Michael Phelps iz popular on teh internets. Second only to Obama on Facebook? That's quite the meme-like social media accomplishment. Who cares about gold medals when you're the longest running "trending topic" on...
" Feeling blue...the Watercube will change the face of sports architecture. /// Known officially as the National Aquatics Center, the Watercube has been dubbed the "cool" building of the Games. /// The building's...
Michael Phelps has made history. He won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Olympic games tonight with the men's relay."Jason Lezak held on to the lead Phelps gave him, anchoring the United States to a world...
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A true Olympic spirit. Natalie Du Toit has give a good example for disable athlete to compete in International sport event."One of the most successful disabled athletes of all time, Natalie Du Toit was already a...
Altlanta Swimmer with cancer cleared for Beijing Olympics Eric Shanteau, the swimmer who learned last month that he has testicular cancer, has been cleared to travel to Beijing for the Summer Olympics. Shanteau...
Eric Shanteau, an American swimmer, has informed the media that he is battling testicular cancer. He has qualified to be on the US Olympic swimming team and compete in the 200-metre breaststroke just a few weeks ago....
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A woman is recovering after a diving pelican slammed into her face off the coast of Florida.I'm sad the bird died though."Debbie Shoemaker of Toledo, Ohio, was in the water Thursday near St. Petersburg when the...
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Ex boyfriends can never keep naked pics private. "The woman dubbed the most glamorous swimmer in the world is at the center of a nude picture scandal.Sexually explicit photos and video of French star Laure Manaudou,...
Competitive swimmers are amazing creatures. As far as athletic superstardom goes, however, they haven't really yet taken hold (at least, not in North America). American swimmer Michael Phelps may be the most likely...
I would assume this is not the first time a man was mistaken for a rat, but a snorkeler for a nutria, well that's a new one. In case you do not know what a 'nutria' is: a large semiaquatic beaverlike rodent, native...
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"A swimmer off an Australian island was rescued by his wife after being attacked by a huge saltwater crocodile, a report says.
The Times of London said the crocodile clamped its jaws around the head and shoulders of the swimmer, police Sgt. Jeff Tanswell of Thursday Island,...
"The best swimmers tend to be tall and thin with long arms, long legs, long feet, and long hands. The size of their hands gives them great "water grasp", and only a very small hand movement keeps them afloat.
They...