Oh, For Fuck’s Sake
You know why there’s no women’s ski jump in the Olympics? Both Johnsons are among the best ski jumpers in the world. Alissa is ranked ninth among the top women who compete, about 141 spots higher than her brother sits in the men’s rankings. But only 16-year-old Anders is preparing to compete for the U.S. [...]
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Have I mentioned how much I love the speed skaters’ thighs?
...read moreWinter Olympics, How Do I Love Thee?
I love the weird events, like skeleton and biathalon. I love that Torino is playing 70s disco for the Parade of Nations. I love the Canadians and their hats with ear flaps. I love the nations from Africa and the Caribbean that send athletes to winter games, even though they have never seen a flake [...]
...read moreAbstain for Better Performance?
From Slate: Olympians are abstaining from sex to boost their performance, despite evidence that they should have sex instead. Triathletes, skaters, swimmers, boxers, ice dancers, and others avoid nookie before big contests; one says he abstained for 233 days. The Canadian swim team required an abstinence pledge; Pittsburgh Steelers coaches order players not to stay [...]
...read moreUSOC pulls skeleton coach from Olympics
The USOC has ruled that skeleton coach Tim Nardiello, who was recently reinstated by an arbitrator after accusations of sexual harassment from several female sliders, will not be going to Turin after all. The United States Olympic Committee refused yesterday to allow Tim Nardiello to coach the skeleton team at the Turin Olympics. The decision [...]
...read moreSkeleton Key
Tim Nardiello has been reinstated as the U.S. skeleton coach after several sexual-harassment complaints. Now, I don’t know what happened between him and the female skeleton riders(?) , but it seems too easy for him to dismiss the complaints of riders/players who didn’t make the team on the grounds that they were bitter about not [...]
...read moreWooHoo White Sox!
Only because my parents are from the South Side of Chicago. From my dad: Difference between North and South Sides – —————— Thomas Condon October 14, 2005 Chicago — Can everyone please stop all this nonsense about the White Sox being cursed? Lately pundits and sports writers have been trying to conjure up some kind [...]
...read moreBike Seats May Have Sexual Side Effects
I’m tempted to make a “banana seat” pun right now, but I’ll refrain. A raft of new studies suggest that cyclists, particularly men, should be careful which bicycle seats they choose. The studies add to earlier evidence that traditional bicycle saddles, the kind with a narrow rear and pointy nose, play a role in sexual [...]
...read morePerformance-Enhancing Soft Drinks… For Four-Year-Olds
No, it’s not a joke. The latest sports drink, Spark, is being marketed to kids between the ages of 4 and 11, and contains as much caffeine as in a cup of coffee — purportedly to encourange athletic performance (another version of the drink contains twice as much caffeine and is being marketed to teenagers [...]
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