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November 20th, 2008

Guitar Hero Commercial With Kobe, Phelps, Tony Hawk, and A-Rod

Have you seen the new Guitar Hero commercial with Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, Alex Rodriguez, and Tony Hawk?

I actually think it would have been better with just one of the guys. A-Rod probably. The four of them is a little overkill. Dontcha think?
Tags: a-rod, alex rodriguez, celebrity, commercial, guitar hero, kobe bryant, […]

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October 22nd, 2008

What Do Michael Phelps and Hugh Hefner Have in Common?

Here are the choices:
A. Eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics
B. An affinity for smoking jackets
C. A mom who’s very enthusiastic about her son’s accomplishments.
D.

Correct answer: D. 
The blonde with the OK-paparazzi-it’s-been-fun-but-you-can-leave-now expression on her face is Holly Madison, recent ex-girlfriend of Hugh Hefner. And the word on the Strip is that Michael Phelps and […]

By Jodie Lynn Boduch -- 1 comment

September 28th, 2008

Michael Phelps, Man of Wax

The good news is, eight-time Olympic gold medal winner Michael Phelps is now famous enough to warrant his own wax likeness.
The bad news is, it isn’t by Madame Tussaud’s. The National Museum Wax Art Exhibition of Beijing has the honors. Luckily, we’re not wax museum snobs. (Our snobbery is currently limited to coffee, chocolate, vodka, tea, […]

By Jodie Lynn Boduch -- 1 comment

September 15th, 2008

Want to Help Make Football an Olympic Sport?

The phenomenal feats of 8-time gold medal winner and now SNL-alum Michael Phelps got the US of A very excited indeed about the Olympics. So how fun would it be if we added football to the mix?
Indianapolis Colts QB Peyton Manning* is the spokesman for a petition that (American) football lovers near and far can rally behind . . […]

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September 14th, 2008

VIDEO: Michael Phelps in School Quiz Skit on SNL Rockin’ an Awesome Wig

We liked the monologue Michael Phelps did on Saturday Night Live, but we really like the ‘do the eight-time Olympic gold medal winner sports in this school quiz skit. Try to tough it out past the mediocre video quality long enough to take a peek at the rug (4m, 49s):

Tags: Celebrities, Humor, Michael Phelps, olympics, saturday-night-live, snl, video, YouTube

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September 14th, 2008

VIDEO: Michael Phelps’ Monologue on SNL

Watch gazillion-time Olympic gold medal winner and swimming wunderkind Michael Phelps’ opening monologue from last night’s appearance on Saturday Night Live (3m). Who knew mom Debbie Phelps was going to do a guest spot as well?

Tags: Celebrities, debbie phelps, gold medal, Humor, Michael Phelps, monologue, olympics, saturday-night-live, snl, Swimming

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August 25th, 2008

LIST: Good Olympics, Bad Olympics

Sigh. We’re already suffering Olympics withdrawal. 
As always, it was a good Olympics for some and a bad Olympics for others. Here’s how we saw it . . .
It was a good Olympics for:
Underage Chinese gymnasts, who can, did, and will get away with it. (As if anyone is *really* going to challenge China).
Debbie Phelps, who […]

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August 24th, 2008

Top Eleven Amanda Beard Quotes About Michael Phelps

So, you know how we mentioned Amanda Beard backpedaling on her comments about Michael Phelps’ hotness or lacktherof? And you know how we said we don’t believe it for a minute?
We aren’t the only ones.
Frank Coffey and the Goodfellas at eTrueSports culled these pearls, also known as the Top Eleven Amanda Beard Quotes About Michael Phelps.
11.  Eww! Really. […]

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August 20th, 2008

Amanda Beard Tries to Cover Up Phelps-Dissing

Hold on while we laugh at our unintentional pun about Playboy poser and Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard “covering up.”
Moving on: Beard is showing off her backstroke prowess, so to speak, in response to remarks she made on a radio talk show. When asked about rumors linking her to Michael Phelps, she did her best to hold in […]

By Jodie Lynn Boduch -- 1 comment

August 17th, 2008

VIDEO: Michael Phelps on Getting His Eighth Gold Medal

So have you heard the one about Michael Phelps winning eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics?
The Aw, Shucks kid from Baltimore is so awesome he made it look easy. ESPN already has him on a reader-ranked interactive Best Athletic Achievements list, and Phelps now has over a half million “friends” on his Facebook page. 
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