i'm an olympics nut. i wanted to dress up as carl lewis for halloween when i was a little kid but my mother wouldn't let me (i didn't realize painting my face black might offend some people).

i'll be glued to the tv and working from home whenever possible.

is baltimore's michael phelps going to break mark spitz' record?

I am a sports nut in general - I love football, hockey, college basketball, golf, soccer, tennis, world cup and freestyle skiing, etc. and I also get really into the summer & winter Olympics when they come around. :cool:

However this year's Olympics has really poor timing as it falls during the combined Pro/Am Worlds in Kalamazoo, MI so I wonder how little coverage I'll actually get to watch. :(

im getting stoked... used to be into running bigtime (middle distance to distance) and have been watching a few of the athletes (Ryan Hall - Olympic Marathon is the main guy i've been keeping tabs on... fastest natural born US marathon runner ever... and it was the first marathon he'd ever ran ... or something like that).

I'll be in Track Town for the final weekend of the trials too... can't wait! Also cant wait to run on 'pre's trail' and check out the memorial and stuff.

but i think im like you guys... and am an olympic nut in general... wife and I have been glued to the tube watching all the trials thus far.

8.8.8 can't come soon enough!!!!

maybe worlds should/could mimick the olympics to a degree since its a 'special occasion' and award medals to the top 3 and actually have a podium style ceremony?!

WRs from baltimore's phelps and hoff last night. hoff was sporting the NBAC cap.

as well by Mr. [censored] in the wind aided fastest recorded time in the 100 meters

why is the competiters name being sensored in my post?

Might have to call him Mr. Happy to get thru...

why is the competiters name being sensored in my post?



The competitor's name is being censored because it was added many many years ago to the message board list of automatically censored words. It was added because it was used far, far too often as a personal attack and offensive slur and only very rarely for legitimate uses, such as being someone's last name as per the current example.

well for the fastest recorded 100meter run of all time i believe we should be able to reference him personally.

as well by Mr. [censored] in the wind aided fastest recorded time in the 100 meters


Are you speaking of Mr. Tyson G[/b]ay?

yep, i guess it requires the entire name as reference point.
man isnt that amazing 5 runners in america under 10 sec at the trials

well for the fastest recorded 100meter run of all time i believe we should be able to reference him personally.



Apparently if you know the '28��3' trick you can. :D

And if you have any feedback about what makes the 'auto-censor' list, please contact the PDGA Communications Director.

i def. think we sent a message to the Jamaicans!

I saw this at the politico site:


A wonderful episode in the history of auto-replace software, in which the the website of the American Family Association went to work on a story about the sprinter Tyson [censored] under the headline �Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials.�


The text:


Tyson Homosexual easily won his semifinal for the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials and seemed to save something for the final later Sunday.



His wind-aided 9.85 seconds was a fairly cut-and-dry performance compared to what happened a day earlier. On Saturday, Homosexual misjudged the finish in his opening heat and had to scramble to finish fourth, then in his quarterfinal a couple of hours later, ran 9.77 to break the American record that had stood since 1999.



Homosexual didn�t get off to a particularly strong start in the first semifinal, but by the halfway mark he had established a comfortable lead. He slowed somewhat over the final 10 meters-nothing like the way-too-soon complete shutdown that almost cost him Saturday. Asked how he felt, Homosexual said: �A little fatigued.�

Classic...

why not substitute happy instead?

And we have from the Christmas Carol "Deck the Halls" which takes on a slightly twisted meaning as the song continues:
"Don we now our homosexual apparel,
Fa la la, la la la, la la la.
Troll the ancient Yule tide carol,
Fa la la la la, la la la la."

hey chuck my lap top doesnt have tthe right program? i think? ,to comunicate with mr Shive is there another way to comunicate with him about this isssue?

Just go to this PDGA Contact page and email Peter under the Board list:
www.pdga.com/contact.php (http://www.pdga.com/contact.php)

Torrid Torres...

sweet.

hellooooooooooooooooo kitty!

