Also on the Today Show website was the following hilaaaaarious video asking Olympic Hopefules/Athletes who their Olympic and celebrity crushes were. Pay special attention to Ryan’s response and facial expressions, and to Kaitlin, in general. Lochteno were our original fave “swim couple”. Come to think of it, we always tend to like Kaitlin’s boyfriends; she has great taste. And I’d also like to say that it will be a travesty if KS doesn’t get a gig in front of the camera when she retires from swimming. You can’t buy charisma like hers!
Carrie found these for us. Everyone give her a round of applause!
Kitajima’s been nipping at B-Han’s heels in the role of second fiddle for the past couple of years. It’s as if the tide turned immediately following the Athens Games, because he hasn’t beat Brendan since then, has he?
With US Trials coming up in a matter of weeks, I can’t wait to see what Mr. Hansen does. He tapers like a mofo, so I feel like we’re going to see something special. I, for one, cannot wait!
I used this title for a reason. Being the goofy person that I am, when I first heard the news, a scene from the Cosby Show popped into my head. Wait for it… The clip features Sandman Simms and Heathcliff Huxtable in a tap dance-off. I know, I’m aging myself again. I can’t help it!
CHALLENGE!
Too bad they don’t make quality TV shows like this anymore.
ESPN’s weekly primetime newsmagazine, E:60, is already promoting its next show, which will air on Tuesday at 7:00 PM (ET).
Dara Torres and her quest to make her 5th Olympic team is the subject of one of their stories.
I’ve watched this show a few times and, in my opinion, it’s one of the more enjoyable programs that ESPN airs. It’s not full of ex-players and coaches giving opinions and color commentary (read: arguing and talking over each other), but rather focuses on the real sports storytelling and the behind-the-scenes stories that you won’t see on SportsCenter.
Speaking of SportsCenter…when the heck is Phelps‘ SC commercial going to start airing? He filmed it ages ago!
Anyway, be sure to tune in to to E:60, but if you can’t, video will probably be available here.
ETA: It airs at 7, not 7:30. My bad. Now there is a short preview available:
For once, we’re going to let others gush over our favorite coach, Paul Yetter. I think we do enough of that around here, so now we step aside and allow his swimmers to do the talking.
In case you didn’t know, Paul was just named the USOC Developmental Coach of the Year.
The Baltimore Sun took it upon themselves to not only publish a story on this big news, but also recorded some video praise from some of our fave NBACer such as the Hoff, Flee, and Danny M. (No, it’s not a good nickname, but we’re working on it. Rest assured we’ll have a good one by the time he heads off to Ann Arbor in the fall.)
This video doesn’t just feature Paul’s swimmers. He gets to talk about his methods and motivations as well. We’d like you to make note of his excess energy. He can’t stand still! It’s too bad they didn’t catch some of the on-deck action. We pretty much live for that. It may or may not be part of our ritualistic swim meet drinking game festivities.
Behold:
The Baltimore Sun’s embed code is wonky, so I had to upload it elsewhere.
Beginning today and continuing through Sunday, you can watch the 2008 FINA Short Course Swimming World Championships live on WCSN.com at 2PM (ET). Cilck the banner below:
