This Is Just Cool!

  
Michael Phelps                       Dara Torres
By now half the world has watched Michael Phelps win a race by .01 seconds and Dara Torres lose a race by .01 seconds in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
So just how close were those races?  We thought it would be cool to figure it out.  We took Dara’s time of 24.07 seconds [...]

Like millions of you, I was amazed by the Beijing 2008 Olympics opening ceremony!  As we watched, a few of us commented on how the people responsible for the Olympics in London 2012 must feel… like quiting I bet.
The dazzling opening ceremony, directed by China’s most famous film director, Zhang Yimou, cost tens of millions [...]

It’s time for the Olympics!  So warm up for them by watching this video.  Wow. Kind of makes the Olympics balance bar seem wimpy.  Don’t miss the final routine. Its’ amazing.

NEW YORK - So much for the curse. The New York Yankees have ended a construction worker’s attempt to jinx their new stadium with a buried Boston Red Sox jersey.
Team officials watched Sunday as construction workers removed the jersey, with slugger David Ortiz’s name on it, from 2 feet of concrete in a service corridor [...]

Baseball isn’t always enough to keep fans coming in the minors, so you could always depend on some wacky and fun promotions, like the time the Phoenix Firebirds gave away nine cars, one at the end of each inning.  So what if the cars were beaters, they all ran, passed emissions and had clear titles. [...]

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Fifty Marines got a special thanks for their service from the NFL’s Cleveland Browns - a free trip to Sunday’s Super Bowl.
The Browns donated 50 tickets to Sunday’s championship between the New York Giants and New England Patriots for Marines who have served or will serve in Iraq or Afghanistan. [...]