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Amanda Beard Hosts Olympic Party in Vegas

Suz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:09:39 +0000

Keeping with our recent posting trend of swimmers making public appearances, below are some shots of Amanda Beard (another longtime Swim Aid favorite) hosting an Olympic Opening Ceremony Viewing Party in Las Vegas on Friday.

The party, hosted in Lagasse’s Stadium at The Palazzo featured a pretty cool Olympic-themed cake. More pictures below.

Get that paper, mama!

Dara Struts Her Stuff on the Runway

Suz — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:12:50 +0000

Resident BAMF Dara Torres participated in the annual ‘The Heart Truth Red Dress’ celebrity fashion show Friday. It typically kicks off Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.

See some more pics when you read the rest…

She don’t need no stinkin’ shoes! Fab dress, though.

You can watch the full video of the fashion show here. It’s just over an hour long.

Photos: The Best from Rome

Suz — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:38:02 +0000

Just a small collection of pictures from Worlds that I adore and want to share! Enjoy!

lol, add your own caption

Snapshots from the ESPY Awards

Suz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:22:19 +0000

Swimmer-style, yo!

Dara Torres on the Red Carpet look like the BAMF she is

With her “Comeback of the Year” award

It’s Cullen Jones, bitch!

Lezak via satellite

The rest of the 400 Free Relay accepts their award for “Best Moment of the Year”

DT & Phelps on the red carpet

GWG and Cullen pose for photographers

Check out the recap of the night here. After the show, all of the swimmers in attendance, save Natalie Coughlin (whom I cannot find a single red carpet picture of!), boarded a private plane and headed straight to Italy. Life is rough, huh?

Did Paps Crash Natalie Coughlin’s Wedding?

Suz — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:10:58 +0000

Sure looks like it! But at least she didn’t have to cover herself with a tent…

One’s wedding day is so special and memorable. Well, it’s supposed to be. I wouldn’t know, because honestly, I’m on track to be that “old lady with the cats”.

Anyway, the lovely Natalie Coughlin married her longtime boyfriend, Ethan, on Saturday in NorCal. Leading up to the big day, she shared tidbits from her planning of the wedding on her Twitter account. So cute!

Pictures from her special day have made their way onto the internet. They came from Flynet Pictures, a notorious paparazzi agency. I don’t claim to know more about Natalie than anyone else, but I don’t think I’d be going out on a “limb” to say that I’m pretty sure she did not invite or hire Flynet as her wedding photography company. Just a WILD guess!

Anyway, no clue how she feels about the apparent invasion of privacy, because she’s off on her honeymoon. And I’m sure I’m not helping matters eithers, but isn’t that what non-serious bloggers do? If you’re curious about the location, scenery, and wedding itself, you should click right here.

What can I say, I’m just as nosy as the rest of you!

Congrats to the newlyweds!

PTI Host Dresses as Phelps

Suz — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:29:26 +0000

Tony Kornheiser, host of ESPN’s popular show “PTI” (Pardon the Interruption) dressed up as Sir Phelps for today’s show. I about died laughing. The t-shirt he’s wearing has nipples printed on it! You can’t see it from the following TV cap, but just know that it was there. Definitely a good laugh!

I wonder how many other peeps are going to be Mike for Halloween and/or trick-or-treat this year…

MP was also interviewed on “The View”. Watch it here.

Amanda Beard Does PETA

Suz — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:33:31 +0000

They say it’s a “nude” ad, but after seeing her Playboy spread, this doesn’t qualify as “nude” to me. Amanda covers her chest with her hands/arms and is turned sideways so as not to reveal her girly parts. Or as the hilarious Cheslea Handler calls it, her “peekachu”.

I think it’s well done. Amanda rarely disappoints in the photoshoot department. It’s the red carpet appearances that tend to leave us scratching our heads.

Regardless, we still love us some Amanda and probably always will; especially after meeting her at Trials where she was incredibly sweet.

So, behold Amanda’s PETA anti-fur ad.

ESPN Magazine LOLZ

Suz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:19:42 +0000

By the time I get to the end of an issue of ESPN Magazine, I’m not really paying attention. I almost had to do a double take to catch this hilarious photoshop job from the July 28, 2008 issue (Ryan Sheckler on the cover)!

Cullen Jones Gets His “VIBE” On

Suz — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:48:33 +0000

I don’t even remember how and why I subscribe to VIBE Magazine. I think it had something to do with my father’s airline miles. The best part of the mag, in my opinion, is the last page where they do their “20 Questions” feature.

Anyway, imagine my surprise when I was flipping through the June issue — with Mrs. Nick Cannon on the cover — and saw Cullen Jones. This was a very pleasnt surprise!

I sometimes forget that this is an Olympic year and I should expect to see more swimmers turn up in magazines. After seeing them get ignored most of the time, I’m not sure this will ever be something I get used to seeing. That won’t detract from the act of turning a page and grinning at the sight of a swimmer, though!

And because sharing is caring, I’ve scanned the 2 pages for y’all. You caught me in a good mood!

ETA: Visit Cullen’s official site, which I designed, at cullenjones.com.

Amanda Beard at MAXIM Hot 100 Party

Suz — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:38:05 +0000

Yea, I’m a little slow with this. Just trying to decide where I wanted to post this (on amanda-beard.com or here), and Swim Aids won!

Last Wednesday the MAXIM “Hot 100″ 2008 party was held at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. (See the full list)

Anyway, check out a few pics of Amanda on the red carpet:

HT: SuperiorPics