Joel Waul, 27, poses for a photograph with the 8,200 pound rubber band ball that he created in the driveway of his home August 12, 2008 in Lauderhill, Florida. Mr. Waul plans on submitting the ball once he is finished to the Guinness World Records as he tries to break the record of the current largest rubber band ball that is in the record book. His ball is made up of more than 300,000 bands of different sizes. He plans on adding 2000 more pounds as soon as they are delivered to his home... Read Full Story
Yi Jianlian #11 of China dunks the ball while taking on Spain in the preliminary basketball game held at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium during Day 4 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images AsiaPac) In a recent Spanish basketball team photo, they celebrated the Chinese Olympic games by pulling their eyes into slits like old-timey racists. This photo of China's Yi Jianlian alone, dunking on all five of them... Read Full Story
Jake Deitchler (red) of the USA is held by Kanatbek Begaliev (blue) of Kyrgyzstan in the Men's Greco-Roman 66kg 1/8 final at the China Agriculture University Gymnasium during Day 5 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 13, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Clive Rose/Getty Images AsiaPac) This week's Ask An Olympic Greco Roman Wrestler question comes from Bill from Texas. He writes, "Hey, I got a question for you boys! Does a dude's mouth taste better with or without a... Read Full Story
GRAND RAPIDS, MI- MAY 14: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John Edwards (D) participate in a rally at Van Andel Arena, May 14, 2008 in Grand Rapids, MI. Former U.S. Senator Edwards announced that he now endorses Obama for Democratic nominee. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images North America) "I heard what you said about waiting for your wife's cancer to go into remission before you banged that other chick. That was real white of you, man." More photos of hope... Read Full Story
Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) purchases a bag of peaches during a visit to the Greensboro Farmers' Curb Market August 20, 2008 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Obama is expected to announce his Vice Presidential candidate before the start of the Democratic National Convention on August 25th. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America) Fat kid wants damn presidential hopeful to get out of the way of the food. More photos... Read Full Story
Actor DAVID HASSELHOFF is obviously suffering from Attention Disorder Disease - ADD. While most celebrities trying to stay under the radar, the former Baywatch star is looking for more attention. His new Audi R8 has David's web address painted all over the sports car... (Photo by Flynet Pictures) "Look, I'll put www.davidhasselhoff.com all over your car, Mr. Hasselhoff, but I'm going to charge you double because this is so god damn stupid. Shame on you." More Haselhoff stupidity... Read Full Story
Anthrax case closed. U.S. Postal Inspection Service Chief, Alexander Lazaroff, shown here not taking shit from anyone, looks on during a news conference announcing that the FBI has solved the 2001 anthrax attack case. Apparently the suicidal bio-weapons scientist who was acting inexplicably strange and often disappearing away to the specialized anthrax-making equipment did it. To understand why it took 7 years to crack this case, here's page 698 of the lead investigator's notebook: " Dear... Read Full Story
In an effort to reduce obesity, the Los Angeles City Council has declared that a 32 square mile section of South LA may not build any fast food restaurants for one year. When asked to comment, locals sloshed, "Blarrggh!" and knocked a passing jetliner from the sky in protest. Their weight gain may still be in danger however, as experts suspect that McDonald's is already planning a line of made-to-order slow-roasted butters to find a loop hole around the law. While reading the previous story... Read Full Story
Michel Batista of Cuba (red) is pinned by George Gogshelidze of Georgia (blue) in the men's 96kg wrestling event held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium during Day 13 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images AsiaPac) The filming of a superglue commercial doesn't go exactly as planned. Photos by Getty Read Full Story
At Coney Island, politically motivated artist Steve Powers has created 'The Waterboarding Thrill Ride,' an installation featuring animatronic torturers and victims. When asked how training robots to torure was a good idea, the artist responded by being slowly pulled in half by their impossible strength and mechanical rage. More mechanical robot rage photos: Images by Getty Read Full Story
