For those of you who felt a little less manly when watching the women’s swimming events at the Olympics — it’s okay, most of them could probably kill you in an arm wrestling match.
Then there’s Stephanie Rice. She’s the Alicia Sacramone of the pool.
Rice, an Audtrailian, received her first-ever Olympic medal in Beijing, placing first [...]

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Stick to swimming and quit scaring the children, Phelpsey imposter.

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And you thought eight gold metals was impressive: Try doing anything athletic at age 93.
Just a few weeks late from the Beijing hoopla and Michael Phelps Lovephest, the Great Depression Generation took on the greats to compete for the ultimate prize: a Gold metal.
Welcome to the Elderly Olympics, about as unintentionally hysterical as they sound.
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It’s our first day back to school. Time to hit the books. We’ll look toward former Wildcat Amanda Beard for motivation.

Noteworthy: The freshmen class of 2012 looks fine. Resist those 3 a.m. Papa Johns craves and you might still be hot come Thanksgiving.

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Introducing a new Olympic sport: Bowling and wrestling, married together on one circular mat.
We don’t know what the caption says at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen but does it really matter? The blue team is clearly winning by at least three-and-a-half knuckles.
The wrestler on the red team is so glad the Olympics are [...]

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It’s not like your grandmother was hovering over the wall looking down on Michael Phelps and Milorad Cavic with a stopwatch. The swimmers have to push a touchpad. So why was there any controversy at all when Phelps beat Milorad by 1/100th of a second in last week’s 100-meter butterfly?
The official timekeeper, Omega, released a [...]

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