Olympic Games

The Bay Area Is Producing the Best Boxers in the World

"Trance": Danny Boyle Follows Up the Olympics

Private Dancer

Summer Sanders, Olympic Gold Medalist, Offers Tips for the S.F. Nike Women's Marathon

This weekend two-time Olympic gold medalist Summer Sanders will join 20,000 other women in the Nike Women's Marathon to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.The race, which is the world's largest marathon, will start at Union Square and curve around the Embarcadero into the Presidio ... More >>

"The Other Dream Team": A Classic, Feel-Good Sports Doc

Marijuana Is Career Poison for Olympic Athletes who Are Not Named Michael Phelps

While he never raced against Jim Thorpe in the decathlon and never competed against the color barrier, American swimmer Michael Phelps can nonetheless lay claim to the title of greatest Olympian. His 22 medals won over three separate Games allow him this.Judo practitioner Nicholas Delpopolo is no Mi ... More >>

Twitter Proves it's Just Another Corporate Weasel With No Soul

Twitter has officially entered the ranks of corporate weaseldom. This week, it suspended the account of a journalist who complained about NBC's Olympics coverage, and who tweeted the supposedly "private" e-mail account of an NBC executive. NBC, you see, is the "corporate partner" of Twitter for cove ... More >>

Dizzee Rascal's "Scream" Shows the World How to Soundtrack the Olympic Games

See also: * Muse's Official Olympic Song "Survival" Is Decidedly Not a Victory for the World * Five Olympics Theme Songs That Are Especially Terrible (Because Most Are Fairly Terrible) * Olympics 2012: Underworld and the Chemical Brothers Raise Hopes for Good Music at London Games On Monday, yo ... More >>

Why I'm Not Watching the Olympics

Tonight marks the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Thousands of spectacularly talented athletes, outfitted in uniforms resembling packets of mustard and ketchup, the witches of the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, or those guys with the matching blazers on Glee, will march into the stadium. The g ... More >>

Why I Will Watch the Olympics -- And Love It

The following is a response to my colleague Joe Eskenazi's earlier post: Why I'm Not Watching the Olympics. I love the Olympics. I have since I was a kid, when I used to keep a dossier on my favorite Olympians in a pink spiral-bound notebook. It's my favorite time of year. I love the ridiculous the ... More >>

Olympics 2012: Underworld and the Chemical Brothers Raise Hopes for Good Music at London Games

Having already established that official Olympics anthems are often tours de merde -- a reality that British maximalists Muse did more than their share to demonstrate with this year's contribution -- we'd all but given up hope for good tunes to soundtrack the sweat, tears, heartbreak, and triumph o ... More >>

Hyatt Hotel Has Big Plans to Throw People off Its Rooftop

At first glance, you would think that tossing potential clients from the roof of your office wouldn't make you a shrewd businessman.But for the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco it seems to work. The hotel is continuing its very successful fundraiser of hurling people from the top of its 36-floor buildin ... More >>

Five Olympics Theme Songs That Are Especially Terrible (Because Most Are Fairly Terrible)

Originally, we were going to do this list as a top five. But then it became apparent that Olympic theme songs are always so incredibly awful, it becomes difficult to figure out who did the worst job. When we started compiling this, in honor of the fact that the Olympics start in London at the end of ... More >>

Muse's Official Olympic Song "Survival" Is Decidedly Not a Victory for the World

Does Muse know what a song is? There's admittedly some prior evidence that the three kings of grandimediocrity do, but then there's also "Survival," the band's new, "official" song for the 2012 London Olympics, which sounds less like a thoughtfully arranged piece of music and more like random mash-u ... More >>

Facebook Blocks Photos of Child With Down Syndrome at Special Olympics

Remember when Facebook brazenly deleted photos of mothers breastfeeding their babies, causing quite a ruckus from sleep-deprived moms, who later descended on the Facebook campus for a massive nurse-in? Apparently, the Silicon Valley techies didn't learn much from that event. The Bay Area tech giant ... More >>

Benefit Held for Stafone Jackson, Star Athlete and Swim Coach Who Drowned

Stafone Jackson, star athlete and student​ICHI Sushi on Mission Street will donate a percentage of dinner proceeds tonight to the family of Stafone Jackson, a 20-year-old graduate of Mission High School who tragically drowned while camping last month. According to news reports, Jackson d ... More >>

