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Large and In Charge: The 10 Most Influential Fat Figures in Sports Today
On July - 31 - 2009
In America, sports and gluttony often go hand in hand. Super Bowl feasts, Bottomless brews as a baseball game, the two seem to be nothing short of a match made in heaven.
Rare is it that the gluttony makes its way past the grandstands and onto the field. However, a select few individuals are able to perform the tasks intended for the physically fit while resembling Jabba the Hut.
It is high time that we celebrate these characters.
Large and In Charge: The 10 Most Influential Fat Figures in Sports Today
On July - 31 - 2009
In America, sports and gluttony often go hand in hand. Super Bowl feasts, Bottomless brews as a baseball game, the two seem to be nothing short of a match made in heaven.
Rare is it that the gluttony makes its way past the grandstands and onto the field. However, a select few individuals are able to perform the tasks intended for the physically fit while resembling Jabba the Hut.
It is high time that we celebrate these characters.
Michael Phelps Loses: It Must Be the Suit
On July - 30 - 2009
Tuesday was marked by a disturbing revelation in the world of sports. Michael Phelps was shown to no longer be the fastest thing in water. He was seemingly dominated in the 200m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships by Paul Biedermann of Germany.
Not only did Biedermann defeat Phelps, he also erased one of his records, finishing the race in 1:42.00, almost an entire second faster than Phelps’ Olympic time.
So who exactly is Paul Biedermann?
The 22-year-old German holds two world records (200m freestyle and 400m freestyle), both of which he notched at these World Swimming Championships. He DID compete in the ...
Michael Phelps Loses: It Must Be the Suit
On July - 30 - 2009
Tuesday was marked by a disturbing revelation in the world of sports. Michael Phelps was shown to no longer be the fastest thing in water. He was seemingly dominated in the 200m freestyle at the World Swimming Championships by Paul Biedermann of Germany.
Not only did Biedermann defeat Phelps, he also erased one of his records, finishing the race in 1:42.00, almost an entire second faster than Phelps’ Olympic time.
So who exactly is Paul Biedermann?
The 22-year-old German holds two world records (200m freestyle and 400m freestyle), both of which he notched at these World Swimming Championships. He DID compete in the ...