michael phelps

Shaquille O’Neal, needing a new sport to try now that the basketball season is over (for him), used Twitter recently to challenge fellow tweet-happy world-famous athlete Lance Armstrong to a bike-race.  “I challenge u to a race any time any place, it’s time someone challenged u,” reads Shaq’s call-out.  And Armstrong’s reply?  “Alright Shaq, you’re on.  To quote the great Ricky Bobby, ‘Bring it on trying to bring me down.’” I know Shaq has a lot of confidence, but him thinking he can beat Lance Armstrong in a bike race?  Reminds me of Chad Johnson saying he could beat Michael [...]

Michael Phelps‘ return to the pool after a suspension for weed is not going well so far: Michael Phelps is not unbeatable. Not when he’s going against Aaron Peirsol. The world-record holder and two-time Olympic champion handed Phelps his first defeat in almost a year, winning the 100-meter backstroke at the Charlotte UltraSwim on Saturday night. Wearing his new Arena suit, Peirsol got off to a strong start and touched in 53.32 seconds. Phelps was trailing by more than a half-second at the turn and had no chance to make that up against one of the world’s greatest backstrokers, taking [...]

I’m starting to believe Carrie Prejean, aka Miss California 2009 and the runner-up in the recent Miss USA pageant, is some kind of marketing genius.  Already the young woman has gotten her face and name all over the television by making controversial remarks about gay marriage during the aforementioned pageant, remarks that cheesed off Miss USA judge and gossip blogger Perez Hilton, and now Miss Prejean – who by the way, ain’t hard to look at either – is courting further media attention by hooking up with Olympic hero and cannabis fan Michael Phelps.  Who says a ditz from a [...]

Mavericks owner Mark Cuban spends a lot of money on players, and state-of-the-art facilities for those players to practice and train in, and high-end hookers for those players to enjoy when they’re at home and on the road…and all he expects in return is a winning team.  Unfortunately, lately, Cuban hasn’t been getting much of a return on his investment: The Mavs have slid to 8th in the West, just two games above the Phoenix Suns; and Monday night the team suffered perhaps its most ignominious defeat of the year, losing to the lowly Oklahoma City Thunder who were without [...]

1.  Brad Pitt hates Ryan Seacrest.  Really hates.  Like Shaq hates Kobe.  Like David Wells hates Joe Torre.  Like everyone hates Rory Sabbatini. 2.  Japanese people have a better sense of humor about Styx than I do.  Dennis DeYoung will sue that guy for copyright infringement, you watch. 3.  Alicia Keys is a pretty girl who needs to hire someone new to make her wigs.  Tell her to stay away from whoever makes Beyonce‘s wigs. 4.  Anne Hathaway‘s voice is almost as appealing as her…personality. 5.  Mickey Rourke‘s dog died.  Really?  I hadn’t heard that (NSFW) anywhere before… 6.  French [...]

Joe Rogan is a man on a mission…to organize a stoner boycott against Kellogg’s in the wake of their dismissal of Michael Phelps for getting caught sucking on that bong.  Crusader Rogan’s logic is staggering in its clarity and force:  Kellogg’s makes products like Eggo and Froot Loops; potheads enjoy nothing more than Eggo and/or Froot Loops after they’ve been ingesting the smoke of their favorite herb; therefore, Kellogg’s should be grateful to the pothead community and not be jamming up one of its most noted members.  Uh…yeah.  Great point Joe.  I’m sure Kellogg’s will now be falling all over [...]

Terry Glenn – the wide receiver Bill Parcells infamously used to refer to as “she” – was arrested in Dallas last week and charged with public intoxication and (of course) marijuana possession, after allegedly going apes**t inside a hotel.  Accounts of Glenn’s booze-and-pot-fueled exploits at the Extended Stay Deluxe Hotel include one witness’s claim that Glenn pulled his pants down and stretched out on the floor of a hallway, while other reports have Glenn running around the hotel butt naked and waving a joint in the air.  Numerous complaints were made about Glenn before hotel staff broke down and called [...]

Raiders running back Justin Fargas might want to consider down-sizing his extended posse…unless he enjoys being red flagged by the NFL for appearing in videos where dudes named Yukmouth espouse the joys of marijuana while openly partaking of their rather shockingly large supply.  I could’ve embedded this video but there’s so much drug use in it I decided it would be safer to just link it.  It should be noted that Fargas himself doesn’t smoke anything on-camera, so he’s at least smarter than Michael Phelps.  But not a lot smarter. Note to Mr. Yukmouth:  Um, I don’t know, maybe Listerine [...]