Citius.
Today’s heartwarming Olympic Hottie Moment is brought to you by Australian cyclist Stuart O’Grady, who overcame some tremendous obstacles, not least a four-year hiatus from the sport, to win gold in yesterday’s “madison” (whatever that is).
Awwwww.
Oh, and to return once again to the lovely and talented Roman Šebrle: yesterday, the good (if slightly money-grubbing) folks who run HotOlympians.com bestowed upon him their highest honor. (And here he is dressed in traditional ancient Greek Olympian attire.)
And finally, I’ve retroactively decided to name Dmitri Sautin as yesterday’s official Hottie. Mainly because he’ll probably never have another chance to be so recognized.
PS. Tony Ally!
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Permalink 26 August, 11:59am
Indecision.
If I’m late posting today’s Olympic Hottie, it’s only because I’ve had trouble making up my mind. I didn’t watch much Olympic coverage yesterday, so I was (cough) forced to wade through hundreds of photos to find someone worthy of the honor.
These wrestlers both have what it takes.
Another possibility is Russian diving legend Dmitri Sautin, 30, who won a bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard and then announced he would probably be retiring.
Reader chriswaugh-bj, a Kiwi living in Beijing, nominates his countrywoman Sarah Ulmer, a track cyclist whose amazing performance in the 3000m individual pursuit earned her a gold medal. I share Chris’ admiration for her incredible accomplishment—but Ulmer is, like, a woman, and as someone who happens to be interested in hot male athletes, I must regrettably disqualify her on that basis alone. (I told you I was shallow!)
Besides, if I were nominating female hotties, these two would probably get the nod.
And, as much as I’d like to nominate Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic, who won the men’s decathlon yesterday, I can’t—because he was so honored yesterday. (I’m sure the two events are not related.)
So, I still haven’t decided who today’s Olympic Hottie will be. But there’s plenty of coverage on tonight… stay tuned!
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Permalink 25 August, 6:48pm
Swift.
And now for a small contribution to the vast repertoire of anti-Swiftian doggerel.
The Veterans of Boats of Swift
Have caused a most unseemly rift,
Because the GOP is miffed
That Bush might lose the day.
Do not entreat them, or insist
That Kerry’s wounds should not be dissed,
Or call on them to cease-desist:
They’ll do it anyway.
And so, when faced with Swifty Vets,
Politely listen to their threats,
But don’t get caught up in their nets.
Just vote them all away.
Speaking of doggerel, don’t miss the Yellow Dog’s latest. Absolutely brilliant—as usual.
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Permalink 24 August, 8:42pm
Armpit.
Here is your yearly reminder that there is a town in Nevada called Battle Mountain, and that it sucks, and that I once wrote a whimsical letter to a Washington Post columnist about how Battle Mountain sucks, and that the Washington Post columnist officially declared in 2001 that Battle Mountain is “The Armpit of America,” and that the Battle Mountainoids responded by putting on an annual festival to celebrate that fact.
The weekend before last was Battle Mountain’s third annual Festival in the Pit. Apparently it was a lot of fun.
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Permalink 24 August, 6:22pm
10.
Yesterday was the tenth day of competition at the Summer Games, so today’s Olympic Hottie, fittingly enough, is delicious decathlete Roman Šebrle of the Czech Republic.
(Betcha thought I was going to name Nemov.)
PS. I’ve been getting an absolutely phenomenal number of hits from Google® searches on “Tony Ally.”
So here he is again. Which provides yet another reason to admire him—in addition to being outstandingly hot, and relatively old, he’s also managed to overcome a rough childhood and a handicap: he’s partially deaf.
I was thinking about running a poll at the end of the Games to enable you, dear readers, to select the Hottest of the Olympic Hotties, but frankly I think it would be a waste of time.
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Permalink 24 August, 3:43pm
Drought.
Congratulations to Canadian gymnast Kyle Shewfelt, who ended his country’s gold-medal drought yesterday with an outstanding performance in the floor exercise. He is today’s Olympic Hottie.
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Permalink 23 August, 5:24pm
Hoera!
I got a job.
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Permalink 23 August, 12:16pm
Sailing.
A reader has nominated British sailing gold medalist Ben Ainslie as the Olympic Hottie of the Day. And who am I to argue?
Especially since Mr. Ainslie has, apparently, participated in a calendar project in which he is photographed wearing traditional ancient Greek Olympian attire. Unfortunately, none of the sample pictures is of him. So if you wish to see him nude, you’ll have to pay £16.99 for the privilege. It’s for a good cause!
Oh, and I apologize in advance if the title of this post has caused anyone to develop a Christopher Cross earworm. Really, I do.
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Permalink 22 August, 3:37pm
Uncanny.
From the Dept. of “Separated at Birth?”:
Kevin Burnham and Paul Foerster of the U.S. celebrate their gold medal in the men’s double-handed dinghy 470 sailing event.
Johns Kerry and Edwards at the Democratic convention in July.
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Permalink 22 August, 1:07pm
Deadline.
A good friend of mine has a brand-new blog, and today (August 22) is his birthday.
You know what a nice birthday surprise would be? If a bunch of folks went over there and left him nice messages. That would be really, really nice.
Oh, and he’s an early riser, so make sure to leave your nice birthday messages before 5.00 or so, Central European Time.
You have four hours and 12 minutes.
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Permalink 22 August, 12:47am
