Michael Phelps' girlfriend: Amanda Beard or Lily Donaldson?
She previously had to wrest her man from the pool, but now there is a magnitude of gold to wade through before she can get to her man. Two girls have recently been linked with Beijing's eight-time gold medalist: US swimmer Amanda Beard and British model Lily Donaldson. Beard held the Olympic record for women's 200 metres breaststroke after her win in Athens, but failed to reach the final in Beijing. She recently posed nude for an anti-fur ad campaign by using the Olympics for maximum exposure. L

AMANDA BEARD DATING MICHAEL PHELPS?
Johnjay and Rich asked her the question everyone was wondering...live from Beijing! Is Amanda Beard dating Michael Phelps?

Tidbits: Beard dating Phelps? ‘Ew, no!’
Millions of fans may be admiring Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps from afar, but Playboy pinup and fellow Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard isn't one of them. View related photosSlide show  Emotional Moments from Day 12 From field hockey to basketball, Olympic teammates pull each other up at the Games.more photos  Most popular• Most viewed• Top rated• Most e-mailed  Obama introduces VP pick Biden at Ill. rallyUgly is the new beautiful: 27 non-traditional modelsCouple that won lottery twice win a

Limbaugh: Obama's nomination "goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy"
Rush Limbaugh said that "it is striking how unqualified [Sen. Barack]Obama is and, and how this whole thing came about with, within the Democrat Party. I think it really goes back to the fact that nobody had the guts to stand up and say no to a black guy."Limbaugh went on to say: "I think this is a classic illustration here where affirmative action has reared its ugly head against them.

Olympic Swimmer and Model Amanda Beard Appears Naked for PETA Ad
Appearing naked for PETA's new ad, which will be debuted on August 6 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she's pictured baring her body in front of the Water Cube swimming venue.

Earlier, we parsed the spurious infanticide ... [How To Win Friends And Influence People]
Earlier, we parsed the spurious infanticide charges leveled at Barack Obama by, among others, this woman — Jill Stanek. Jill's a big anti-abortion, anti-birth-control, pro-"purity" and anti-reality activist who got the infanticide ball rolling with the help of some people in the media that take her somewhat seriously despite her use of the word "baby-killer" to describe pro-choice lawmakers. Media Matters, however, points out that Stancek also promotes domestic violence as an acceptable reaction to a

Barack Obama, and Antici...pation [News Roundup]
Yeah, he still ain't telling. Probably tomorrow. [Washington Post] He did reportedly call all the losers last night. No one's admitting anything, though. [CNN] Random Texas Congressman Chet Edwards — who Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been pointing out for months — is apparently shortlisted now, though, and gave a cute press conference with his son in tow. He didn't Say Anything but that it's not so hot in Texas today. [Huffington Post] Time says that Mitt Romney is McCain's main man, so HuffP

How about Michael Phelps as ‘The Bachelor’?
Olympic athletes who've made names for themselves on Beijing don't need to leave the glare of the television cameras. They could make careers on reality TV. How about Michael Phelps as "The Bachelor," or tiny Chinese gymnast He Kexin as a baby on "Baby Borrowers"?

"Mom of the Games"? C'mon...
Talk about riding the coat-tails of her son...

Barack Obama And Hip-Hop: Does The Support Of Jay-Z, Nas, T.I. Hurt His Chances?
'[Rappers] need to be super quiet on Barack,' Scarface says, or critics will 'smash on him because of what somebody else said.' By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Gil Kaufman Views 14,809 He's on fire in the streets. Kids and adults alike are wearing bootleg T-shirts emblazoned with his face and phrases. Approximately 95 percent of the hip-hop community is singing his praises. And yet his appeal is just as strong in other parts of the country and the wo

Oh, hell []
Now I just got Rickrolled. The (obviously fake) headline? "Michael Phelps fails drug test: Fox news reports."

Obama Chooses Biden as Running Mate, Guarantees Important Delaware Win [Horse Race]
So, sigh, it's New York Times official. In his increasingly promising race to become America's Next Top Presidential Also-Ran, Illinois senator Barack Obama has chosen foreign policy-hungry Delaware senator Joe Biden as his running mate. We entertained this idea and called it a bad one earlier this week, and I know close to nothing about politics compared to Pareene so I'll just leave this as news without comment. Other than to say that this is a bad, borderline esoteric choice that ought to leave Obama's l

Forget swimming ... badminton, anyone?
One writer passes on Michael Phelps to instead delve into five Olympic sports that rarely make primetime. Does anyone out there really understand track cycling?

