From across the Pteromyini world, squirrels of all shapes and sizes are coming together in London to root for a pair of our own in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
60kg American Greco-Roman wrestler Ellis Coleman comes by his "Flying Squirrel" nickname on the strength of his signature takedown, seen here:
The Oak Park, IL native actually has a pet squirrel named Rocky (natch), and while he's unlikely to take home a medal, he's already at the top of the G:TB podium.
In what might pass for a bizarre coincidence if one didn't know of Scuridae's plans for world domination, the U.S. delegation in London boasts another Flying Squirrel. 16 year-old Virginia Beach native Gabby Douglas earned her moniker as a result of her inordinate bounce and athleticism. Unlike Coleman, Douglas is one of two Americans favored to contend for all-around gold, and is poised to lead the U.S. women to their first team gold since 1996.
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My signature move is the flying camel.
This Honduras-Morocco game is pretty decent.
it was pretty good yesterday when it actually happened, too
It's another demonstration of the timeless nature of the Honduras-Morocco rivalry.
it was a pretty great match. several of the early round matches have been very entertaining.
Is that Kenneth Branagh. It is!
branagh!
When is ewan macgregor going to dive into a toilet?
poppinses!
Really wish Lauer had said "he wshakier not be named" instead of Voldemort. Poor form to cater to the Death Eaters.
Mr. Bean!? Is Ali G next? Benny Hill?
that's a pretty impressive typo. count me in the 'enjoying this' camp.
I want to enjoy this ceremony, but it's just too odd. China in '08 was one major spectacle, but this is just a bizarre display. My 4 y/o, on the other hand, is blown away by it all.
With that said...Queen!!!
If they play Duran Duran, I'll be pissed.
Prodigy. Unexpected. We may indeed see Ewan dive into a toilet.
Hugh Grant. Nice to celebrate whore lovers.
Crossing my fingers for The Streets.
Dizzee rascal?
No flat screens in the uk.
I hope the british bulldogs make an appearance.
Megan Calvert wrote that Kellogg's ad.
hope you caught the brief trainspotting nod
I had to clean up some cat vomit and missed it. But the pet shop boys make cat vomit cool.
West. End. Girls.
Comoros = fake country
The Czechs were dressed by the Poles.
The capital of Djibouti...is Djibouti.
Djibouti. That's what it is.
zwoman just learned that pro athletes play in the Olympics.
Dominican Republic has some fetching senoritas.
Did you and Zwoman get a sitter for tomorrow's throwdown? Just do it.
The Estonians are wearing bubble wrap in homage to Zoltan.
We got a sitter. In curious as to how the music will pan out.
Macedonia get the Bee Gees for their entrance song. Naturally.
Just so you know ... We used to be Yugoslavia but now we are macedonia.
Party music will be awful, and your wife may charge the DJ stand and demand good music...like my wife drunkenly did last year. Kinda awkward, but kinda awesome. The DJ will likely be a clueless college kid. We can coerce some funk from him.
I should bring my iPod laden with Bahamian beats.
I think keeping a "Groove is in the Heart" or a "Steal My Sunshine" in your back pocket will help. Don't underestimate the whiteness of the crowd.
All hungarian Olympians are named laszlo or zsofia or Zoltan
Disco is key.
Iran. Such handsome men.
Whoa. Ireland sneaking in some sexy ladies.
I'm an Olympic caliber breaststroker.
I honestly never heard of Kiribati before
How can Kenya have a white man waving the flag?
USA needs to pull rank on the alphabet thing. I'm getting tired. Can't we cut Morocco or Laos? It's too late and I'm too drunk.
Agreed. I should've watched project runway on demand instead.
Short pants!
You guys really fizzled out at the end. Way to be old.
i had to get up at 5 to run 16 miles. in retrospect, that seems pretty dumb. anyone wanna massage my hammies?
glorious kazakh hero!
Ice bath.
Rob...when is ur marathon?
vets day weekend in richmond, danimal
so much olympics going on now...head exploding...
indeed. it's glorious.
That is in nov. mileage is up there considering. Stay healthy my friend.
our girl rapinoe with a tally
doing a program with a local running club/store, danimal. just running what i'm told to run.
I just worry about you
Fencing is weird. The fencers are like robots or aliens with those faceless masks.
Badminton is weird too.
What is so weeeid w the fencing is the futuristic platform they get it on, on
It's very cute how concerned Danimal is about Rob's running related activities. In other news, I could sit by the pool & sip drinks all damn day. I've missed quite a bit of Olympic activity today but I'm more than okay with that trade off.
So Lochte--he's really easy on the eyes
Happy to see a lot of him on my TV over the next few weeks
Rob completes me.
Surprisingly, zwoman and TRess did not enjoy our unsolicited impromptu Z lesson and ensuing game.
Hungover as fcuk.
i too am hungover as fuck. played at an open mike night last night- sentence to come-- but though i only played for ten minutes, i partied like a full on rock star.
rob, if you are marathon training then you may be the favorite in the tortuga's race this year. you will definitely beat me . . .
nobody's beating hoopie
Why don't sync diving judges base scores on the replay vs actual? That seems obvious.
Lochte got too cocky after last night. No laser-like focus there.
USA sync diving coach is the Asian guy from Dexter.
Our divers win silver for dives, wood for bodies
Costas either just got out of the pool himself or lit up a spliff before going on air. Rock on Bobby.
The Liberty Mutual commercial where the dumbaass drives his car into the garage with his bike on a roof rack? Yeah, I've done that.
And who the fuck is hoopie?
The longest 40 minutes of Obama's life was during Osama take down? Thought it would have been his last/only job as a Senator. Buh dum dum.
Those swim caps are tighter than.....
It's the danimal show! The Italian divers were robbed. The Canadians weren't in sync at any point in any dive.
The Italians didn't win a medal but they won the heart and imagination of >this guy<
Agreed. The yellow world record line in swimming may be more technologically impressive than the yellow first down line.
How many times has Adlington won by a nose?
It's an unfair hydrodynamic advantage.
Ahl at myself on that one.
i quite enjoy the visual of danimal sitting on his couch, laptop in front of him, cackling at his own joke.
Shlara- Don't know if you've heard but Lochte's a Gator. It's okay. Embrace it.
Thank God for the Olympics. I'm stuck in Atlanta all week with little to do during the evening hours so I'm going to avoid Twitter for much of the day and actually be surprised by some of the event results.
Have you ever been at a client meeting and when you went to pull a business card from your wallet you wound up instead with a free pass to a noodie bar?
deadspin with a story today on athletes competing under the ioc flag. wonder where they got that idea?
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