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080708/capt.cps.mxw02.080708040816.photo00.photo.default-512x427.jpg

1 down 7 to go for phelps. how bout usa just going even 1-1 against ned?

http://www.mistyandkerri.com/pix/Misty%20May%20Cumulu-14.jpg

Hey Paul

I like chinese food.

I'm watching women's volleyball and getting hungry.

I'm starting to sound like Hawk

Any of you that were not awake early this morning (late last night?) missed a historic performance from the US Men's 4x100 Freestyle relay team - especially from Jason Lezak. I woke my son up (on his 1st birthday!) by screaming at the television.

Phelps - 2 down, 6 to go.

Any of you that were not awake early this morning (late last night?) missed a historic performance from the US Men's 4x100 Freestyle relay team - especially from Jason Lezak. I woke my son up (on his 1st birthday!) by screaming at the television.

Phelps - 2 down, 6 to go.



That race was awesome. Lezak was incredible! :cool: I refrained from yelling out since I had just put my 8-week-old daughter to bed. :p

Un-freakin-believable.

How does it feel to be Sweden? They broke the WR...and finished 5th.

The pool was juiced.

The pool was juiced.


....with performance enhancing swimsuits.

The pool was juiced.


....with performance enhancing swimsuits.



That's one of the reasons for all these swimming records being broken. Other factors include a deeper pool (10'), two additional outside lanes and special notches in the pool's side walls....all of which result in fewer/smaller waves.

OUCH!!! (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189&p=1)

OUCH!!! (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189&p=1)



"This media item has been removed due to a copyright violation!"

you'll have to describe it to us since its been taken down

I think the pool in Beijing is shorter than most pools and thats why all these world records are being set.

It seems every swim race for a medal has a world record. It has been pretty unreal.

OUCH!!! (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189&p=1)



"This media item has been removed due to a copyright violation!"

you'll have to describe it to us since its been taken down



OK, you asked for it! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1044258/Pictured-The-horrific-moment-Olympic-weightlifter-turns-elbow-front.html)

WOW

I think the pool in Beijing is shorter than most pools and thats why all these world records are being set.

It seems every swim race for a medal has a world record. It has been pretty unreal.



Come on, MTL.....length of the pool doesn't change, but overall pool design has. A 200 meter race in 1972 is the same length as a 200 meter race in 2008.

The following is an excerpt from the Los Angeles Times:

<font color="blue"> The suits are certainly a factor. How much of a factor is a subject of much debate. Speedo's LZR Racer, which was developed in cooperation with NASA and designed to reduce drag, has received considerable attention for its laser-bonded seams and its ability to increase oxygen intake by 5%.

It also compresses a swimmer's body so much, it often takes an athlete 30 minutes or more to put it on -- one inch at a time. Zimbabwe's Kristy Coventry said putting on the suit is so painful on her fingers, she has to put band-aids on them all the time. But she wouldn't dare wear anything else. Why give your competitors an edge?

"I think everyone is wearing the suit now, so we're on kind of a level playing field," said Coventry, who set a world record in the semifinals of the 100-meter backstroke. "Technology in all sports keep advancing, and I think they will as technology grows. I think sports kind of have to keep up with that technology. It's a great suit. I love it."

Of the 36 medals awarded thus far in China, 33 of them have gone to athletes wearing the LZR Racer. Since the suit made its debut in February, it's been used to break 57 world records. (Many, such as Phelps' record in the 400-meter individual medley, have been lowered multiple times.) Most of the swimmers, however, believe it's unfair to simply chalk it up to the suits.

"You can win without a suit or with one," said Aaron Piersol, who switched to Speedo this year after wearing Nike for much of his career. "Hopefully our sport stays that way. Certainly no one wants to lose to a suit. We swim the race against the athletes next to us, not the technology."

