The picture you see to your left is from the early stages of this video, which is a good thing because if it came any later, the gymnast in question would look a lot like a human spear. Rather than land a decent stunt on the...

The Birds of Prey downhill course in Beaver, Colo. is widely recognized as one of the most dangerous on the professional skiing circuit. There's good reason for that, it leads to a heck of a lot of wipeouts and, in some cases,...

OK, that didn't really happen, but don't we all wish he did? Instead, Phelps just dazzled the Vanderbilt heir with his celebratory bling, taking out all eight gold medals he won in Beijing before beating Cooper in a swim off...

Michael Phelps has a cameo on an upcoming episode of Entourage, and The Sporting Blog came through with preview video of the clip, which is full of nderstatedly -- and typically -- bad acting from Phelps ... and the rest of...

Dressage is, for the most part, an incredibly slow and unathletic sport. After all, it's the horse that's doing all the work, not the rider. Well, there is a dangerous aspect to the sport, as shown in this video from an...

It's only fitting that the paralympics should provide as many duplicate events from the Olympics as possible, providing both the most equal platform between able-bodied and disabled athletes. Still, all equity aside, it seems...

Ivan Ukhov is a prominent high jumper on the European Golden Spikes professional track tour. Actually, he WAS a prominent high jumper on the Golden Spikes tour until the Russian showed up at a meet completely plastered,...

Alicia Sacramone has become quite the internet sensation for all the wrong reasons, what with failing off the beam and on the floor exercise costing the Americans a shot at a gold medal and all. Still, her ever optimistic...

Funny how NBC stops monitoring which video web sites snatch and grab their videos as soon as the Olympics are over, isn't it? Well, thanks to their lackadaisical post-Beijing work habits, we've finally got actual raw video of...

It was a lot closer than it probably needed to be, but the U.S. men's basketball team got the job done, edging Spain in the gold medal game to reclaim the world title. And, because of the fascist video control of NBC Sports,...

He is, unequivocally, the fastest man on the face of the planet. Ever. Jamaican Usain Bolt not only won a second gold medal in Beijing -- winnning the 200 meters as dominantly as he did the 100 -- he set a second world record...

Everyone knows that Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson has a couple screws loose, but the last time we checked, no one thought he was stupid. Well, guess what? He is! Johnson, who admits that his inner-city childhood hampered...

If these Olympics have resurrected one star, it's been Bela Karolyi. The former U.S. women's gymnatics coach, best known for carrying injured Kerri Strug to the medal stand after her heroic vault, has been ever-present in the...

When the race finished, it looked like Michael Phelps finished the 100-meter butterfly in second place, not first as the medals finally showed. Well, now there's some video footage that seems to indicate that notion, despite...

Long before Kerri Strugg's heroic vault, America already had a love affair with women's gymnastics. After all, everyone knows Mary Lou Retton, right? The current crop of gymnasts was asked why the rest of the country loves...