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You would think having Michael Phelps, winner of eight gold medals and America’s hearts, at your party would be a good thing. Okay, yes, he seems a little like a tool, but think of the publicity you’d get for that appearance. Plus, the girls would come a-running. But if the infamous bong-picture-seen-around-the-world wasn’t indication enough tha...
Now that the year is coming to a close, it’s time to look back at all the things we loved and hated about 2008.
Best: The Election. This year’s historical election brought us the first black president and the first female vice presidential candidate. Between the history that was made and the hilarious SNL sketches that ensued (not to mention t...
Everyone knows Page Six is the highest form of journalism so we must take seriously a blind item in the New York Post this morning. The blurb asks “Which Olympic Champion smoked pot for the first time recently at a Michigan hotel? The stoned athlete broke the TVs in his room, but later bought exact replicas so he could replace them before anybod...
Last night, Michael Phelps, the God of Swimming and the Endorser of Crappy Foods, went on the Colbert Report where he shocking confirmed that he just may be the “least in shape man in the world” right now.
Sure, Michael.
You see, a few weeks ago Phelps appeared on 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper and said he’d only been in the pool four times...
Michael Phelps has been busy since winning eight medals and America’s heart at the Beijing Olympics this summer. He’s appeared in a Guitar Hero commercial, endorsed some cereals and even taken up poker. What he hasn’t done, apparently, is rest.
Gawker brings us a cute 60 minutes clip of the former Michigan-student-turned-Merman with Anderson C...
If you're gonna win something, it might as well be a landslide...
1) On November 4, 2008 Barack Obama won the American presidency with 349 electoral college votes to John McCain’s 163, despite being a black man with an “ethnic”-sounding name, raised by a single mother.
2) In 2003 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King wins eleven Academy A...
Before we were obsessed with the election, we were obsessed with a little thing called the Olympics. And at the center of America’s love affair was one Michael Phelps.
The former University of Michigan student brought eight gold medals back to the homeland and all of a sudden he was splashed on cereal boxes and offered book deals. But since th...
Where in the world is Michael Phelps? A better question would be where in the world isn’t Michael Phelps.
The object of America’s obsession has been traveling non-stop since his unbelievable, awe-inspiring, record-breaking, incomparable (enough?) Olympic performance in Beijing. The New York Times has been tracking the swimming star and gives u...
Uncoached compiled a list of “10 comedies from the 90’s that [they] couldn’t stop quoting after seeing them in the theater.”
Co-ed Magazine’s Seton Hall blogger, Steve, asked, “Did you miss last night’s debut of Entourage Season 5?” If so, check it out for free here.
Over at College Candy, UConn blogger, John, compiled a list of issues to wo...
Is college getting a bit blasé? Sick of Psych 101? Well just when you thought college might be even more hyped than Michael Phelps, we at CollegeOTR have compiled a list of the 8 Great, Weird, Bizarre, and Fascinating College Classes.
1) Santa Clara University offers a class called The Joy of Garbage. Its professor Virginia Matzek says, "I like...
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...
Young Jeezy is sooo great. A rapper from the South who raps about his .45 making his pants sag. He’s a model citizen and an obvious overall great guy, no? No!
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jeezy was quoted as saying:
“I’m a big fan of Michael Phelps! He’s a great success. I like what he’s doing. He’s like the Young Jeezy of the swim wo...
Even though Olympic athletes are the cool kids on the block these days, they still geek out over their favorite celebrities.
Check out the star inspirations behind this summer’s Olympic greatness:
Nicole Kidman pushed the Australian men’s sailing team to gold
The Australian actress sent her countrymen luck when she called them before their...
Michael Phelps is God, Superman and Brad Pitt all rolled into one.
And now he can trade in on that image for lots and lots of money. Even before the eight medals heard round the world, Phelps earned a cool $5 mil for endorsements with companies like Visa and Speedo.
With the Olympics conquered, that number is expected to skyrocket. "He may...
Olympic events keep coming down to one one-hundredth of a second. One one-hundredth of a second?
That’s faster than you can blink. That’s faster than you can read the word “fast.” And that’s faster than it takes Google to find the answer to how fast one one-hundredth of a second really is.
But for these Olympic athletes, that’s all the time ...
The heroic background stories of our favorite Olympic athletes are all well and good, but what does the public really want to know?
What in the world do those super-human sport machines eat?
Thankfully, CNN answers our most burning question with an overview of Olympic star diets:
“If carb-loading were an Olympic competition, U.S. swimmer...
Coed Magazine’s Hunter blogger, Andrew, praised the new Google Maps-based website Diaroogle.com, which allows people to find the location of the nearest toilet instantly.
Over at College Candy, NYU blogger, Sara, compiled a second list of date ideas for long-term daters.
In honor of Michael Phelps winning his sixth gold medal, Busted Coverag...
Yesterday was the battle of the friends. In both swimming and gymnastics, the competition seemed to come down to teammate vs. teammate rather than country vs. country.
Michael Phelps, god and king of all things swimming related, faced one of his hardest foes, his friend Ryan Lochte, in the 200-meter individual medley. Even with five gold meda...
Co-ed Magazine’s University of Texas blogger, James, took some time out to promote NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Volleyball Cheerleaders. Now, we’re doing the same.
Over at College Candy, UCLA blogger, Devon, called out Perez Hilton and told him to leave Miley Cyrus alone.
Drunken Stepfather has revealed the secret to staying young. Accordin...
Michael Phelps isn't the only Olympic name in American swimming. Hottie Ryan Lochte is a talented swimmer who's tired of coming in second place to Phelps.
The former Florida Gator is a multiple world record holder and specializes in the backstroke and the individual medley, for which he's already won a bronze in the 400m this summer.
Still, ...
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