[Translate] The USA v Japan Olympics Women’s Soccer Gold Medal Game is just about 12 hours away, and if you’re like me and don’t have NBC Sports Network in your cable package, and would prefer to watch the game with others, it might appears that you’re out of luck – but you’re not. The best place is a bar that’s listed as an official USA Soccer Bar, or listed as an Olympics bar. But how do you find those? Well, here are links to two websites: Official US Soccer Bar Program: http://www.ussoccer.com/Community/Official-Bar-Program-2.aspx Best...
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[Translate] Aly Raisman, Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross, and McKayla Maroney are the “Fierce Five” USA Women’s Gymnastics Team, but Tuesday evening (Wednesday in the UK) saw the 18-year-old Raisman become the group’s Super Woman. Raisman had to be that to lift the USA from certain decline after Wieber’s less-than-expected...
[Translate] Hope Solo says Canadian National Women’s Soccer Team Player Christine Sinclair “the best in the World,” on the heels of a comment reported by Yahoo! Sports as Solo saying “We made her look good,” after the USA beat Canada 4-3 in a dramatic come-from-behind victory, Monday, where Alex Morgan used her head in beating the country...
[Translate] UPDATE: Hope Solo Calls Christine Sinclair “Best In The World” Man, as much as I dig USA Women’s National Olympics Team Goalkeeper Hope Solo, I have to sadly admit she makes that occasional statement that makes you wince. Unless Yahoo! misquoted her (which is why I love to get video interviews) Hope Solo insulted Canada’s Christine...
[Translate] “Usian Bolt Visited By Swedish Women Athletes; LeBron James Rejected By Lauren Perdue” – that tells you all you need to know about the difference between American and European / African cultures, sex, and race. Jamaica’s Usian Bolt, the fastest man in the World, gets a visit from female members of the Swedish Handball Team,...
[Translate] After I met Olympian Michael Phelps in 2008 (and thanks to Beth Schnitzer and Chrissy Delisle), I was so impressed with how nice a person he was that I made a video calling him a “Cool Muthafucka,” and because I’d met another athlete, Braylon Edwards, the NFL wide receiver, who was just down right rude to me for no reason at all at...
[Translate] Lauren Perdue Turns Down LeBron James Date – Gabby Douglas Michael Phelps Get Olympics Gold Medals. United States is ahead of China for the first time in these Olympics, 33 to 35 and thanks to Gabby Douglas Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Kayla Harrison, Tyler Clary, and the other USA Olympians. And nice touch by President Obama with the phone...
[Translate] Wow. Twitter has played a center stage role at the London 2012 Olympics. Just consider these topics: - Hope Solo used Twitter to attack Brandi Chastain during Olympics. - Switzerland’s Michel Morganella has been expelled from the Olympics for posting a racist message on Twitter. - Greek Jumper Paraskevi Papahristou Expelled From Olympic Team for Racist Tweet - Twitter lifts suspension for vocal critic of NBC’s Olympics coverage. All of those topics, and others, have demonstrated that Twitter and social media,...
[Translate] Is USA Women’s Soccer Goalkeeper Hope Solo really upset with Women’s Soccer Legend and NBC Olympics Commentator Brandi Chastain, or is she just playing the Donald Trump PR playbook? At first this blogger thought Solo was releasing the thoughts of an athlete under tremendous stress and was overdue for a good sexual release, and I said so… But...
