Ellie Potvin was only six years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyoarcoma, a rare childhood cancer, in July of 2008. Ellie's parents discovered a tumor in her pelvic area, which then metastasized into her lungs. The disease accounts for about three percent of childhood cancers, with about 350 children diagnosed with it each year. The five year survival rate hovers around 25 percent, and...
I’ve been swimming for a couple of summers now, working ardently on my technique and cardio, and I’m still incredibly slow. So slow, in fact, that Michael Phelps could swim 500 m, get out of the water, order a hamburger, and read the morning news before I cross the same distance. Speed putting, however, is another matter. Not that I, personally, would be any better at it, but perhaps some...
Face facts: in a swimming race against 14-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps, you'd have no chance whatsoever...but you may be able to beat him in speed putting! If you can make more than 12 five-foot putts in a minute, you'll have bragging rights forever: This is " The Best of Us Challenge ," presented by the International Olympic Committee, where Olympic athletes challenge...
Of course John predicted it right , but I'm sure no saw it coming. Natalie Coughlin became the sixth person eliminated from Dancing with the Stars (seventh, if you count Tom DeLay), and in the process, her elimination marks the earliest exit for an individual Olympic gold medalist since the show's 2005 debut. Three former Olympians - Speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi and...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida man who drove cross-country to meet Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial on accusations of stalking her, but a judge dropped a charge of attempted kidnapping against the man.
Last season on Dancing With the Stars , we saw gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson win gold, and this year we're watching Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin compete on land. She made it through the first week, dancing a salsa with Alec Mazo. Although busy dancing and rehearsing, Natalie took time out of her day to answer a few questions on topics ranging from Pilates to her opinion on the ban on high-tech...
Filed under: Fashion , Dancing with the Stars Following in the choreographed footsteps of Natalie Coughlin and Shawn Johnson, Brooke Burke's "Dancing with the Stars" Season 7 frilly gold getup (left) made it on Karina Smirnoff's back (right) for her Emmy show performance on Sunday.The recession ... Permalink
Fashion sin or recession symptom? Olympic swimming gold medalist Natalie Coughlin was given the same blue dress for her web promo that gymnast Shawn Johnson wore on the show last year.
We know that we are fighting our way out of a recession, but does this mean that women have to wear recycled dresses. That is just what swimmer Natalie Coughlin had to do for her promo shoot for Dancing With the Stars. This is the same dress worn by gymnast Shawn Johnson last year. TMZ have [...]
Filed under: TV, Dancing with the Stars, Shawn Johnson New season, new contestants, same old outfit. Swimmer Natalie Coughlin was given the same frilly blue dress for her web promo that gymnast Shawn Johnson wore on the show last year — giving the lovely ladies something else in common other than the … Permalink Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d21966').each( [...]
Last night Shawn Johnson threw out the first pitch and sang the 7th inning stretch for the Chicago Cubs. The central division leading Cubs defeated the Houston Astros 5 to 1 on a walk off grand slam from Alfonso Soriano in the bottom of the 13th inning. [...]
It didn't take long. For people to get tired of Shawn Johnson, I mean . "You know, I'm sick of Shawn Johnson and I don't even live in Des Moines," a friend of mine tells me in an e-mail . * Former Des Moines newspaperman Don Clasen writes to me about the summertime popularity of the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team: Hi, Ron! "It was like being back in the Hawkeye state for this Iowa native,...
Remember that video from way back when where gymnast Shawn Johnson tried to sell us taco sauce? Remember how it made her taco pop?! Well, Andy Richter remembered and asked her about it at the MLB All-Star Game festivities...H/T: World of Isaac
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