Category: Gossip

  • Scott Miller (AUS) arrested, charged with possessing drugs and stolen goods

    Scott Miller (AUS) arrested, charged with possessing drugs and stolen goods

    Read for instance 9News and news.com.au Disgraced Olympian Scott Miller has been embroiled in a drug scandal after he was arrested by the police allegedly in possession of several grams of ‘ice’ and AUS$17,000 in cash. The Atlanta 1996 dual medallist was arrested at a home in Mascot, in Sydney’s south, and charged with two…

  • Eamon Sullivan lapping it up as restaurant owner

    Read his piece on The Australian Long before my swimming career took off – in fact, ever since my home economics class at high school – I dreamt of having my own restaurant. By 2011 the time had come to turn that long-held dream into a reality. I got some investors together, we found a…

  • Therese Alshammar and Johan Wallberg welcome a son

    Swedish media is abuzz with the news that 35-year-old Therese Alshammer on June 1 gave birth to her first child, a son. The news broke in February that she was expecting a child with partner and coach Johan Wallberg, and they have since them moved from Switzerland to Sweden. “Everything has gone well and we…

  • What are Amanda Beard’s pregnancy cravings?

    What are Amanda Beard’s pregnancy cravings?

    “Olympic Swimmer and Athena® Warrior Amanda Beard will welcome her second child into the world VERY soon! In this video, she dishes on what she’s been craving leading up to the birth of baby number two.”

  • Michael Phelps makes his World Series Of Poker debut

    Michael Phelps makes his World Series Of Poker debut

    Fox News, CardPlayer, NESN, WPT Mag Olympic legend Michael Phelps has a new gold standard in mind — the World Series of Poker. The 18-time gold medalist participated in his first World Series of Poker event on Wednesday, clanking chips alongside other high-stakes gamblers at the annual event in Las Vegas. In all, more than…

  • Dinko Jukic to skip Worlds following dispute with federation

    Read NBC Sports and Der Standard Austrian swimmer Dinko Jukic will reportedly skip the world championships in July and August at Barcelona following an ongoing dispute with his national federation. “The worlds this year will take place without me,” Jukic was quoted as saying in Tuesday’s online edition of Austrian newspaper Der Standard. “As long as…

  • Ryan Lochte dumped by British girlfriend Jamiee Hollier over phone

    Ryan Lochte dumped by British girlfriend Jamiee Hollier over phone

    Read MailOnline and Daily News Sunday’s episode of “What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” shows the 28-year-old Olympic swimmer taking a difficult call from his on-and-off girlfriend, British junior sales manager Jaimee Holler. Lochte turned off his microphone and took the phone call privately. When he returned to the cameras, the medal-winner admitted that Holler had ended their…

  • Pellegrini’s beauty secret: Castelmaure’s 2011 Cuvée No. 3

    Pellegrini’s beauty secret: Castelmaure’s 2011 Cuvée No. 3

    Uh oh, read webflakes After exercise comes comfort, obviously, as Federica also talks about her daily life outside of training to show us that she doesn’t spend her entire life in the water. Thus, the newspaper L’Indépendant published* one of the swimmer’s tweets last week, in which she revealed one of her beauty secrets, namely…

  • Pellegrini confirms romance over with Magnini

    Pellegrini confirms romance over with Magnini

    Read Gazzetta del Sud (in English) Olympic medalist Federica Pellegrini says her romance with fellow swimming sensation Filippo Magnini is over. “We are very disappointed to announce that our love affair is over,” Pellegrini, who won Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008, said in an interview Thursday with ANSA. Reports of trouble between the pair…