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What is amazing about Yao Ming

What is amazing about Yao is that someone that tall and goofy can even play basketball at all. I was watching some basketball highlights at Windows Scoreboard tonight, and at the end they go through the top 5 moves of … Continue reading

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How to be an Chinese Olympics sports commentator

I was watching the Australia-China women’s basketball last night and listening to the commentary, I finally snapped: I’ve just become to sick of hearing them say the same things over and over. Most of the time it’s stuff along the … Continue reading

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Liu Xiang’s 100 million RMB insurance policy

According to an article on netease, Chinese insurance company Ping An of China offered Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang a 100 million RMB insurance policy on accidental injury to his body; now Chinese netizens are talking and voting on whether or … Continue reading

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American looking for Olympics basketball tickets video

This guy had it all going for him: the Cat in the Hat hat and the Sichuan earthquake relief T-shirt…but could not, for the life of him, get 500rmb tickets. Last night, talking to scalpers, it seemed the going price … Continue reading

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Olympic Iraqi sprinter using busted second-hand spikes for competition

伊拉克女队员穿二手跑鞋参加奥运(图)_网易奥运 via kwout Pictures of the old shoes and T-shirts that the Iraqi team are using have been circulating around the internet. Here are some supposed pictures of the pair of shoes that Dana Hussein is going to use. Chinese … Continue reading

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A poem about Liu Xiang

刘翔 – 诗歌 – 红袖添香 via kwout The irony is that i was looking for poems by the poet Liu Xiang, whose name is written with the same characters as that of the famous athlete. Clicking on a link I … Continue reading

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