Homeboy ; New Events Could Bring Home Gold

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I recently found myself glued to the television night after night watching instant celebrities run around in circles, dance and flip across a stage, wrestle and punch each other into submission, then break into tears every time the national anthem was played. And that was just during last week's Democratic National Convention.

The action was even more compelling earlier this month during the Beijing Olympics, when athletes from all across the globe dazzled us for the better part of two weeks. Who will ever forget Michael Phelps swimming his way to eight gold medals? Or our women's gymnastics team hanging tough with those nasty Chinese second- graders? Or Anky Van Grunsven willing her horse to dance an emotionally charged version of the hokeypokey to claim first in the individual dressage?

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Homeboy ; New Events Could Bring Home Gold

For every legitimate sport in the Olympics, it seems there are two or three others that were invented by lunatics. For instance, in 2012 they're getting rid of baseball but have manag...

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