The new pools, which are deeper and now feature 10 lanes so the two outside lanes can remain empty, have also played a role because turbulence has been reduced. It's easier to swim fast in smooth water, and waves dissipate quickly into high-tech gutters. The pool in Beijing is also three meters deep, whereas most pools in previous Olympics were only two meters deep. That means a swimmer such as Phelps, who gets a turbo boost off the wall on his turns, can dive deeper and stay under water longer. According to his coach Bob Bowman, that helps him do his dolphin kick for a longer period of time, and helps him go faster.
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OUCH!!! (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=33a_1218642189&amp;p=1)



"This media item has been removed due to a copyright violation!"

you'll have to describe it to us since its been taken down



OK, you asked for it! (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1044258/Pictured-The-horrific-moment-Olympic-weightlifter-turns-elbow-front.html)



there are youtube videos up for now if you search using his name... sick stuff!! and the bar actually falls on his back!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3OT0gFQU-Y &lt;-- although this will prob be removed shortly

I think the pool in Beijing is shorter than most pools and thats why all these world records are being set.

It seems every swim race for a medal has a world record. It has been pretty unreal.



Come on, MTL



Come on, Jerry. I was clearly joking.

it was only a matter of time...

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080811/capt.e043f08dc0724869929b34d42bcfd539.beijing_olym pics_beach_volleyball_women_oly1081.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080809/capt.3d30f3280877490cb3b9afc55d3be1a4.beijing_olym pics_bush_oly523.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080811/i/r454760429.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080813/capt.77106e43a1084c01a1f525268b5e114b.beijing_olym pics_beach_volleyball_women_oly938.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080809/i/r1857327347.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_14t031954_450x298_us_olympics_china_reform .jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080813/i/r3193174535.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080814/i/r3497694074.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080809/i/r1878706696.jpg
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080812/i/r1486520781.jpg

I think I would have visited the Beach volley ball too :D

Notice that Bush did not put his hand on Walsh.

For those who missed it yesterday, it was an unbelievable race. (http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=221520.html#phelps+shows+flair+dramatic?GT1 =39003) :)

if this is what phelps got after athens, we might have to rename the city this time around.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/photo/2004-09/14206879.jpg

From Baltimore to Beijing: Odds and ends from Columbia (http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/specialevents/blog/2008_missouri_grand_prix/)


Vendt and Phelps are an interesting yin and yang as training partners. Vendt is a voracious reader, a student of history, an outdoors enthusiast and a political junkie. He and Bowman traded friendly barbs during the build-up to the New Hampshire primary, with Bowman supporting John McCain and Vendt supporting Ron Paul.

"Ron Paul is my guy," said Vendt, who describes himself as a libertarian ideologically. "It's really frustrating the way the mainstream media just ignored him and acted like he was a fringe candidate without doing any research at all. I think he's really what the country needs. ... I'm definitely not a fan of the huge tentacle-like arms of the federal government invading everything in our lives."

Vendt said he's almost been able to convince Phelps to join the Paul Revolution.

"Michael is a big online poker guy, and that's one of Paul's issues, legalizing online gambling," Vendt said.

Vendt says he could see himself possibly getting involved in politics someday.

"People joke around and talk about running for office, and I say 'OK, if you do, I'll run your campaign," Vendt said. "But it's definitely something I'm interested in."

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/specialevents/blog/Sports%20Illustrated%208%20medals.jpg

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
You know.....with the size and shape of his body/torso, I bet he could learn to throw a golf disc a country mile! :)

that and to swim faster in sprint events he already works hard on his fast twitch muscles

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS AN AMERICAN HAS THE TITLE OF WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETE!!!

Congratulations to Bryan Clay who tore it up in the most exciting, and the most FUN Track &amp; Field event: the decathlon! Wire to Wire!
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/trackandfield/columns/story?id=3549137

i def. think we sent a message to the Jamaicans!



I think they received the message, seen? Jah live.

i def. think we sent a message to the Jamaicans!



I think they received the message, seen? Jah live.



yeah... how dare I not be able to call it from over a month out! :P

besides...
&lt;in the year 2000.... in the year 2000&gt;
bolt will be found to be a juicer

(dont worry... if you dont watch conan o brien that isn't supposed to make sense)