Gavin Newsom to Woo Winter Olympics to Lake Tahoe

Newsom tests the latest aerodynamic hair style for speed skaters​Our ex-mayor Gavin Newsom proved that he could bring the prestigious America's Cup to San Francisco -- even in the face of vociferous opposition. Now, in his new capacity as lieutenant governor, Newsom is taking on the bigger task of ... More >>

Police Officers Take Orders at Tip-A-Cop

This cop's going to give you a burger​Special Olympics "Tip-A-Cop" Fundraiser Where: Hard Rock Cafe, Pier 39 When: Monday, June 13, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Cost: We suggest at least a 20 percent tip on the bill - it is for charity. The Rundown: Usually when a police offer pulls out a tab there are ... More >>

BarBack Olympics Makes Drinking a Legitimate Sport. Finally

BerDerp™Ice relay course form the 2008 BarBack Olympics at 111 Minna.​On Sunday, 20 of the San Francisco Bay Area's best barbacks take center stage at Mezzanine in a series of challenges designed to replicate being deep in the weeds at the bar: bottle relay, ice bucket race, beer restocking ... More >>

Lance Armstrong Lawyers Up; Doper Teammate Tyler Hamilton Spills to Feds

What's in the cup, Lance? ​The criminal investigation into the U.S. Postal Service-sponsored team of cycling champion Lance Armstrong took a vast leap forward today with reports that former teammate Tyler Hamilton has agreed to speak with federal investigators. Hamilton, an Olympic gold medal ... More >>

Blog Lets You Follow Along as a Mission Eatery Takes Shape

The Summit's BlogOtl Aicher designs from the '72 Olympics, visual inspiration for an emerging eatery on Valencia.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Dream launch: Ever harbored a fantasy about opening a restaurant? While the post-opening reality might be a steady barrage of last-minute no-sh ... More >>

"Wonderland"

"Wonderland"

San Francisco Nude Olympics San Francisco Weather = No Olympics

Spencer TunickDidn't happen​George Davis -- a former mayoral candidate known around the city as naked yoga guy --had pretty high ambitions for the second-annual Naked Olympics. Scheduled for Saturday, the competition was supposed to include barefoot races, ancient Greek and sumo wrestlin ... More >>

Surely You Joust: Nude Olympics Return to Baker Beach

Pinned you! And again! And again! And...​No, there won't be a torch-lighting -- someone's short hairs might get singed -- but all the Olympic sports you love are coming to Baker Beach sans those pesky jerseys, leotards, or other articles of apparel. George Davis -- former nudist mayoral candidate ... More >>

Pretty City

Go for the Gold Label

Gatorade Confirms What We All Knew: Bulk of its Drinkers Are Nursing Hangovers

Rest assured, whatever tinkering the Gatorade folks have done, they haven't altered the familiar piss colorA long time ago, in a county far, far away -- well, Alameda -- your humble narrator read the entire Associated Press style guide in one sitting. I laughed out loud once and only once -- at the ... More >>

Cellar Rat: Week Nine at Unti Vineyards

Sports Buffs

The North Beach Drinking Olympics

Limited Perspective Playhouse: The Olympic Diet, Part 2 - Michael Phelps Edition

Olympic ticket scam sites could have been shut down sooner

Let the Games Beijing

Spend a day of Olympic proportions beyond the Dragon's Gate.

Stood up at Justin Herman Plaza

The Agony of de Feet

Angry Sex

How to Luge: Apparently There's Actual Skill Involved

Tibetans Say, "Go A's!" to Protest 2008 Beijing Olympics

Dopey Bid

A close, unflattering look at San Francisco's prospective Olympic Games dance partner

Grabbing for the Ring

City officials are trying to lure the Summer Olympic Games to San Francisco for 2016. Do you think it's a good idea? Find out where you stand!

Torino It Off

This horrible Winter Olympics game doesn't even medal.

Fellowship of The Ringer

Johnny Knoxville's still an ass, but his co-stars are something special

Countdown to Burlingame

A guide to television coverage of the enhanced drama and athleticism of the 2004 Alternolympics

Best Beads/Jewelry Making

General Bead

FhREaKin' Outside

A perfect San Francisco day, Candlestick Point, and the Cyberbuss FhREaK Olympics. Does it get any better than this?

The Sporting Life

Overrunning the city

This Is Your Sport, on Dope

State Sen. Don Perata's bill on drug testing for pro athletes isn't nearly tough enough on doped-up athletes or their enablers

Recycling America

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

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