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Michael Phelps Is The Worst Party Guest Ever, Brings Arrests In Wake of Bong Photo

Michael Phelps Is The Worst Party Guest Ever, Brings Arrests In Wake of Bong Photo

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...

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OTR's Best and Worst of 2008

OTR's Best and Worst of 2008

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...

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Did Michael Phelps Get High And Trash A Hotel Room?

Did Michael Phelps Get High And Trash A Hotel Room?

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...

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Breaking News: Michael Phelps Packing on the Pounds, Letting Himself Go?

Breaking News: Michael Phelps Packing on the Pounds, Letting Himself Go?

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...

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Michael Phelps Appears Exhausted With Anderson Cooper, Could Girlfriend Be To Blame?

Michael Phelps Appears Exhausted With Anderson Cooper, Could Girlfriend Be To Blame?

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...

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Top 5 Landslide Victories: Barack Obama to Super Bowl XXIV

Top 5 Landslide Victories: Barack Obama to Super Bowl XXIV

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...

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What Has Former University of Michigan Student And Current National Hero Michael Phelps Been Up To These Days?

What Has Former University of Michigan Student And Current National Hero Michael Phelps Been Up To These Days?

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...

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Michael Phelps Can Conquer Swimming, But Can He Conquer Comedy?

Michael Phelps Can Conquer Swimming, But Can He Conquer Comedy?

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...

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Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

Fresh Cream: All the News We Missed

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...

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8 Great, Weird, Bizarre, and Fascinating College Classes

8 Great, Weird, Bizarre, and Fascinating College Classes

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...

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