Olympic flashes
Unfortunately, age and craftiness don't always win: Witness the travails of 37-year-old sprinter Gail Devers in the women's 100 meters, and of 31-year-old swimmer Jenny Thompson in the women's 50-meter freestyle.
Needs a Double-Cheese Whopper in the worst way: Beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh stands six-three and weighs just about that many pounds.
I believe he can fly: Shawn Crawford laid down a smokin' 9.89 100 meters. And that was just the semifinals.
The whiff of overconfidence: Seemed like pole vaulter Stacy Dragila thought she could breeze through the qualifying rounds just by tossing her pole onto the field. Sorry, kid you actually have to come ready to compete.
Have to root for: Sprinter Lauryn Williams, whose father traveled all the way to Athens to see her compete, despite a battle with leukemia that requires him to undergo frequent kidney dialysis. I'm glad Lauryn won a silver medal in personal-best time to make her dad proud.
I wanna be a rock star: Swedish heptathlete Carolina Kluft now there's a cool name cracked me up with her pump-up-the-crowd moves. It ain't showboating if you can back it up, and she did, winning the multi-skill competition handily.
White men can run: Shades-sporting, bling-bling-flashing Jeremy Wariner made it look easy in the semis of the men's 400 meters. He and teammates Otis Harris and Derrick Brew another name you've gotta love could sweep the medals in this event on Monday.
White women can run, too: Wow Yuliya Nesterenko from Belarus can really scoot.
"Are you sure?": American diver Sara Hildebrand couldn't believe she made the cut for the finals.
Good runner, great kitchen gadget: LaTasha Colander, who finished last in the women's 100-meter finals.
The Stepford diver: Is it just me, or is there something unidentifiably creepy about Laura Wilkinson?
You have to know how the Dutch swimmer's surname is pronounced to get the joke: What can Inge de Bruijn do for you?
1 insisted on sticking two cents in:
I'm getting LOTS of names for future books. Thanks!
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