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Michael Phelps’s Facebook account is highly sought by many people. After winning 8 gold medals in the Beijing 2008 Olympics, millions must be interested in Michael Phelps’s Facebook account to be his new fans. Guess what? I found Michael Phelps’s Facebook account. You can also find there his official website.
Here is the link to Michael [...]
August 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 10 Comments
Michael Phelps’s race time schedule is being anticipated by many swimming fans. For more info on schedule of events in the Olympics, please go to this website: 2008 Olympics - Competition Schedule. You will find there a lot of details about the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
For more interesting stories about Michael Phelps, not just his race [...]
August 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 2 Comments
Michael Phelps wins his 8th gold medal today, Sunday, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 400m medley relay team, breaking a tie with Mark Spitz for most golds (7 gold medals) in a single Olympic games. I was expecting Michael Phelps to win the 8th gold medal in the Beijing 2008 Olympics because of [...]
August 17th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 4 Comments
Watch the video of Michael Phelps in the 100m relay event (Phelps’s 7th gold medal win).
Michael Phelps 100m butterfly video:
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 2 Comments
Michael Phelps wins his 7th gold medal in the latest medal count in the Beijing 2008 Olympics! Michael Phelps is only 23 years old but winning his 7th gold medal in a single Olympics is truly unbelievable. Phelps’s 7th gold came from winning the 100m butterfly race. Phelps’s medal count keeps getting higher and he’s [...]
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 5 Comments
The arrival of this opportunity at the height of the Beijing 2008 Olympics is very timely. Don’t you know that many professional athletes and Olympians started as college sports superstars? Well, for some they’re lucky to have started young. In China, the national Geographic Channel featured young Chinese (as young as 3 years old) being [...]
August 16th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | No Comments
The current Olympic medal count is not good for the Philippine Olympic Team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Results show that Filipino Olympians have been eliminated one by one in the past few days of the competition. This leaves the Philippines’ only chances to win a medal in taekwondo-jins Antoinette Rivero and Tshomlee Go, and [...]
August 14th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 10 Comments
Beijing 2008 Olympics Medal Count Update: The 2008 Beijing Olympics proves to be very favorable to the Chinese team as it rakes number of olympic gold medal in the XXIV Summer Olympics. The homecourt advantage in China is really helping the Chinese Team reap golds in the Olympics. An update on the Olympic medal count [...]
August 14th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 4 Comments
The following is an update on my post “The Philippine Olympic Team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics“. I was not able to include in that article the names of Filipino athletes who are participating in the Beijing 2008 Olympics and their events because of the unavailability of data.
August 11th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 9 Comments
Get the latest 2008 Olympic medal count in the ongoing Beijing 2008 Olympics using your mobile phones by going to the following website: www.google.com/m/summergames. I know how it feels to be updated on the medal count of the Beijing 2008 Olympics and this is everyone’s chance to get those needed updates. Talk about mobile technology, [...]
August 10th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 3 Comments
The Beijing 2008 Olympics will open on August 8, 2008 and the Philippines is eyeing for an Olympic gold once more. The closest we got was a Silver medal in boxing (Onyok Velasco) which was a very controversial issue that time because many spectators (Filipinos and others) were expecting Onyok to win the Gold medal [...]
August 7th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 20 Comments
The National Finals Rodeo is a prestigious event in the United States. In fact, it is one of the most lucrative events in Rodeo because cash prizes are really huge. Want some proof? Read on.
July 30th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 3 Comments
Surfing is becoming more popular in the Philippines especially in the Visayas. Thanks to the marvelous beaches in the Visayas. But hey, don’t count Ilocos Norte out just yet. We have great beaches here, too. If you have been here, you know how beautiful our beaches are (especially in Pagudpud).
Surfing is [...]
July 4th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 2 Comments
The Pacquiao-Diaz fight labeled as “Lethal Combination” is over and my earlier predictions about the match between Manny Pacquiao vs. David Diaz were true: Pacquiao won over Diaz via knockout (in the 9th round) and Pacman was really aggressive right from the very beginning of the fight. The win was well-deserved and he’s no [...]
June 29th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 17 Comments
The Pacquiao-Diaz fight result could end up in a knockout. Pacquiao is a knockout artist and so is Diaz. They both have knockout powers in their hands and Manny’s current state on TV seems like he’s ready for the WBC Lightweight championship match titled “Lethal Combination” in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday (8am [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 6 Comments
The Australian Tennis Open champion, Maria Sharapova, was eliminated from the Wimbledon championship tournament last night (Philippine time). I’ve watched Sharapova’s match against Alla Kudryavtseva (rank 154th in the world) very late last night and I was devastated when she lost. Her loss to a fellow Russian tennis player in the second round of [...]
June 27th, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 4 Comments
Wimbledon is the most prestigious tennis championship in the world and for the record, the oldest. Wimbledon has immortalized the names of John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, the hot and sexy Anna Kournikova (my all-time favorite) and many more. Up and coming superstars include my tournament favorite at [...]
June 23rd, 2008 | Posted in Sports | 4 Comments