Oprah Just WISHES You Would Tell Her To Stay Away From Sports
Last week, Oprah Winfrey compelled former heavyweight champs Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson to publicly appear together for the first time since “The Bite Fight” of 1997. That idea alone should have made you gone cross eyed with questions. Why Oprah? Why now? Why them? Wait. No seriously, why Oprah?
Olympics 2016: The Finger-Pointing Won’t Take Long
Is tWeek Sauce: Where The Screens Are Just Beggin’ For Favre Stories
Here’s a recap of the weirdest or most overlooked sports stories on the Interweb this week. Plus, as you’ve come to expect, the sweet, sweet relief of on sports.
U.S. Softball: The Lawn Grub of the Olympic Games’ Animal Kingdom
It stings. You just know it still stings.
The U.S. Olympic softball team (67-4 since 2000) coasted into the gold medal game last summer against Japan and flopped. No one questioned that the U.S. were the far superior team, but still … they flopped. And they didn’t just flop in the most recent Olympics, they flopped in possibly the sport’s last Olympics. It’s old news that the International Olympic Committee rid itself of the undercompetitive baseball and softball competitions for London’s 2012 Games. Why pick at old wounds?
Because like improperly set broken bones, if they don’t heal correctly, they’re impossible to forget.
The Fancier the Suit, the Wetter the Backside
First is was Italian Flavia Zaccari, then Americans Ricky Berens and Tyler Clary. Each an Olympic or Olympic-level athlete, each using the high-tech Jaked J01 swimsuit, all creating unintentional butt-vents right before a heat. Three split suits. It’s like a plague. A plague where God wants its victims to accidentally become semi-nude and freak out all the Italian grandmas.
