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Tag Archives: sports
Movies I’m Watching: The Wrestler
I’m glad that Mickey Rourke won a Golden Globe for his performance in The Wrestler, because although the movie tends to be fairly predictable overall, this was one of the most honest performances I’ve seen in a while. Now everyone … Continue reading
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
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
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
Shanghai doctor: Liu Xiang achilles tendon injury serious
奥运首席医疗官:刘翔伤愈需1年 复发率几乎100%_网易奥运 via kwout Chen Shiyi, Head of Huashan hospital division of sports medicine, says that Liu Xiang’s injury has been on-going and is quite serious. The interview with the coaches right after Liu Xiang dropped out hinted at what … Continue reading
Beijing Olympics spoof movie posters
Netease has a bunch of spoof movie posters featuring Chinese Olympic athletes. You can vote for the ones that you like. Here are some of the ones that I liked or thought were nominally interesting, featuring Yao Ming, Liu Xiang … Continue reading
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
Chinese soccer team gets ridiculed on internet
网友制作奥运大片讽刺国奥：臭脚总动员(图)_网易奥运 via kwout Not surprising, really. The e’gao crowd has made a bunch of take the piss mock movie posters featuring various players from team China. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fpeijinchen.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F16%2Fchinese-soccer-team-gets-ridiculed-on-internet%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Chinese+soccer+team+gets+ridiculed+on+internet’; addthis_pub = ”;
Weightlifter Cao Lei didn’t know her own mother had died two months ago
曹磊泪撒新闻发布会 “把金牌献给去世的母亲”_网易奥运 via kwout Her family refused requests by reporters and media for interviews and kept everything on the DL to ensure that the news wouldn’t upset Cao Lei and ruin her chances for getting Gold. 曹磊的父亲瞒女儿两个月，这期间曹磊家人谢绝了所有媒体的采访，就是不想让任何一个人去了解到这件事情，从而破坏曹磊备战的心情。今天的比赛中，曹磊爸爸也关掉了手机，就是希望此刻的他能够安安静静的等着女儿举出一块金牌。 I have to … Continue reading
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 →