyment than the readers’.
Even though Olympic athletes these days have multimillion dollar endorsements, get paid up to six figures for gold medals, and [...]
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That’s not the Olympic team, I just liked the picture. Sue me. Hef already has, so next time I post I’ll be coming to you in a shanty down by the Red River. Can’t wait.
Anyways, Team USA had its gold medal dreams dashed by Cuba, losing 10-2 very early this morning. The game was fairly [...]
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Dexter Fowler heated up today, going 3-3 with a single, double and triple to help the United States reach the semifinals of the Olympic baseball competition. Brandon Knight threw 6.1 innings with just 2 runs, one earned, and struck out 5 to get the win. Kevin Jepsen got the save, but the best pitcher was [...]
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In easily the most tense prelim game so far, although not scoring wise, the US defeated China 9-1 in baseball action to move to 3-2 in pool play. O’s farmhand Jake Arrieta threw six scoreless innings, striking out 7 Chinese, and then was followed by Mike Koplove, Casey Weathers (finally) and Blaine Neal, who never [...]
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Team USA fell 5-4 to Cuba in 11 innings early this morning. Since the game went into 11 innings, the new extra rule was in effect for the first time in the Olympics. With runners on 1st and 2nd, Cuba sacrificed them over, and then a 1 out single off Jeff Stevens (big surprise) allowned [...]
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Thanks to (brand new?) commenter AzHawk for the Chinese characters. What a night! First in the pool Ryan Lochte lowered his own WR in the 200m backstroke, followed by US teammate Aaron Peirsol. Then Michael Phelps wins yet another gold and advances in the 100m butterfly, which I still think will be his toughest test [...]
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So, I read an interesting article today about the craziness that is Michael Phelps’ diet. According to said article, Phelps, that dirty Michigan motherfucker, injests 12,000 calories daily, in order to fuel his 5 hour daily workouts. Now, I know a shitload about diet and exercise, and this piqued my curiosity…is 12,000 calories per day [...]
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