Michael Phelps Book “Built To Succeed” December 2008
Eight-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps has inked a deal with publisher Simon & Schuester that will see the 23-year-old releasing his autobiography. The World’s “Most Decorated Olympian” will get personal, chronicling his record-breaking eight gold medal wins as well as what it was like to be raised by a single mother while coping with an attention-deficit disorder, in a new book that on booksellers’ shelves this holiday season. The star swimmer’s memoir, titled

New York Mag Yells At Freeloading Freelancers [Magazines]
From a tipster: "Jada Yuan sent out a really angry email to New York magazine freelancers yesterday saying from now on, she wouldn't be sending out party info over email because too many people on her list were crashing events and saying they were NY mag reporters when really they're just freelancers who want free(lance) drinks." Hey, does anybody have a copy of this e-mail? We'll keep you anonymous. Read More: 1

Michael Phelps: 'Greatest Olympian of All Time!'
Michael Phelps continued his gold rush Wednesday, winning two more gold medals and smashing two world records. The wins – his 10th and 11th career golds – make him with winningest Olympian in history. As the announcer at the National Aquatics Center declared, that makes him "arguably the greatest Olympian of all time." (The comment earned a smile from Phelps, who remained stoic for most of the day's competition.) The day began less than auspiciously, when Phelps's goggles filled up with water duri

Top 10: The Best in TV, the Web, Books and Beyond
George W. Bush will be there in the flesh, but most of us will be on the couch as the flame is lit in Beijing for China's first-ever Olympiad. A lot is on the line: national pride, years of training, millions of endorsement opportunities, Wheaties boxes. Plus your hard-earned moolah, if you don't mind a little under-the-table Olympic betting! We turned to our pal John Avello, sports-gaming expert at the Wynn in Las Vegas, and here's his advice: Bet big on U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps and Chinese badminton su

They Made the Best of a Vaguely Awkward Situation [Magazines]
Reading this very website led a fashionable young lady named Julia to enter the contest to with a date with redheaded, beleaguered Vanity Fair editorial assistant Bill Bradley--at the Waverly Inn! It ain't the first awkward date we've contributed to. [VF Online] Read More: 1 2 3 4 New York's E-Mail to Certain Staffers: Be

UFO Lobbyist Offers to Brief Obama on Extraterrestrials [UFObama]
Jeff Peckman, who came to national attention earlier this year when he launched a ballot initiative to create an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission in Denver and later announced that he possessed actual footage of a live ET, continues his campaign to thrust alien life into the political limelight. This week, he invited Barack Obama to hear a briefing on UFOs and extraterrestrial life from a private citizen's perspective. Adjust your tin foil hat and find out what Peckman has to say to the presidential cand

Obama-Biden 2008 Newspaper Covers: Ready, Set, GO!
The selection of the quick-witted Senate veteran with significant foreign policy bona fides capped one of the biggest buildups in recent political history, according to the Daily News. Obama will appear with Biden on Saturday at a rally in Springfield, Ill, the site where the Democratic nominee launched his campaign in Feb. 2007. Make the jump for [...]

Roseanne Blasts Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt as "Evil, Vacuous"
Roseanne isn't a fan of Brad and Angie. In a post titled "Jon Voight" on her Web site, she slams the celeb couple. "Your evil spawn Angelina Jolie and her vacuous hubby Brad Pitt make about $40 million a year in violent, psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children, trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity as they spit out more dunces that will consume more than their fair share and wreck the earth even more," Roseanne writes. She also attacks the actress for recen

The Week That Killed Sex [Week In Review]
Mrs. Robert Zemeckis wrote a terrible book, with terrible sex. Michael Phelps had sex with everyone in China, which is terrible. Rielle Hunter has a terrible baby! John McCain was tortured by gay sadists! Oh, and ugh, someone is maybe a sadistic gay rapist. Don't break up with Andres Martinez! And then, finally, the Mrs. Jared Paul Stern sex tape. See? No more sex for anyone, ever. It's gross. Oh, other stuff happened too! An intern shit the bed, so to speak. Where "bed" means "work." But, you know, tip of

"Caroline: Pull a Cheney!"
An Open Letter to Caroline Kennedy (head of the Obama VP search team) from Michael Moore: Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Dear Caroline, We've never met, so I hope you don't find this letter too presumptuous or inappropriate. As its contents involve the public's business, I am sending this to you via the public on the Internet. I knew your brother John. He was a great guy, and I know he would've had a ball during this thrilling and historic election year. We all miss him dearly. Barack Obama selected

Video: Joseph Biden on Bhutto’s Assassination
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NBC will keep trying to ride Phelps’ wave
Trying to keep the Michael Phelps glow, NBC has agreed to televise next year’s World Swimming Championships from Rome, along with the 2009, 2010 and 2011 national championships.The deal, announced Thursday, is NBC’s latest attempt to ride the wake of the Olympic golden boy’s race to history. In large part because of Phelps’ successful attempt to win eight gold medals in Beijing, NBC Universal’s Olympic telecasts have been a ratings success. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture between NBC Universal and M