Ellie Potvin was only six years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyoarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, in July of 2008. Ellie's parents discovered a tumor in her pelvic area, which then metastasized into her lungs. The disease accounts for about three percent of childhood cancers, with about 350 children diagnosed with it each year. The five year survival rate hovers around 25 percent, and...
I’ve been swimming for a couple of summers now, working ardently on my technique and cardio, and I’m still incredibly slow. So slow, in fact, that Michael Phelps could swim 500 m, get out of the water, order a hamburger, and read the morning news before I cross the same distance. Speed putting, however, is another matter. Not that I, personally, would be any better at it, but perhaps some...
Face facts: in a swimming race against 14-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps, you'd have no chance whatsoever...but you may be able to beat him in speed putting! If you can make more than 12 five-foot putts in a minute, you'll have bragging rights forever: This is " The Best of Us Challenge ," presented by the International Olympic Committee, where Olympic athletes challenge...
In Beijing, it was Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson. On Friday, Bridget Sloan and Rebecca Bross repeated that American 1-2 finish at the world gymnastics championships in London.
And you thought Barack Obama’s push toward bringing the summer Olympics to Chicago was dramatic. Olympic diva Shawn Johnson, who won the last season of Dancing With the Stars, said recently in a TV Guide Channel interview that ballroom dancing should be in the Olympics. We’re going to take her word that dancing is extremely tough. [...]
They're going to hold all-around gymnastics competitions without Nastia Liukin or Shawn Johnson. First, the nationals in Dallas. In October, the World Championships in London.
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Former "Seinfeld" writer Peter Mehlman doesn't know much about YouTube as a distribution platform. In fact, "I don't really understand what a 'platform' is," he said. But nevertheless, the veteran comedy writer is making his YouTube -- not to mention branded entertainment -- debut next week as the writer, producer and host of "Peter Mehlman's Narrow...
Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson is filming TV appearances, putting on stage shows and attending camps and clinics, but still hasn’t found time to get back in the gym
Last night Shawn Johnson threw out the first pitch and sang the 7th inning stretch for the Chicago Cubs. The central division leading Cubs defeated the Houston Astros 5 to 1 on a walk off grand slam from Alfonso Soriano in the bottom of the 13th inning. [...]
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