Briscoe County, not just a place, but a state of mind Much has been made for the unmitigated failure that NBC’s Olymoic coverage has been.  Between the embarrassing tape delays where the network pretends its all news to you even though you knew the results 4 hours ago, and the decisions to run figure skating [...]

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The blog has been pretty sparse on the Winter Olympics front.  And I apologize for that, I was raised by a warm weather people.  Let me begin the healing process with the following story. A naked sledging event in Germany’s Harz region created a logistical nightmare over the weekend after 14,000 people showed up to [...]

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The Chinese Government can try to ban intimate relations between its Olympic athletes during the games, but when there is a will and an unregulated warmup period, there is a way… [HT: Mitch]

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LSU pole vaulter, Rachel Laurent, has many goals, like the 2012 Olympics, but this one caught our attention: “Once she can gain a little more power, her speed is going to increase, and that will allow her to get on stiffer poles,” Yes, we know what you’re thinking. We’re 12 years old. One more picture after the jump.

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In honor of the U.S. and A winning gold in women’s beach volleyball at the Olympics, here’s some of video of those olympic beach volleyball cheerleaders (or cheergirls) that everyone (including us) has been talking about (another after the jump). Of course, the best video of these dancing ladies can be found on the NBC website (heaven [...]

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Here’s a nice photo of a lovely dancer during the women’s quarterfinals basketball game between China and Belarus at the Olympics. It wouldn’t hurt if she could show a little more skin, like the beach volleyball cheergirl below. Though, if you’re stuck watching the China-Belarus women’s basketball game, you’ll likely settle for anything.  

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President George W. Bush welcomed members of the U.S. Summer Olympic Team to the White House Rose Garden this morning. Nothing like a mid-morning photo-op to give the President some quality leering time with Jenny Finch.   As you can see, the rest of the less photogenic teammates were shufffled to the back of the team photo to [...]

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