Phelps & the Olympic Rest
August 19th, 2008
Filed Under: Sports Junk
There was never a doubt Michael Phelps of the U.S. olympic swim team would make some noise while aiming to make Olympic history, but can you believe his 0.01 second victory to capture his 7th gold medal of the games?! Talk about a photo finish by a hair!. And yes, he eventually did break Mark Spitz’s record as the most gold medals won by an individual athlete at the same Olympics with his 8th medal of the games yesterday. You’re a stud Mr. Phelps.
Lin Dan is a killer on the court. And the bad boy of badminton knows how to hype his home crowd of China throwing his sneakers into the crowd after a victory yesterday. Who says eastern people can’t be a little individualistic sometimes?
Tights for woman’s basketball?! How the hell is this a good idea? But the Aussies & Brazilains got this look down I’ll give ‘em that, still, T.M.I. ladies, TMI…
Lastly, while the guys over at Naked Ping Pong prepare for their London 2012 Olympic games qualification, the current crop of table tennis greats make their moves in Beijing. I know most of you out there think this is a silly sport, but if a brother named Wally Green of Harlem can represent Ping Pong playing with a cell phone as a paddle then what’s so uncool about the sport?!
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7 Responses to “Phelps & the Olympic Rest”
Aimee
Ping pong is a GAME, not a sport.
..:JJP
You’re such a H-A-T-E-R.
Basketball, football and hockey are GAMES too but no one questions if they are a sport, right?
We’re not talking about chess, othello or darts here, if you can get reasonable sweaty in a competitive activity were you use hand-eye coordination, mental strategy and physical agility & strength to best your opponent(s) then I think it’s fair to say Table Tennis (i.e. Ping Pong) is a sport.
auni
I just have one question.
If ping pong is a sport. Then why isn’t sex a sport in the olympics?
To Quote JJP ” if you can get reasonable sweaty in a competitive activity were you use hand-eye coordination, mental strategy and physical agility & strength to best your opponent(s) then I think it’s fair to say”; that sex should be included in the olympics.
Am I wrong?
bix
auni, no offense meant, but do you try to best your partner during sex?! and what mental strategies do you apply to it?!! anyways just because you don’t like a sport it doesn’t stop being one. soccer is a bunch of people chasing a ball, sounds like a game to me… basketball, another bunch of people trynna put a ball through a hoop… another game. then why is ping pong not a sport? cuz the ball ain’t big enough to speak for itself? and jamie, i agree, phelps rocks my socks! x
..:JJP
OMG sex CAN TOTALLY be a sport, think of the possibilities like relays squads, pole valuting, equestrian, tonsil hockey, floor routines, quickest orgasmic finishes (unfortunately, men tend to have an advantage here
), water polo, synchronized Swimming, or even pelvic power-lifting like below:
And the first “Sex Olympics” or “Sexcapades” candidiate cities should be Paris, Athens, Rome, Rio de Janeiro, and Las Vegas, as any of those places could provide the proper “vibe” for all the sex-athletic competitions that would take place.
I can see the slogan now: “Just Do It”.
Chad
So are porno stars professional athletes?
And does that make Jamie a rookie leaguer or a Single A prospect?
..:JJP
Dude, I’m straight up gold-member.
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