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London Olympic Athletes Told To Avoid This Food

World class athletes heading to the London Olympics in 2012 have been warned by the United Kingdom Anti-Doping Association to avoiding eating Liver. According to the agency the food may cause athletes to test positive for the ... continue

[RUMOR] Tebow “Saving Himself” For Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn

Bombshell Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn is fighting tooth and nail to quash rumors that she has a secret boyfriend, Mile High Miracle Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow. Vonn just recently announced, that after four years of marriage, ... continue

Queen Elizabeth Rents Out Royal Palace Rooms For 2012 London Olympics

The uber-rich were given the opportunity of a lifetime recently when Queen Elizabeth opened up several rooms in one of her Royal Palaces for rent during the upcoming 2012 London Olympics. The St. James Palace was opened up ... continue

London Olympics Under Hot Water For Using Wood From Endangered Area

When the London Summer Olympics rolls around in 2012 basketball teams from the United States, Australia, Russian, the UK and other countries will be practicing on some very rare ground. It turns out that the basketball court ... continue

Redneck Olympics May Be Sued By USOC Over Event Name

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) is threatening to sue the Redneck Olympics over the "Olympic" part of their name. The event was held last week by founder Harold Brooks and the three-day event drew more than 2,600 ... continue

Coldplay Offered “Opening Ceremony” Gig For 2012 Summer Olympics

The official song at the 2012 Olympic Games in London may be sung by Coldplay should the band receive and accept the invitation to perform. According to a committee insider, the band would perform a specially penned ... continue

Qatar Olympics To Feature Giant Remote Controlled Clouds

The Arab Emirate has an eye for the extreme and in 2022 their extreme ideas will be taken to a whole new level when Dr. Saud Abdul Ghani and his team at Qatar University release giant clouds ... continue

8 downright sexual poses from Olympics ice skating

When you think of ice skating competitions, especially at the Olympics level, the last thing that would come to mind is sex. That is however until you look at the photographs taken of skaters, especially the couples, ... continue

Canadian curler still kicks ass while knocked up

For only the second time ever in Olympic history (the last time being 90 years ago) an Olympic athlete is competing while knowingly pregnant. Kristie Moore, 30, is a Canadian curler who happens to be nearly six months ... continue

Olympics Committee blames Kumaritashvili for crash, video cycles heavily in evening news

In what seems like an extraordinarily fast investigation, Olympics officials have indicated that 21-year-old luger Nodar Kumaritashvili's death resulted from his loss of "control" over the sled and not, as has been suggested, the presence of massive ... continue

The International Olympics Commission gets to keep being sexists – no female ski jumpers allowed

I'm sorry but I have to say this from the very beginning - this is utter and total bullshit. Word has come down from the British Columbia Court of Appeals that the International Olympics Commissions can not be ... continue

Could the US Border policy impact future world events?

There was a lot of hope for the Olympics to come to Chicago. The President and Mrs. Obama did everything they could to help promote their home town win the bid to win the ... continue

Chicago and Tokyo knocked out of 2016 Olympic voting

Despite appeals by the Obamas and Oprah, Chicago has been fallen out of the running for hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the first hurdle, gaining the least amount of votes in the first round of ... continue

Whoops: Michael Phelps caught getting stoned (picture)

Being the most successful Olympian of all time can be stressful, so what better way than a few cones to keep things in perspective. That's apparently how Michael Phelps copes. Photos of the US Olympic swim star smoking from ... continue

Caz Pal: Michael Phelps Mystery Girlfriend Pics

Vegas Confidential reported earlier this week that Michael Phelps new girlfriend is Caz Pal, a 26-year-old cocktail waitress at Moon nightclub at the Palms. According to Norm at Vegas Confidential, her MySpace page lists her hometown as ... continue

Michael Phelps Will Kick Off Saturday Night Live’s New Season

Saturday Night Live announced their season premiere host: it'll be Olympic supahstar Michael Phelps! Let's hope that this fares better than his pre-/post-performance interviews, where things can get a little awkward. Come September 13th (11:30 pm, on ... continue

Report: GoDaddy Banned in China

China has blocked all access to domain registrar GoDaddy, according to a report by censorship blog Moonlight. The block started before the end of the Olympics, Moonlight says, and can be traced to a router within ... continue

China Fired Rockets to Stop Olympic Rain

No doubt, the Beijing Olympics were full of one surprise after another. Here's one final step to seal the package: The nation used "weather modification technology" to try to keep rain away for the ceremonies, a ... continue

Hey China: The Olympics Haven’t Helped Your Image

It was meant to be the event that showed the world how China had evolved, but the latest news coming out of Beijing this final Friday of the Olympics only adds to the list of newly exposed ... continue

Now, THAT’S a Lot of Condoms

Here's an Olympic record for you: The International Olympic Committee is handing out a whopping 100,000 condoms at this month's games in Beijing. Organizers have been upping the number of rubbers every year since they started offering them ... continue

Online Play: Olympic Water Sports

Not everyone can participate in the Olympic games, but there's always online play for those looking for some fun. For that moment where Kazakhstan is going for the gold and you're completely bored, presenting round one of ... continue

Jajah Babel Offers Free Phone-Based Translations

Jajah Babel is a fun little new service to kick off your Beijing Olympics weekend. The feature -- demoed by Webware's Josh Lowensohn here -- will translate anything you want into Mandarin Chinese via phone in ... continue