Matthew Syed is to Olympic coverage what Michael Phelps is to swimming, and now he’s bursting the Phelps worshipping bubble. Syed’s really had enough of the fainting over Phelps’ eight wins and argues that because swimming includes about a hundred barely distinguishable events, Olympic swimming medals just aren’t as valuable as medals in other e...

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The opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics were amazing. -- AMAZING.  However just when I gave the Chinese credit for being the greatest fireworks masters of all time--ahead of the magical pyrotechnics at Disneyland--I found out that the fireworks broadcast back to the US were not 100% real.  They were digitally enhanced.  In fact, some...

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-- A 78-year-old man fended off two armed burglars (one man, one woman). The woman, who was carrying a 12-guage shotgun, felt the full force of the military veteran’s attack when he managed to wrestle the gun away from her while completely nude.

 

-- The cult woman accused of letting her one-year-old child starve to death is suing the city of Ph...

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The summer Olympics start tomorrow in Beijing, and to celebrate, we, with a little help from New York Magazine (Dear NYMag--I quote you all the time. Please hire me), will present you with this list of sports that aren't in the Olympic games...but should be.

 

-Flonkerton: Invented by Pam, of Office fame, Flonkerton is a race in which competitor...

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While the world watches the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympic Games in Beijing, audiences are looking to be dazzled by an elaborate culturally-inclined opening show. The Chinese are spending close to $100 million on the costs of the ceremony alone.

 

The Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics typically showcase the country's history and cultural be...

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With the Olympics only a few weeks away, Beijing is looking to make some last minute improvements.  While for most cities this would mean street-sweeping, mowing the lawn, etc., Beijing's ideas are more along the lines of brain washing its people.

 

The Chinese department of propaganda recently issued a pamphlet to Beijingers that describes prop...

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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the fastest person in the world? What would it be like to be able to say that you could out run any other person? There are a lot of fast people in the world, but only one person is the fastest. Could you imagine being that person? Imagine what that would feel like: You’d crouch down, get your s

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