This is a lesson on how not to write a headline.
We found this on Haaretz.com, an Israeli newspaper. The post is about the USA’s 4×100 team gold medal, anchored by Jason Lesak and started by Michael Phelps:
Um, gulp … was this the intern’s work? (just to be clear: teammates Lezak and Garrett Weber-Gale are Jewish, [...]
Just go to this website and you’ll get one. Honest.
Well, when we say honest, we mean … well, you could. Seriously. That part’s honest.
Anyhow, a few weeks back we (along with a group of other blogs) submitted a few questions for The Nielsen Company’s Summer Olympic trivia challenge. So, of course, this means you need [...]
Good decision to put them in Beijing, IOC. Well, except for this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this … I’m worn out.
Nice call, dork faces. Here’s what you’re turning a blind eye to: A BBC reporter covering a protest about Tibet. And what followed, well, it’s despicable.
But we just can’t resist.
Wednesday, Hungarian weight lifter Janos Baranyai’s arm bent backwards in one of the most disgusting injuries I’ve ever seen (including Joe Theisman and Napolean McCallum). You can see the video here.
Being the sick bastards we are, first thing we thought of? The Saturday Night Live sketch below, featuring Kevin Nealon and [...]
But such errors are the surest signs of inferiority. The Americans deserved this loss every bit as much as they deserved the tie versus the Netherlands, every bit as much as they deserved to be bounced out, flat on their asses.
Our new favorite website? The People’s Daily Online, Beijing’s paper/online news source, where reality gets thrown out the window. Take the front page:
What’s missing? For starters, any mention of the lip-syncing girl who performed at the opening ceremonies. Or the digitally enhanced fireworks. But this is what caught our eye most:
Granted, a few papers or [...]
If this is the worst thing the Beijing folks do, the games will be considered a success. Still, it’s pretty damn funny.
Apparently the girl on the left in the picture below sang at the Opening Ceremonies. Sang damn well. So well everyone in China is going gaga and loving her and deeming her the queen [...]
A hearty congrats to the US 400-meter relay squad. Jason Lezak drove you to the most exciting race we’ve ever seen, shattered the world record, but let’s be honest: If France doesn’t choke, team USA don’t win.
Thus we make a list of some of great comebacks in recent history that, in reality, were collapses:
2007 National [...]
Over a billion people tuned in to watch the “Redeem Team” hurt the feelings of 12 Chinese people and subsequently 1.3 billion other Chinese. Oddly enough, Yao started the game off by draining a three, but soon enough things got out of hand. I can’t remember the last time I have seen so many dunks [...]
And they make you wear THIS?!?!
That’s Fernando Gonzales of Chile. Congrats on getting the flag, sorry you had to look a matador.
Other favorites from the opening ceremonies …
“I can see your schwartz is as big as mine” (Roger Federer with the swiss flag)
“So, um, you’re really gonna wear that tonight? Did the wife approve?” (James [...]