Entries Tagged ‘olympics’
Sports: Traditionally the Olympics are based on Gold Medals, US Media decides to change this
Life Video: Beijing Olympic Village Constructed From Playing Cards
It took world record cardstacker Brian Berg 120 days and 140,000 playing cards to recreate the Beijing Olympic Village. Watch the video of the construction.
Sports: Olympic Torch Designs From 1936 Till 2008
While reading a very interesting blog I came across an article, originating from the New York Times, regarding the various designs for the Olympic torch. Spanning from 1936 till 2008 the interactive presentation includes names of the designer as well as trivia regarding each game. Although most of them look like either a cup-on-a-stick or [...]
Sports: 15 Fascinating Facts About The Ancient Olympics
It is now just a matter of days before we see the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in China, the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (or for those who don’t like Roman numerals, the Games of the 29th Olympiad.) This lends us the perfect opportunity to present a list of fascinating facts about the [...]


