None of you likely saw The Godfather Part III (and proud I am of you), but I'm feeling a little like Michael Corleone right now: "Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in." I thought I could give the hookers-with-a-heart-of-gold beat a rest but, so far, I've had no such luck. These stories are just too good.

First of all, when you need innovation, look to a German. German Johns (Hans, if you will) had too big of a carbon footprint for the likes of some German prostitutes. So, the hookers took matters into their own … Read More

I smile when I hear "Touchdown!" shouted from the living room. There I am in the kitchen making dinner while my wife watches the televised NFL playoff game on a Sunday afternoon. After 27 years of marriage, this is a perfectly normal scene for us."Are you watching the game again?" I shout."Yeah," she admits.We both see the humor in the situation—this does not fit the stereotype of men and sports.I grew up in a family where sports was not a major part of life. We played an occasional game of badminton or croquet and maybe tossed a softball, but … Read More

Heeeeey. More Olympic love stories. This time 'round, it's the South Koreans getting down to business. According to Reuters the top South Korea male, Park Kyung-mo, and female, Park Sung-hyun, archers announced their engagement at the closing of the 29th Olympiad. The couple both took home Golds in the archery. The pair met while training and evidently hit. It. Off. In the last 2 Olympic games the pair has combined for 5 Golds and 2 Silvers, helping South Korea dominate the bow-and-arrow game like the US dominates, uh, (cue crickets) basketball?

Clearly, the corollary of … Read More

Damn, dude. The US Track & Field team cannot seem to get it going. First Tyson Gay falls apart in the 100 M, though no one may be able to touch that Bolt guy. Then Lolo Jones finally met a hurdle she didn't like (in the 100 M Hurdles) and displayed her devastation on the track after finishing. And Sanya Richards had a huge lead in the 400 M (a lap around the track) but tweaked her hammy and staggered to a Bronze finish. Following Tuesday's events the US Olympic track squad had a disappointing total of 3 Golds … Read More

When the games come to a close, 302 gold medals will have been awarded at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Katerina Emmons, a shooter from the Czech Republic, won the very first one.

Emmons was indeed the first athlete in Beijing to hear her national anthem played on the medal stand, amidst the awe and exuberation of being crowned an Olympic champion—a feeling made even more special by the person with whom she was able to share it.

Her husband.

Sometimes the toll of becoming an Olympian—the thousands of hours of training and travel and overall turbulence—can take its toll on … Read More

Yes. Ye-he-he-hes. We have been dying to write something about Michael Phelps and his glory at this Olympics but there has never been a relationship bent. We were thinking of doing something on his mom maybe how raising champions has replaced dating for single mothers. But, c'mon, that sucks, man. We were dying for an angle and we may have gotten 1, a triangle to be exact.

According to the Telegraph, Michael Phelps has been linked to both American swimmer Amanda Beard and British model Lily Donaldson. You may know Beard as the nervous teen clinging to her … Read More

American hoopster, Jason Kidd, has dumped his girlf, according to the New York Post's Page Six. Evidently, the Olympic team's top point guard was promised by his girlf that she's sort of lay low while he trained for the Olympic Games. We get it, like prize fighter abstaining from sex while their training to keep focused, jittery, and backed up.

Then he saw her all up in Page Six and had had enough. Evidently, this May Anderson of his is a friend of Page Six and general tabloid favorite Lindsay Lohan. The distraction was too much … Read More

There is 1 guy out there not rooting for Dara Torres to win gold in the Beijing Olympics. And that man's name is Itzhak Shasha. Fox Sports is reporting that the West Palm surgeon has heard enough about ex-wife Torres. Nothing new, exes wish each other nothing but worst everyday. How many times have you heard, 'oh, I couldn't possibly hate you more' from a couple of bitter divorcees? This story gets interesting when you combine 1) every single person on Earth is cheering for the 41-year old Torres; 2) Torres thinks everything is cool with Shasha; … Read More