http://www.yardbarker.com/content/sport/49 Recent Yardbarker articles: Olympics en-us The IOC has ordered the retesting of over 5,000 samples from the Beijing games for the blood-booster CERA. The retesting will include Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. Will they be caught? Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:41:51 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346912 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346912 NSFW... that's all I am going to say... Yeah! Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:53:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/345185 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/345185 A split second can be the difference between a gold or silver medal at the Olympics, but it won't matter when it comes to trying to get tickets to the 2010 Games. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:46:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/344099 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/344099 This spoof by Jimmy Kimmel placing Michael Phelps on the hit ABC show "Grey's Anatomy" is vaguely "wrong," but oh so funny…particularly if you're a "Grey's" fan like I am. Take a look and meet Dr. McSwimmy Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:29:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343553 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343553 The cavalcade of Olympians continues. Last night Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt sat down with David Letterman. The 22-year-old was extremely poised even in the midst of Letterman's silly questions. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:18:53 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343546 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343546 Ethopia's Haile Gebrselassie sucessfully defended his Berlin Marathon title yesterday, September 28, 2008. He set a new world marathon record of 2:03:59. Gebrselassie, 35, won Olympic Gold in the marathon at the 1996 Atlanta and the 2000 Sydney Games. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:02:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343543 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343543 The city of Des Moines has created a fun promotion assisted by Olympic gymnast, Shawn Johnson. If you click on the widget below, you can send a personalized message to a friend, family member, or fellow Shawn Johnson fan from Shawn Johnson herself. Go to Lightthetorch.com if you want to send a message. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:54:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343539 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/343539 Michael Phelps deserves the love for achieving a goal that may not be matched, but Katie Hoff? All she did was participate. All she did was show up. All she did was tire out, and everybody loves her to pieces. All Carmelo Anthony did was help put USA Basketball back on the global map in grand fashion. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:45:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342494 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342494 The Chinese Gymnastics Team has been cleared of any wrong doing in their 2008 gold medal winning performances. International gymnastics officials have closed their nearly 6 week investigation into the ages of the Chinese gymnasts at the Beijing Olympics, saying the documentation provided confirms they were old enough to compete. Our polls here at Cheat or Beat tell a completely different story, and we doubt the official investigation will do anything to change the minds of most who watched the competition this year. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:46:32 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342399 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/342399 Info, links and pics of Australian pole vaulter Melanie Adams. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:41:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/341320 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/341320 The bad news is, it isn't by Madame Tussaud's. The National Museum Wax Art Exhibition of Beijing has the honors. Luckily, we're not wax museum snobs. (Our snobbery is currently limited to coffee, chocolate, vodka, tea, literature, films, and food, with our wine tastes just on the cusp of snobbishness). Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:45:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/341058 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/341058 The Chinese Gymnastics Team from the Sydney Olympics in 2000 has been added to the ongoing age investigation undertaken by the FIG. Two gymnasts in particular have been added to the investigation originally called for by the IOC at the conclusion of the Beijing Games. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:59:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339601 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339601 Over the next several weeks, HHR will be interviewing 20 and 30-something-year-olds in various careers in professional, amateur and collegiate sports to get a take on how they broke into their respective industries and to offer tips how ambitious sports-related job seekers might do the same. Today, we interview Greg Mescall, 26, Media Relations Manager for the USA Polo Association. Prior to that he had stints in various sports-related positions, including PA announcing and television production. Fresh back from Beijing, Greg talks about those roles. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:09:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339551 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339551 Shortly after the 2008 Beijing Olympics, you couldn't find an athlete more revered, more talked about and more sought-after than Michael Phelps. And unfortunately, producers of 'Saturday Night Live' got a hold of him, and it's been all down hill from there. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:38:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339504 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339504 When speaking on his love life to People Magazine, the Olympian was more inclinded to "gush" over his English bulldog. On female attention, Phelps turned the conversation to his mother. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:46:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339481 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339481 After Vancouver in 2010, after London in 2012, the Olympics will be held in the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi. This lesser-known town of around 400,000 residents will be the first Russian town to host a Winter Olympic Games. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:22:26 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339168 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339168 The two Olympians, Misty May-Treanor and Maurice Greene did very well on the second night of competition on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" last night and both survived the first elimination. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:19:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339167 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339167 France, who has hosted the Winter Olympic Games three times, announced today that they are putting together a bid for the 2018 Games. Under consideration are the cities of Annecy, Nice, and Grenoble. The 1924 Winter Games were held in Chamonix, the 1968 Games in Grenoble, and the 1992 Games in Albertville (pictured above). Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:18:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339166 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339166 Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, the Hamm Brothers and other US Olympic gymnasts are still on tour with Disney's "Tour of the Gymnastic Superstars." Here's a brief clip of what goes on behind the scenes at the tour, plus a few works from Nastia Liukin about her plans after gymnastics. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:16:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339164 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339164 Isn't that that true? I mean really, should we be that surprised that the IOC is investigating whether or not Chinese gymnasts were underage in the 2000 Olympics? Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:57:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339096 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339096 The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games (VANOC) took a piece of the Canadian national anthem to use as its motto. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:28:27 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339075 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/339075 Blood doping is assaulting our sports landscape as brutally as any other rule-bending plague out there. The latest sport to fall victim - race walking, on the World Class scale of... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:15:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338759 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338759 Michael Phelps is the in-flight entertainment for his friends on a private jet. Watch him sing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." After winning eight medals in this year's Olympics, swimmer Michael Phelps is one of the best athletes in the world, and he chooses to fly with CitationShares. www.citationshares.com Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:49:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338435 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338435 I mean really, should we be that surprised that the IOC is investigating whether or not Chinese gymnasts were underage in the 2000 Olympics? (Maybe about as surprised as we all are that Clay Aiken is gay … yep, totally didn't see that one coming.) Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:34:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338370 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/338370 Just when you thought the Olympics were over for another two years, comes word that the the International Olympic Committee will examine several pending doping cases from the Beijing Games this weekend. An IOC disciplinary commission will meet Sunday to consider sanctions against several athletes, including medal winners. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:15:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335549 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335549 Absolutely speechless at him not running through it. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:09:38 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335390 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335390 Paul Kelly, executive director of the NHLPA, said Thursday that "NHL management does not have the right to make unilateral statements that we will not participate in the Olympics again. Players have strong views about the issue." Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:35:03 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335250 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/335250 You would think news of an 11-time Olympic swimming medalist would be news, especially given the explosion of news coverage following Michael Phelps' 2008 performance. Resident Olympic expert Cadillac Mescallade pointed me to Matt Biondi's Wikipedia page today. Apparently, Biondi "died" on September 11 of this year in a place called "Gaebarr" (get it?), Hawaii. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:14:16 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334842 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334842 Eighty years separate an odd piece of history for Eleanor Garatti-Saville and Megan Jendrick. In 1928 Eleanor Garatti won Olympic swimming medals. She returned four years later as Eleanor Saville and captured glory once again. In the year 2000, Megan Quann won double gold in Sydney. Four years later, under the same name, she missed qualifying for the Athens Olympic team by one-tenth of one second. She retired, married, and like many athletes, made a comeback. In 2008 she qualified for the Beijing Olympic Games and, now known as Megan Jendrick, captured another Olympic medal. It took eighty years, but now only two swimmers have won Olympic medals under two different names. How is that for some fun, odd Olympic history? Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:38:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334783 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334783 Now that Wayne Gretzky has announced he won't head the management team for Team Canada in 2010, it appears Hockey Canada will be scrambling to find a suitable replacement. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:50:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334706 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/334706