Today's Extra Bonus Olympic Coverage: Ice Skating

Today's Olympic Coverage: Yes! More Curling!

I Profusely Apologize to Our Russian Comrades About My Impolitic and Plainly Erroneous Comments About Their News Coverage Early This Evening and as aToken of Goodwill Now Post This Important Russian News Story About the Olympics

Russia Applauds America's Efforts To Exclude Gay Athletes From Professional Sports

Actual Russian coverage of the Olympics can be found at the Moscow Times and Pravda.  Be warned: Pravda is sort of the Russian equivalent of Fox Nation and apparently has a news feed from an alternate universe.

Today's Olympic Coverage: I am Pretty Sure This is About the Olympics

As reported in The Onion, which is, apparently, the only news source that's been able to leak information not sanitized by the Russian censors out of Sochi Russia:

Delighted Health Insurance Executives Gather In Outdoor Coliseum To Watch Patient Battle Cancer

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Sources confirmed that the stone arena was filled to capacity for the highly anticipated spectacle, with over 90,000 officials attending from providers as far away as WellPoint, Kaiser Permanente, and HCSC to see if the patient could survive an intense, brutal struggle with the advanced stage III illness.

“Today we bring you one of our most thrilling challengers to date: a 57-year-old caucasian male with preexisting high blood pressure and a family history of heart disease,” said Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Scott Serota from an extravagantly decorated box seat, his booming voice immediately silencing the raucous masses of middle-aged executives. “He holds a privately purchased Aetna PPO with a $400 monthly premium and $1,500 annual deductible, but faces the fight of his life against an aggressive form of multiple myeloma, one of the most ruthless killers known to man.”

“Bring out Aetna member #ABP80424!” Serota continued as the withered patient was wheeled into the sand-filled arena on a small gurney to loud boos and whistles. “Let the battle commence!” ...

Today's Olympic Coverage: Curling

Breaking from The Onion: "U.S. Advances To Women’s Hockey, Hey, Get The Fuck Back Here"

As quoted from America's Finest News Source, The Onion:

Not the picture that ran with the story. In fact, not even from the same Olympics

After surging ahead thanks to first-period goals from Amanda Kessel, Kacey Bellamy, and—what, did seeing the names Amanda and Kacey already make you want to navigate away from this page? Because sources saw your dismissive, misogynistic bullshit coming a mile away before posting this report about a women’s sporting event, even though it involves a team representing the United States of America at the goddamn Olympics.

The full report can be found her ... hey it's about women's sports, goddamnit.

Today's Olympic Coverage

Via Kottke.

The 2014 OLympics Opening Ceremonies

I so do love sports:

The Difference Between These People and Me ...

Is that they are actually doing something ...

Party Recipies!!!

Yes, it's already the Big Day! I can hardly believe it. And, in addition to the traditional celebration of the marriage of Prince Berenguer III and Countess Douce I, I understand an exciting display of sporting prowess is planned!  Here are some ideas on how to feed your inevitable guests!

Rainbow Jell-o

Ingredients:

• 6 ounces each raspberry and lemon jello packages
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 12 ounces frozens
• rum

Directions:

These are mostly irrelevant
1. Drain juice from a 12-ounce package of frozen raspberries. Discard.
2. Grease a jello mold with butter.
3. Soften cream cheese and whip.

4. Boil 2 1/2 cups water. 

5. Time for rum!

6. Get jello, and when done pour more lemon jello mixture over the top.
7. Let set and then invert onto a plate for presentation.

The Yang Short Form

The Yang short form, which is also known by variants of "the 24 form," "the 24 movements," "the simplified form," etc., is the official "sport" or "wushu" form of t'ai chi ch'uan (太極拳, also romainized as taijiquan). Although it is primarily derivative of the Yang branch of t'ai chi, Yang masters often disavow it.

Yet, putting those disputes and various mystical gildings to the side, it is still quite beautiful. I thought this performance, by Gao Jiamin, was particularly taking:

Here it is from the back and here are some of the key moves with their English names. And, for reference, here's a video of famous practitioner Chen Man-Ch'ing doing his shortened form of the Yang style (I'd embed this one as it is quite beautiful, too, but doing so has been disabled ... which, frankly, is just obnoxious).

Highlights of Last Weekends' NFL Playoffs

Continuing the world class sports coverage provided here on Galileo Feynman, today, via Kotke, we bring you what he claims is "the best thing ever." Yes. Yes it is.

Sports Illustrated's 100 greatest Sports Photos

Sports Illustrated has what it purports to be the 100 greatest sports photos of all time -- of course, it's U.S. centric (since, evidently, the greatest sports photos are about the U.S.), but it's a great review, anyway. No photos from the swimsuit edition made the cut (I carefully looked). Via Kottke.

This is Karate (World Team Kata and Bunkai Final): Very Beautiful

Incredible fluidity speed, and pacing:

Samantha Gordon, Football Wunderkind

Sam Gordon is a nine year old little girl who weighs less than 60 pounds (27 kg) and plays "gremlins" level tackle football in the U.S. I am one of "those people" who worry about any kids doing this given the serious injuries that can occur. But, since she is, I am glad she is so awesome. Really awesome. Girls in the U.S. (or anywhere, for that matter) don't usually get to do this kind of thing -- they supposedly can't keep up or something. Well ...

4' 10" (148 cms) Basketball Player "Mani Love"

This is Jamani "Mani Love" Swanson:

Here in the U.S. the New Football Season has Started

2012 Summer Games Photo Coverage

Naturally, there's been a lot of great photography at the summer games. A list of links to the best collections:

• In Focus (The Atlantic): Part 1
• In Focus (The Atlantic): Part 2
• The Big Picture
• Sports Illustrated
• ESPN
• NBC Olympic Highlights
• flickr
• Buzzfeed (may be terrifying)

Olympic Sports of the Future (GF's Olympic Coverage Just Can't Stop)

From an article in the Atlantic, potential future Olympic Sports include squash, wu shu, karate, "roller sports," mixed martial arts, lacrosse, climbing (speed climbing and bouldering), and wakeboarding. Rugby and golf are already in.

Olympic Swimming Closes the Olympics!