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Kim Yu-Na is under attack on YouTube!

Kim Yu-Na, or, more accurately, Yu-Na Kim, is the Korean figure skating sensation who set the record for highest Olympic score in Vancouver. (Watch the video here if you haven’t.)
On April 3, her Facebook fan page sent out an update that I found to be funny in its level of concern:

Dear fellow Yu-Na fans
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2010 Winter Olympics: Golden Boy Crosby Gives Canada Gold, 3-2 OT Win Over USA

It’s only fitting that Sidney Crosby, the next “great one” would score the goal to get Canada the gold medal on home soil, as Canada beat the USA 3-2 in OT.
His goal 7:40 minutes into overtime etched his name forever in Canadian hockey lore and sent the Canadian crowd into raptures, as they finally got [...]

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What a Boring Olympics

I’m kidding, kind of. Michael Phelps was really exciting. The US basketball final where we beat Spain by 11 for gold might have been exciting. If it wasn’t on at 2 am this morning. They replayed it at 9. It should be a prime time event.
The TV schedule for the [...]

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The 29th Olympiad: Thanks for the Memories

The games in Beijing are over, but won’t soon be forgotten

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Why do we love the Olympics?
Because the athletes can run faster? Jump higher? Throw harder? Swim smarter?
Why do we watch?
Because no matter where you’re from, the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat tastes all the same. Because when [...]

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Redeem Achieved

The U.S. is on top of the basketball world once again after it’s 118-107 triumph over a game Spain team in the Gold Medal Game
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Jubilation. Excitement. Redemption.
No one took this for one for granted.
No one just expected it. This was a journey, a long four years coming.
“We haven’t won in [...]

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I Finally Respect Kobe Bryant…

And All it Took Was Cris Collinsworth Sounding Unpatriotic.
Cris Collinsworth asked Kobe what he thought when he first received his Olympic jersey, and Kobe said he was in awe. He said, “I had goosebumps. I just laid it across my bed and stared at it for a while. … This is the ultimate [...]

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Michael Phelps almost too good to be true

Eight medals is just the start of how amazing he is
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Michael Phelps is just one man. But one man can inspire many. And one man can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to do the unthinkable.
Michael Phelps is that one man. The hero of these 2008 Olympic games. The “woah, did [...]

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Lucky Number Seven

Unbelievable American ties Spitz with gold medal number seven in crazy close race
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Seven for seven. And Michael Phelps has one more to go, to try to add to his impecably brilliant Olympic resume.
The human turned fish won a race that was so close you still can’t tell who touched the wall first. [...]

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