We’ve know this was coming for a while, but it’s still pretty disorienting: Wheaties has released their commemorative 2008 Olympics box covers, adorned by gymnastics gold medalist Nastia Liukin and decathlete Bryan Clay. But where’s Michael Phelps?

Thanks to a marketing coup, Kellogg landed Phelps instead, preventing General Mills from releasing an iconic orange box with […]

If there’s one thing the internet teaches us — especially when we read popular but not entirely sophisticated sites — is that perfectly normal people, people you might wave to as you come out of your house, go absolutely insane when they have a Gateway at their fingertips. You name it, you’ll hear it: Racism, […]

Michael Phelps is officially a star. In times gone by, that would have been confirmed by a few endorsements, maybe a movie part or two, and, of course, an appearance on Saturday Night Live.

Alas, SNL hasn’t been relevant in, what, 10 years? 20? Now, celebrities and bands aren’t made by SNL; SNL is made by […]

I have a revelation which will shock exactly nobody: I know nothing about cricket. I consider myself a worldly sports fan and an engaged American citizen, but the foreign charms of cricket have always eluded my apathetic interest. But from what I do know, it would not seem to be a game that arouses deep […]

Athletically, it was a pretty good Olympics for China. Sure, the host country had its share of embarrassments and broken promises — smog, sham ceremonies, blocked internet access, and political repression among them — but few complained about the actual events themselves, and China’s athletes made their home citizens proud by winning the gold medal […]

Ah, supermodels. Can’t live with ‘em. Can’t live with ‘em. No, really. I can’t live with them. It’s apparently against “the law” or something. Like, if I just let myself in the door with a few tools I stole from the locksmith and sleep in their beds while they’re not there, this judge gets all […]

Among the great feats of collective human engineering, a few things stick out. The Great Wall of China. The Colosseum. The Circus Maximus. Mall of America. Craig Sager’s suits. They’re the sort of accomplishments that restore faith in humanity. Hey, if a few thousand Italians could’ve built the Colosseum 2,000 years ago, there’s nothing we […]

We’ve all had the urge. You’re sitting there, meal finished, belly full, and all you want to do is leave and go home and play video games. Of course you can’t, because the waiter last passed through half an hour ago. Hmmm. Maybe if I just leave, no one will notice …

Stop right there. Stealing […]

If there is one rule all athletes should live by, it’s not “avoid cameras when you go out to the bar” (though that is a pretty solid rule). It’s this: Whatever you do, however frustrated or angry you become in the athletic competition in which you are competing, do not, under any circumstances, bite an […]

We all knew the U.S. Men’s Basketball Team enjoyed its stay in China. Their enthusiastic post-medal celebration gave that much away. But who knew Jason Kidd enjoyed his time this much?

The aging U.S. point guard — now fully entering the twilight of his career — has waved goodbye to American shoe companies. Instead, he’ll endorse […]