Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympics. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

One Race - Every Medalist Ever

~by Kevin Quealy and Graham Roberts of the New York Times.


Screen-grab from source video

This is a great comparison of Usain Bolt's recent domination of the men's 100m sprint with past Olympic champions. The examination also includes notable winners, as well as similar comparisons in the long jump, and 100m freestyle swimming.

Click HERE or on the image above to go check it out... It's well worth it, I promise!

Via / Source: The New York Times

Additional sources:
  Amanda Cox; Rose Eveleth; "The Complete Book of the Olympics" by David Wallechinsky and Jaime Loucky, International Olympic Committee; Amateur Athletic Assocation; Photographs: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times, Getty Images, International Olympic Committee


So We Landed on Mars

That's who I thought we'd see there!
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Via / Source: Walt Handelsman of Newsday

While we're at it, NBC should contact NASA
Source: Reddit's y2kemo

Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Original Dream Team


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I always wondered why the hell Christian Laettner was on that team.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

2010 Olympic Hockey Medal Bracket

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Wow that Slovakia/Sweden game was another incredible game. Both very aggressive offensive teams, it came down to the final seconds. Goals scored within seconds of each other 4 times.. Slovakia won 4-3, and have Canada next. Probably the two best teams remaining. We should be able to easily beat Finland, not that they're pushovers. But this gold will be unlikely imho. A bronze medal game has been guaranteed though, but it won't be against any easier an opponent.

Sweden and Russia are certainly the best two teams not in the final 4.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Understanding Curling - An Infographic

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Monday, February 22, 2010

Olympic Hockey Rejuvenated


That USA/Canada hockey game was simply awesome! And I'm not really a hockey "fan". But this game was incredible. And the NHL and all its players have made these Olympics and more specifically this upcoming final round one super tournament for the gold medal.

Ryan Miller is a stud!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Almost 90 mph

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Olympics, NBA Trade Deadline, And Tiger

Speed skating short track is so much more impressive than the distance skating. Even the longest distances on the short track are exciting. The jump at the gun is such an adrenaline-filled philosophical event - in 5 seconds.

Apollo Ohno just had an incredible race. But every race is a good race - and they're going at it 4 on 4. Lanes? Ehh...



The Cavs got Antawn Jamison from Washington. Serious help not named Stoudemire for King LBJ. Caron Butler was sent to Dallas, too. With Gilbert Arenas in at least a years-worth of serious legal trouble ahead of him, the Washington Wizards are now officially in rebuilding mode. Overstatement of the year, and it's only mid-February.

Dallas will continue to push the top teams in the West. Cleveland will continue on their way to a certain series for the finals. It won't be as easy as they think, though.




Pay attention Friday at 10am Central time. Tiger's gonna "break his silence".

That's in quotes because it's going to be so different than everyone expects. The media's claiming "select media" and "no questions allowed". Are you kidding me? Tiger can do nothing better for himself now than to make himself available to whoever wants to be present, and for whatever questions may exist. A limit? Of course... reasonable, like an hour.

Surely by now being the person that he is, he will have gone over this in his head a thousand times, and should be overly prepared. If he implies in any way that he still "owns" that aura he had before in his interviews, he's sadly mistaken.

My streak is at 11 right now..

Monday, February 15, 2010

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

In case you were wondering, your source for everything Olympics is HERE.

This includes of course, images, athlete information, event schedules, TV listings, results, medal count, and pretty much everything else!

I know I'm watching more of these games than any winter games in recent memory... and enjoying.