Read The Telegraph. And jeez.
So worried are Olympic organisers by how far behind schedule the 2016 Rio Games has fallen, London has reportedly been asked, in secret, if it could host the event at the last minute.
According to the London Evening Standard, an informal approach has been made by IOC chiefs to ascertain whether London’s 2012 Olympic venues could be brought back into use. […]
Photo by S. Reachers 
See KENS5
A swim coach and lifeguard instructor with the Northside Independent School District resigned last week, hours after the I-Team asked the district to examine his background.
Chris Mullikin, 39, was hired as a clerk for the district’s natatorium in 2011.
He was promoted to swim coach in 2012 and became certified to instruct lifeguards, according to documents released to the I-Team.
But recently, Mullikin boasted to fellow natatorium staff members he was a one-star general in the United States Air Force, a graduate of the Air Force’s Combat Rescue Officer School and a medical doctor certified to train EMT’s.
Read the Mirror
We’ve all made our fair share of stupid bets but this one could be right up there with the best.
Football fan James Hammett-Burke is convinced Garry Monk won’t see out his three-year contract at Swansea and decided to put a wager on it.
But rather than a cheeky £5 gamble, he is promising to SWIM the English Channel!
So this has just happened.. #SWFC #GaryMonk #Channel @JamesHB_ pic.twitter.com/5Kuw296dHj
— Aaron Ramsey (@AlxDnvn) May 7, 2014
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
See BBC
Groomsmen Dougal Grey and Clayton Deane rushed to rescue a fisherman in trouble, during the wedding of a friend of theirs.
Bride and groom Jo-Anne and Aaron Easterbrook were taking part in a photoshoot off the coast of Queensland when they spotted the man in trouble.
NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games agreement worth $7.75 billion, a surprise deal that shuts out rival American networks and provides further long-term financial security to the IOC.
In a deal negotiated secretly over six months, the International Olympic Committee awarded the exclusive rights to NBC on all media platforms for three Summer Games and three Winter Games — a potential boost for a U.S. bid to host the games.
NBC already holds the rights through the 2020 Olympics in a four-games deal signed in 2011 for a then-record $4.38 billion.
Photo by gfairchild
Read ninemsn.com.au
Two-time Olympic champion Susie O’Neill plans on instilling some old-fashioned values in the next generation of Australian swimmers.
The Atlanta and Sydney gold medallist is chef de mission of the team of 90 young Australians competing at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, from August 16.
“I’m going to try and instil some values that I was brought up with, which is competing as hard as you can, and representing your country well outside the arena, too,” she said.
“I want to get a great team culture, get all the athletes supporting the others and great team spirit.”
O’Neill’s comments come as her former Olympic teammates Ian Thorpe, Grant Hackett, Geoff Huegill and Scott Miller try to conquer their own personal demons.
From back in 2013. Wait for it! :-)
http://youtu.be/evzSZKQLYAc
#FalconFlock
