I’m a regular visitor to The YBF. For those of you not in the know, that stands for the ‘Young, Black, & Fabulous’. I gots to keep up on my peoples, ya know!

Anyway, I was looking through some recent posts and came across this one from earlier today.

YBF gave props to Cullen and showed a pic of him at one of his Diversity Tour stops. And judging from the comments, there look to be some newly created CJ fans. Never a bad thing, huh?

So, as I was watching Sportscenter today while I was “babysitting” my cousin and they did a little segment with the PTI guys about Olympic Spirit. First of all, I disagree with them and their stance on how “after the second day of hearing 13-hour old news, no one will care.” People will care. Some may cheat and find out the results ahead of time, but people care. And second of all, Michael Phelps won 6 gold in ATHENS, not SYDNEY. I know, it’s a slip of the tongue, but still…

Here it is a week after the Ohio State Grand Prix ended and I’m just now starting to go through the bulk of the photos I snapped.

Like I have before, I will be posting a small assortment of shots here. They will be of the swimmers that I don’t cover on Swim Stars.

I didn’t take any instant classic pictures this time around, even though I told The Hoff that I did. She’s always suspicious that I’m lurking ’round the deck doing my best paparazzi impression. I wish I could, but I can’t. I kind of stand out, ya know. It’s hard to be sneaky with a telephoto lens when the people you’re trying to shoot know you personally and you can’t blend in!

But I know I’m slacking. We usually stumble upon the classic shots when there’s more than one Swim Aid at a meet anyway.

So, basically what I’m saying is if you’re looking for post meet photo LOLZ, your best bet would be to make a beeline here shortly after Santa Clara ends. The on deck set-up for the media is perfect there!

So, if you didn’t know that I was obsessed with the show Dancing with the Stars, shame on you! Last Tuesday current reigning DWTS champion, Apollo Anton Ohno, announced the new competitors of this season on Good Morning America. During the show, there was a mention of spin off shows in different countries, one of them being Australia, and wouldn’t you know those competitors were announced this past week also! Among the stars vying for the Australian DWTS title is former Olympic champion, Michael Klim.

Is it just me, or can anyone else picture a few USA swimmers out on the dance floor, doing the foxtrot?

 

As we traveled on the road from Suz’s crib to the hotel in Indianapolis we thought about how celebrity couples always get their names combined such as Bennifer or Brangelina. A strike of genius came upon us post pasting the road signs about hell. We thought of our “favorite” swim couple, Kaitlin and Davis. We then came up with Datlin or Kavis. Let us take a poll! Vote for your favorite.

What do these two have in common, you may ask.  Well, I’ll tell you!

If you don’t know already, I am living out in South Dakota, where one of the state sports is bull riding.  Now me personally, I do not know how this is a sport, but whatever, that’s not the point of this post.

The whole family and I are at an appliance store, checking out mini-fridges for my dorm room, when a worker asks us if we need help.  We go on to talk about the features of this fridge, when my mom speaks up.

“Has anyone told you that you look like Michael Phelps?”

The worker guy gave her a look and shook his head, claiming not to know who he is.  I held in a laugh, seeing as asking that question is usually my job, not my mom’s.  Then the worker looked at us, as if he knew who we were talking about.

“Oh wait, is that the bull riding champion from the East?”

Now, do it with me everyone:

*smack forehead*

And that my friends, is the only time you will ever see “Michael Phelps” and “Bull Riding” in the same conversation.

ESPN is in search of ultimate sports athlete. They have compiled a list of thirty-two well known athletes of the day, pitting two athletes in a bracket tournament.  During Sportscenter every night for the month of July, two athletes will be compared and the fans will chose.  The following night the winner will be revealed and move on to the next round.

These are the brackets:

The Complete Bracket

MICHAEL JORDAN BRACKET
July 1: (1) Tiger Woods def (8) Matt Leinart
July 2: (4) Dwyane Wade vs (5) Shaun White
July 3: (2) LaDainian Tomlinson vs (7) David Beckham
July 4: (3) Steve Nash vs (6) Serena Williams

MUHAMMAD ALI BRACKET
July 5: (1) Peyton Manning vs (8) Amanda Beard
July 6: (4) Dale Earnhardt Jr vs (5) Chuck Liddell
July 7: (2) Alex Rodriguez vs (7) Terrell Owens
July 8: (3) Kobe Bryant vs (6) Ronaldinho

BILLIE JEAN KING BRACKET
July 9: (1) LeBron James vs (8) Kelly Slater
July 10: (4) Jeff Gordon vs (5) Barry Bonds
July 11: (2) Derek Jeter vs (7) Sidney Crosby
July 12: (3) Reggie Bush vs (6) Danica Patrick

BABE RUTH BRACKET
July 13: (1) Tom Brady vs (8) David Ortiz
July 14: (4) Maria Sharapova vs (5) Vince Young
July 15: (2) Roger Federer vs (7) Tony Parker
July 16: (3) Shaquille O’Neal vs (6) Michael Phelps

And yes, you are reading correctly.  Two – count ‘em – TWO swimmers are on the list.

To read more about the Ultimate Sports Star or to vote, log on to ESPN.com.