IT Facts (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Athlete Sport Country 1.Michael Phelps Swimming United States 2.Yao Ming Basketball China 3.Kobe Bryant Basketball United States 4.LeBron James Basketball United States 5.Dara Torres Swimming United States 6.Shawn Johnson Gymnastics United States 7.Laure Manaudou Swimming France 8.Kerri Walsh Beach Volleyball United States 9.Katie Hoff Swimming United States 10.Misty May-Treanor Beach...
FitSugar (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
In case you missed it, the Olympic games open this Friday, and I am awfully excited to watch. Gymnastics tops my list of events to see, and Shawn Johnson is the gymnast to watch. Not only did she just win a Teen Choice Award for Choice Female Athlete, she also won the women's all-around title in the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Pretty impressive resume for a 16-year-old....
Manolo's Shoe Blog (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
... like Finno-Ugric, or Klingon. Clearly, the last time many of these designers had ever seen the athlete, were in the final seconds before some laughing, low-browed jock shoved them into gym locker and slammed the door, as what most of them produced had not the least passing resemblance to what any self-respecting Olympic athlete would wear. For some unknown reason, many of the designers...
Take 2 Online (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff, track athletes Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, Allyson Felix and Usain Bolt (among a host of others), gymnast Shawn Johnson and basketball stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James will receive a majority of face time from NBC during the upcoming Olympic Games. But the athletes who have the most compelling stories are the following:
