Seriously, is there a more harrowing tale of inadequate play and disengaged fans than the Washington Nationals? Not for my money. The Washington Wizards, the down years of the Washington Redskins, even the Baltimore Orioles can’t come close to the 2008 Nats. You have to go into Mike Tyson, Len Bias territory to find a [...]
They did it with previous Olympic gold standard bearer Mark Spitz, and now it’s Michael Phelps turn. A timeless Sports Illustrated cover for a timeless athletic achievement. I have to admit, it would have been WAY cooler if Phelps had kept the mustache, but it will do. Technorati Tags: Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Olympics, Sports [...]
Shout out to Kevin Van Valkenburg of the Baltimore Sun for the scoop on this one, but here’s an Israeli newspaper headline that Andrew Dice Clay could be proud of. Two Jews and a black man help Phelps fulfill Olympic dream No kidding. Here are some other jewels from the story. Phelps, who is not [...]
You don’t want to dog out a homegirl, but what in the world happened to Katie Hoff? Four years ago, she was the youngest representative at the Olympic Games in Athens, adorned with heightened expectations for the 2008 Summer Games. Four weeks ago, she was the talk of the U.S. Olympic trials, carving out a [...]
Where would the Olympics be without Baltimore? Probably still going on and none the wiser, but let’s just say its a lot more fun with Charm City’s influence on the games. Carmelo Anthony, Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps are three of the biggest story lines in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and are the [...]
Is it just me, or does the Water Cube in Beijing expose its Olympic participants to high levels of Gamma radiation? Because only some of the green stuff could elicit this response from America’s golden hero Michael Phelps. Seriously, our boy looks like smashing time is less than five seconds away in this photo. His [...]
If you thought George Sherrill’s soup strainer was the best thing in the Baltimore sports scene, then wait til’ you get a load of the Phelps-Manchu. It’s a symbol of his confidence heading into the Olympics, his quest be himself in spit of all the expectations, and how much cooler he is than 98 percent [...]
When I heard through the grapevine that Dominique Dawes would be returning to Olympic competition as a journalist for Yahoo! sports, I wanted to choke Jamie Mottram for not convincing her to blog for the site or at the very least, requiring her to upload pictures of herself thrice a day. And then, I choked [...]
Two fighters, Antonio Magruder and Gary Russell Jr. are carrying on a legacy of boxing made famous in the area by Sugar Ray Leonard more than 30 years ago. Russell, a Capital Heights native will compete in Beijing next month as the United States premier hope for boxing gold. Three years ago, he became only [...]
