Is Michael Phelps the best swimmer of all time? Undoubtably.  Is Michael Phelps the fittest man in the history of Earth?  Hmmmm, harder to say.  But say some people do! Men’s Health just released a feature, “The Fittest Men of All Time,” and not surprisingly there are quite a few Olympians on the list.  Fastest man in history, Usain… [read article]

  There are WAY too many things that happen in the world of Olympic sports for us to cover in a day.  So, in an effort to fill in some of the gaps, here are some great stories about (mostly) winter sports that we didn’t get to. The way this works is: we find stuff of interest, write a headline,… [read article]

(Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)   There are about thirty days until the start of the track events at the 2012 Olympic Games and Fastest Man in the History of Ever™ Usain Bolt has recently suffered two big losses to teammate Yohan Blake. Bolt was beaten head to head by Blake in both the 100m and 200m finals at the… [read article]

(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)   Yesterday Forbes released its annual list of the ‘100 Highest Paid Athletes.’  We took a look at the list and pulled all of the Olympians (and two soon-to-be Olympians) to see where they stacked up – and you might be surprised. Or not. As it turns out, the Olympians on the list almost exclusively… [read article]

(Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)   Hmm, not sure how we missed this one, but apparently global superstar Olympic champ Usain Bolt crashed his car early Sunday morning, just days after winning the 100m dash at the Oslo Diamond league meet.  According to Yahoo, Bolt could face criminal charges if the ongoing investigation finds him at fault for the one-car… [read article]

Bolt at the IAAF Compeed Golden Gala at Stadio Olimpico on May 31, 2012 in Rome, Italy.  (Photo by Paolo Bruno/Getty Images)   Usain Bolt comes from behind before blasting through a little girl, Lolo Jones finishes 5th with a season’s best time, and American Chaunte Lowe takes another high jump victory.  Yesterday’s Diamond League Meet was moderately sparkly. Many… [read article]

(Allyson Felix winning at Kawasaki Grand Prix, Photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Getty Images)   Whooooo boy.  The US was looking nice today in Doha, Qatar at the first Samsung Diamond League meet of the 2012 season.  Today’s race was the first of the international series’ fourteen events and is particularly important for prep work and to provide a barometer for athletes leading… [read article]

(Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)   As we head into the 2012 Olympic Games this summer, there is likely no greater recognized Olympic star in the world than Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (ok, maybe Phelps, MAYBE) and with the outsized incomes and salaries that the pros earn, you’d think Bolt is also one of the richest athletes in the world.  Not… [read article]

  Oh, you know.  That old joke – the one about the monarch and the Jamaican gold medalist walking together into a bar.  No? Not familiar?  Well, I don’t want to ruin it, but the punchline is: That’s not a duck! Anyway. Prince Harry (that’s the crazy one) and Usain Bolt hammed it up for photographers today and even engaged in… [read article]

(Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images)   People love trying to predict the future and come Olympic Games time people, particularly media, really love to make medal predictions.  Of course, usually these people don’t have the faintest clue what they’re talking about, but it’s still a fun game. Recently the Aussie paper The Herald Sun has entered the prognostication game with… [read article]